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Go! / ¡Vamos! And CUTC:
Working together to attract teensWorking together to attract teens to careers in transportationPresented at 2010 CUTC Summer Meeting
T d J 8 2010Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Shashi Nambisan, Director, InTransShauna Hallmark, Director Midwest Transportation Consortium InTransStewart McCoy Graduate Student InTransStewart McCoy, Graduate Student, InTrans
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Go! / ¡Vamos!
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Teen-focused stories
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Teen contributors
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April 2010 Stats
Subscribers ≈ 860
April issue pageviews ≈ 12,528
April unique visitors ≈ 7,730p q
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SponsorsPremier sponsors Additional sponsors
1. Federal Highway Administration
(Eisenhower Fellowship)
2. Midwest Transportation
7. Street Smarts
8. Iowa Laborers/Employers Cooperation and
Education Trust Fund
9 Iowa Concrete Paving Association2. Midwest Transportation
Consortium
3. Iowa Math and Science Education
Partnership
9. Iowa Concrete Paving Association
10. National Concrete Paving Technology Center
11. Iowa State University Professional and
Scientific Council, Recruitment and Retention Partnership
4. National Center for Freight &
Infrastructure Research &
Grant
12. Woman in Trucking, Inc.
13. American Public Works Association, Iowa
ChapterEducation (Wisconsin UTC)
Chapter
14. Des Moines Truck Broker
15. Associated General Contractors of Iowa
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UTC sponsored issueSponsored by University of Wisconsin-Madison’s National Center for Freight & Infrastructure Research & Education (CFIRE)Education (CFIRE)
Theme: Freight
School spotlight: Focused on transportation and freight-related programs at Wisconsin-Madison
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Strategic opportunity
How can UTCs and Go! / ¡Vamos! benefitHow can UTCs and Go! / ¡Vamos! benefit each other?
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UTC goal #2
Increase number of students coming into academic transportation pprograms.
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Building the transportation pipeline
Go! /¡Vamos! is an investment in human resources
Stories written by young people for young people with theStories written by young people for young people with the mentorship of transportation professionals.
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UTC directoryGo! provides a common resource designed specifically with students anddesigned specifically with students and educators in mind.
Unique opportunity to showcase each UTC’s programs, research focus, and student opportunities.
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UTC Student spotlightOpportunity to spotlight UTC students.
Staff writers could interview students recommended by UTC representative.ep ese a e
Articles would highlight where student studies, their involvement with UTC program of study andwith UTC, program of study, and background (e.g. how did they become interested in transportation).p )
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UTC goal #3
Increase diversity of transportation workforce.
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Go! speaks to women, Latinos
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Contact info
www.go-explore-trans.orgwww.go explore trans.org
Marcia Brink, Managing Editor515-294-9480
b i k@i t t [email protected]
Stewart McCoy, Editorial [email protected]
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