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The College’s two current Technology Clinics will present their biannual reports next week. A team working on the urban ecology of Easton’s West Ward will give its mid-project report at 1 p.m. May 13 in room 103 Hugel Science Center. Another group working to educate the Easton community about flood issues will present its final report at 1 p.m. May 15 in room 108 Van Wickle Hall.Tech Clinic is a hands-on course founded in 1986 that brings together students from different majors to help solve real-world problems of a business, non-profit organization, or government body.
The urban ecology team is working with the West Ward Neighborhood Partnership on issues of water management. This project is a continuation of a previous Tech Clinic’s efforts in the West Ward in relation to the neighboring escarpment and the Lehigh River. The current work will cover a larger area of land and look at managing water resources, water runoff, and water coming into the West Ward with equipment like infiltration devices and rain barrels.
The other team has been working with the New York-based Nurture Nature Foundation to develop a strategy to engage the Easton community and the College with issues surrounding floods. The team is putting together educational exhibits and a marketing plan for the proposed Flood Project of the Nurture Nature Center, to be located at the former VFW building at 516 Northampton Street. Some of the possible exhibits include interactive video games, a documentary on recent Easton floods, flood lessons for fourth graders, a life-size “water wall,” and a “Flood Central” web site.