On November 6th, the Urban Studies Department hosted its 7th Career Conversations with Grads event, featuring Rachel Pressey (2014), Jenny Velez (2015), and Benjamin Payne (2017). The event was held on Zoom, and with a few dozen attendees present, current undergraduate and graduate students were able to hear from graduates about their experiences in the department and where life took them after they graduated. Rachel, Jenny, and Ben's stories were inspiring, comforting, and useful and offered numerous tips on career development including networking, mentoring, interviewing, and finding a job that aligns with one's interests and values.
Students in Dr. Conroy's Worcester: A City & Its People class ( UR 312) took to the city for a second time this semester to do some fieldwork. The first trip was to North Main Street -- this one was to Coes Pond and Webster Square. Here they are on the eastern edge of the pond along the boardwalk. The student field packets contained old maps and images of city buildings and spaces at various historical points. For example, the packets contained plates from the 1896 and 1911 Worcester Real Estate Atlases as well as pictures of the "old" Webster Square Cinema when it was in operation, the "old" Stop'n Shop that's not the Asian Market, the Coes Wrench Factory, and the Roller Skating Arena that is now called Arena Plaza (where a Little Caesars is located). Students located the sites along the way and compared the old images and maps to what remains of them today. Then they were encouraged to speculate about the changes before they dug into source mat...
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