Corps Partners With We Work The Waterways In Vicksburg
The Vicksburg Engineer District partnered with Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals to host a “We Work the Waterways” event last month at the Jesse Brent Lower Mississippi River Museum.
The event is an immersive interaction day to educate high school students in the area on the importance of waterborne transportation and the diversity of career pathways available on the waterways. The We Work the Waterways program brings the industry to the students through education, hands-on learning and engaging with maritime representatives.
More than 200 students in the 11th and 12th grade had the opportunity to hear from Vicksburg District River Operations representatives Chris Simms, Gerald Bland and Bert Turcotte about how a survey vessel is used to perform channel condition surveys for river navigation. Students from five high schools in Mississippi attended the event.
