Daily Hampshire Gazette
Generations of area schoolchildren have learned about the natural world and environmental issues through classes, field trips and camps at the Hitchcock Center for the Environment. For U.S. Rep. James McGovern, who joined with former U.S. Rep. John Olver to tour the Hitchcock Center’s South Pleasant Street site Friday afternoon, such educational places could reduce the ignorance of elected officials who serve in Washington.
Press Release
Office of Senator Stan Rosenberg
State Senator Stan Rosenberg (D-Amherst), Majority Leader of the Massachusetts Senate, announced today that the Massachusetts Cultural Council has awarded seven projects in his district more than $1.3 million in grants from the state’s Cultural Facilities Fund, a program Rosenberg has long championed to increase public investment in the state’s cultural treasures.
MassLive.com
The Hitchcock Center for the Environment, which is building a 8,500-square-foot environmental education center at Hampshire College, has received a $600,000 Cultural Facilities Fund grant from the state for that project. It is one of eight programs to receive $1.3 million in state grants announced in a press release from Sen. Stanley C. Rosenberg, D-Amherst.
Press Release
MassDevelopment & Massachusetts Cultural Council
MassDevelopment and the Massachusetts Cultural Council have provided a $30,000 Cultural Facilities Fund grant to the Hitchcock Center for the Environment, an environmental learning center in Amherst. The Center will use grant funds to design a sustainable facility at Hampshire College as the Center’s new home. The Hitchcock Center will also use the grant for facility planning at its current location in Amherst.
MassLive.com
The Hitchcock Center for the Environment will receive a $30,000 Cultural Facilities Grant from MassDevelopment and the Massachusetts Cultural Council for Hitchcock’s 8,500-square-foot environmental education center planned for the Hampshire College campus.
Press Release
Hitchcock Center
Hitchcock Center for the Environment educators Micky McKinley and Patty O’Donnell announced the official release of their newly developed Energy is Electrifying! curriculum at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Annual Conference in Boston on April 4th to an audience of 75 teachers from across the United States.
AAA Horizons Magazine
Staff members at the Hitchcock Center for the Environment in Amherst want visitors to enjoy each of New England’s seasons, but they know there is something especially delightful about venturing outside in early spring. Even if you love the snow and cold, new green shoots poking through the ground are magical.
The Magazine of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
The article showcases Smith College’s Bechtel Environmental Classroom, and makes the case that Western Massachusetts is a hotspot of Living Building Challenge projects, including the Hitchcock Center.
Press Release
Hitchcock Center
The Hitchcock Center for the Environment was pleased to honor Mickey Novak with the 2014 Heroes for a Healthy Planet award at a brunch on Sunday, March 30.
MassLive.com
After about a year on the design table, the Hitchcock Center for the Environment has released the concept design for its 8,500-‐square-‐foot environmental education center that will be built on the Hampshire College campus.
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