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CHATHAM MARCONI MARITIME CENTER NEWSLETTER
JANUARY 2012  

VERIZON FOUNDATION AWARDS $75,000 TO CMMC EDUCATION INITIATIVE
Greetings!
I am pleased and excited to announce that the Verizon Foundation has made a donation of $75,000 to CMMC for the first year of a major education initiative on Cape Cod. CMMC intends to partner with the Chatham and Harwich Public Schools and the MIT Club of Cape Cod to develop curriculum and teacher training materials in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) with a specific focus on Communications Engineering and Design.

The vision of the CMMC education program is to prepare students for the 21st century by giving them an integrated foundation in STEM. We believe that the values, attitudes and thinking skills of engineers are essential skills for citizens in our world today. Our implementation plan, already in action see below, includes active roles for both professionals and volunteers in K-12 classrooms throughout Cape Cod.

Charles Bartlett
President, CMMC
Presentation of award by the Verizon Foundation to CMMC.

 

Verizon Award Presentation
Left to right (2011-4) Stephanie Lee (Verizon Foundation) and on Steering committee for the Communications, Engineering and Design Program for Chatham Marconi Maritime Center: Charles Bartlett (President CMMC), Caroline Cragin (Superintendent Harwich), Eric Bender, president Cape Cod MIT Club. For more information in Verizon Press Release. . .

Gathering of educators and engineers to begin the CMMC STEM Communications, Engineering and Design project.
CMMC Teachers and Engineers

 

 

Educators from Harwich and Chatham K-12 and MIT Club engineer partners gathering for a workday of  introduction into content of communications and engineering design concepts and k-12 curriculum scope and sequence planning.

  Nearly a century has passed since 2,240 passengers and crew set sail from Southampton, England for a transatlantic voyage on a luxury steamship to the Port of New York. Four days later, on April 15, 1912, RMS Titanic plunged to the ocean floor after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Planning for a commemoration of this event 100 years later is underway. . . stay "tuned".