Go! magazine gets going
"Cover" of the March-April 2007 issue of Go!
Benjamin Hucker was the first ever Go! Mystery photo winner. He's an undergraduate student in civil engineering at Iowa State University.
Looking for a way to get teens interested in the transportation industry? Send them to Go!
In Go!, teens can find out things like
- How millions of Harry Potter books will get shipped this summer.
- How the railroads instituted time zones.
- What construction companies do in the winter.
Go! is an entertaining, free, online magazine published by CTRE/ISU that will open teens' eyes to the variety of careers in transportation.
Each issue focuses on a different theme. The first issue (January–February 2007) focused on winter work with topics like learning to drive a snowplow (a high school student struggles to maneuver a virtual snowplow via a state-of-the-art driving simulator) and keeping airplanes and runways clear of snow and ice.
Feature articles also provide basic information—general qualifications, educational requirements, working conditions, etc.—about specific careers.
In addition to upbeat feature articles, Go! includes five or six rotating departments—School Spotlight, Train your Brain, Historically Speaking, Green Scene, Tech Trends, Book Stop, and Mystery Photo.
Go!’s advisory board includes high school and college students, educators, and transportation professionals, who help keep the editor, Michele Regenold (still a kid at heart), in touch with their interests and issues.
Go! has gotten off the ground through two grants from Iowa State University (P&S Council's Retention and Recruitment grant and the Vice Provost's Women's Enrichment Mini Grant) and sponsorships from the following:
- Associated General Contractors of Iowa Foundation
- Midwest Transportation Consortium, Iowa State University
- American Public Works Association, Iowa Chapter
- Des Moines Truck Brokers
- Iowa Laborers/Employers Cooperation and Education Trust Fund
- Street Smarts (a transportation engineering firm in Georgia)
- Iowa State University programs in construction engineering, civil engineering—transportation, civil engineering—bridges and structures
For more information
To get involved with Go!, download a two-page flyer (1 mb pdf). Contact Michele Regenold, 515-296-0835, mregenol@iastate.edu.
Suggest a story idea. Email the editor: mregenol@iastate.edu.