USGS Celebrates New Office with Official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
The U.S. Geological Survey New England Water Science Center has officially snipped the ribbon for their new Connecticut office, which was co-located to the campus of Goodwin University last year.
The urban-serving institution of higher education hosted the official ribbon cutting for the office in East Hartford, on Friday, October 4. USGS cooperators, town officials, and agency and university staff came out to learn about the new building. Attendees toured the modern facility and spoke to USGS staff to better understand the agency’s mission and the hydrologic science conducted at the center.
The ceremony included remarks by representatives from USGS, Goodwin University, and local, state, and federal officials, including U.S. Representative John Larson, Connecticut State Representatives Henry Genga and Jason Rojas, and East Hartford Mayor Connor Martin. East Hartford Town Council members Don Bell and Awet Tsegai were also present.
“Since the late 1990s when the USGS moved from Hartford to East Hartford we have been a proud member of the East Hartford community,” USGS New England Water Science Center Deputy Director Marcel Belaval said at the event. “Today, thanks our partnership with Goodwin University, we are working to facilitate scientific learning in the community by extending our expertise to Goodwin’s students and the broader East Hartford community.”
USGS first became involved with Goodwin when the Connecticut River Academy, a magnet high school of Goodwin, opened. USGS assisted the school with their environmental science curriculum.
“Our partnership with USGS is very deep and this is only the latest chapter of it,” said Goodwin University President Mark Scheinberg. “In this chapter, instead of USGS being spread around the area, we were able to entice them to consolidate what they were doing right on our campus.”
USGS is currently working with Goodwin and the Connecticut River Academy to set up water science lectures in the classroom and demonstrations out in the field.
Mayor Martin, who worked for Goodwin University for 15 years and attended the school, credited Goodwin for reviving East Hartford with new and modern facilities in recent years.
“I always campaigned on the promise that I would revitalize Main Street, and everything Goodwin has done here with USGS … is all contributing to moving East Hartford forward,” said Martin.
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