Worcester, Massachusetts

At A Glance

Term: One-term projects/B 2007, C 2008 and three-term projects/ABC or BCD

Project Opportunities: IQP, MQPs also possible

Housing: Commute to project center office from your campus housing

Director: Professor Rob Krueger

Preparation: 1/2 unit preparation activity

Application Deadline: September 28, 2006 (before 1 p.m.)

Location

Students will work in offices in the central Worcester region and commute daily from their residences.

Projects

The Worcester Community Project Center (WCPC) develops projects around five core competencies: 1) planning for community sustainability, 2) green building design, 3) economic development, 4) historic, cultural, and environmental preservation and outreach, and 5) environmental justice. The WCPC has been recognized around the City and the region as a valuable community resource. As a result, students have the opportunity to work on a number of “high profile” community projects. Typically, these projects make significant contributions to improving the city we live in. Project sponsors range from municipal government, the Mayor’s Office, the Broad Meadow Brook Audubon Sanctuary, the Regional Environmental Council, the Greater Worcester Land Trust, the Worcester Art Museum, Centro Las Americas and various community development corporations.

Recent projects include a historical analysis of Institute Park (sponsored by Benoit Reardon Architects and the Worcester Art Museum); green building design for Friendly House (sponsored by WPI and Friendly House); brownfield redevelopment in Worcester (sponsored by the Honorable Timothy P. Murray, Mayor, City of Worcester); "Sustained Planning for a Sustainable Worcester" (sponsored by WPI and the City Office of Neighborhood Services); mapping of Worcester’s open spaces (sponsored by Broad Meadow Brook Audubon Sanctuary); developing an on-line artist database (sponsored by ArtsWorcester and the City Manager’s Office).

Estimated Expenses:

No additional expenses will be incurred.

* The Worcester Community Project Center offers both one and three-term IQP options

Program Dates for B’07

Start on Tuesday, October 23, 2007
End on Thursday, December 13, 2007

Program Dates for C’08

Start on Thursday , January 10, 2008
End on Thursday, February 28, 2008

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