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Howard, RiverWorks Discovery Find Innovative Ways To Tell Industry’s Story

January 20, 2023

The year was 2006, and Errin Howard, mother of three, had just quit her job leading a Cincinnati-based environmental education program to stay home with her children. Then came a call… Read More

Who Works The Rivers Visits Paducah A St. Mary High School student practices throwing a line as part of a station sponsored by Maritime Throwdown. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

A St. Mary High School student practices throwing a line as part of a station sponsored by Maritime Throwdown. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Who Works The Rivers Visits Paducah

September 23, 2022

More than 150 juniors and seniors from five western Kentucky high schools had their chance to learn about the river industry at RiverWorks Discovery’s Who Works The Rivers event September… Read More

Students Learn About ‘Who Works The Rivers’ High school juniors and seniors learned about the river industry and took a boat ride during RiverWorks Discovery’s Who Works The Rivers event April 29 in Pittsburgh, Pa. The event was held in conjunction with the Waterways Association of Pittsburgh and its member companies. (Photo courtesy of RiverWorks Discovery)

High school juniors and seniors learned about the river industry and took a boat ride during RiverWorks Discovery’s Who Works The Rivers event April 29 in Pittsburgh, Pa. The event was held in conjunction with the Waterways Association of Pittsburgh and its member companies. (Photo courtesy of RiverWorks Discovery)

Students Learn About ‘Who Works The Rivers’

May 31, 2022

Ninety high school juniors and seniors from seven different schools learned about the river system and enjoyed a boat ride as part of the Who Works The Rivers event. The… Read More

RiverWorks Discovery Holds Who Works The Rivers In Vicksburg Standing before of a Corps survey boat, Bert Turcotte, Andy Hall and Michael Dale of the Vicksburg Engineer District’s operations department describes for students the careers available in the river operations field. (USACE photo by Vanessa Barnes)

Standing before of a Corps survey boat, Bert Turcotte, Andy Hall and Michael Dale of the Vicksburg Engineer District’s operations department describes for students the careers available in the river operations field. (USACE photo by Vanessa Barnes)

RiverWorks Discovery Holds Who Works The Rivers In Vicksburg

February 25, 2022

Hinds Community College in Vicksburg, Miss., hosted a Who Works the Rivers (WWR) career discovery day February 11, with about 150 high school juniors and seniors from five area schools… Read More

#RiversMoveUS Photo Contest Winners Travis Valance phot

#RiversMoveUS Photo Contest Winners

October 29, 2021

More than 230 photographs were submitted for the #RiversMoveUS photo contest this year, sponsored by RiverWorks Discovery, Waterways Council Inc. and The Waterways Journal. The winners in the four categories… Read More

RiverWorks Discovery Partners With Kentucky Chamber To Host Virtual Career Event Screenshot from the April 14 Who Works The Rivers online career education event, which had more than 1,200 student registrants plus viewers on Facebook and YouTube.

Screenshot from the April 14 Who Works The Rivers online career education event, which had more than 1,200 student registrants plus viewers on Facebook and YouTube.

RiverWorks Discovery Partners With Kentucky Chamber To Host Virtual Career Event

April 20, 2021

RiverWorks Discovery partnered with the Kentucky Chamber Workforce Center April 14 to host a first-of-its-kind Who Works The Rivers online career education event. The free event was open to students… Read More

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‘Virtual’ Who Works The Rivers Planned

March 8, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a serious blow to in-person meetings of all kinds, including RiverWorks Discovery’s popular career discovery event, Who Works The Rivers (WWTR). Before the pandemic, RiverWorks Discovery… Read More

RiverWorks Discovery To Hold Who Works The Rivers Event At 2020 Inland Marine Expo

May 18, 2020

For the first time, RiverWorks Discovery plans to hold its popular Who Works the Rivers career discovery events at the 2020 Inland Marine Expo (IMX), scheduled for September 29–October 1… Read More

Industry People On The Move

April 19, 2020

RiverWorks Discovery has announced two new staff members: • Andra Olney-Larson has accepted the position of RiverWorks Discovery coordinator. In 2018, Olney-Larson and her husband moved from New Mexico on… Read More

Industry Leaders Share Success Stories From ‘Who Works The Rivers’ Brian Karl (left), mechanic for Crescent Towing in New Orleans, speaks to high school students touring the company’s west bank headquarters during a recent Who Works the Rivers event. Andrew Cooper, executive vice president of Crescent Towing, served as tour guide for the students. (Photo courtesy of Crescent Towing)

Brian Karl (left), mechanic for Crescent Towing in New Orleans, speaks to high school students touring the company’s west bank headquarters during a recent Who Works the Rivers event. Andrew Cooper, executive vice president of Crescent Towing, served as tour guide for the students. (Photo courtesy of Crescent Towing)

Industry Leaders Share Success Stories From ‘Who Works The Rivers’

March 6, 2020

RiverWorks Discovery, the educational outreach program of the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa, has been sponsoring its popular Who Works the Rivers marine industry career discovery… Read More