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  • September

    Mark Klimaszewski, a Natural Resource program manager and acting resource manager, Operations Division at the Lake Cumberland Resource Office, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employee of the month for July 2015.

    Nashville District names Klimaszewski employee of the month for July 2015

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept 21, 2015) – Mark Klimaszewski, a Natural Resource program manager and acting resource manager, Operations Division at the Lake Cumberland Resource Office, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employee of the month for July 2015.
  • Corps employees and members of Team Cumberland pose with Old Hickory Dam and Power Plant in the background. Hendersonville, Tenn., Sept. 15, 2015. Team Cumberland toured the Power Plant in Hendersonville, Tenn., which is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)

    Hydropower Optimization increases energy production at Corps plants

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 18, 2015) - Aging hydroelectric generating units operated by the district at Dams in Kentucky and Tennessee have gone well beyond their typical design life of 35-40 years and are in much need of rehabilitation. Engineers at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District are focused on a plan to revitalize and rehabilitate the units in the next 20 years.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Deputy Commander Maj. Christopher Burkhart presents a “Clean Marina” Flag to Conley Bottom Resort Owner, Charlie Denny at Lake Cumberland in Monticello, Ky., Sept., 10, 2015. They celebrated the marina’s certification in the Cumberland River Basin Clean Marina Partnership, a commitment to pollution prevention and water resource protection. In the photo are (Left to Right) Marshal Jennings, Environmental Protection Specialist, Charlie Denny, Conley Bottom Resort owner, Nashville District Deputy Commander Maj. Christopher Burkhart, Resort Manager Fred Piercy, and Stuart Bryant, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Officer. Second row: (Left to right) Mark Vaughan, Environmental Protection specialist, Nashville District Jed Grubbs, Program Manager of Watershed Planning and Restoration, Cumberland River Compact, Mark Klimaszewski, Lake Cumberland Resource manager and Travis Neal, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Officer

    Lake Cumberland marina earns ‘clean marina’ flag

    NASHVILLE, TENN., (Sept. 14, 2015) – With the sound of marine boat motors in the background, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District presented a ‘Clean Marina’ certification flag to a Lake Cumberland marina during a brief ceremony Sept. 10, 2015. Conley Bottom Resort in Monticello, Ky., became the first marina on Lake Cumberland to earn the distinguished certification.

  • August

    Lacey Thomason, planning project manager, Plans, Formulations Section Nashville District stands near the Corps of Engineers booth during the 6th Annual TN Association of Floodplain Managers Conference in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Aug. 11-14, 2015.

    Forum empowers Corps of Engineers

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 13, 2015) – Personnel from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, Tennessee Valley Authority, floodplain administrators, community leaders, and technical professionals from throughout Tennessee attended the 6th Annual Tennessee Association of Floodplain Managers Conference in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Aug. 11-14, 2015.

  • July

    Reserve Air Force Staff Sgt. Monica F. White was promoted to technical sergeant by Lt. Col. John L. Hudson (Left), former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, in a brief ceremony at the district headquarters in the Estes Kefauver Federal Building June 9, 2015. (Left to Right) Lt. Col. John L. Hudson, former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, Tech Sgt. Monica White, Maj. Brad Morgan, former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District deputy commander, and Maj. Christopher Burkhart, incoming U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District deputy commander.

    Air Force NCO moves up the ranks in the Nashville District

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 29, 2015) – An Air Force Reserve non-commissioned officer assigned to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District was recently promoted in a ceremony attended by district employees.
  • The family of Philip L. Burney, a budget analyst in the Operations Division, was posthumously awarded the Superior Civilian Service Award, a United States flag, flown over the U.S. Capitol, and recognized for forty years of government service during a ceremony at the district June, 9, 2015. Burney passed away Feb. 1, 2015.

    District lauds Burney’s devotion, “Can Do” spirit, dedication

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 9, 2015) – A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employee was posthumously awarded the Superior Civilian Service Award and recognized for forty years of government service during a ceremony at the district headquarters today.

  • June

    Melanie Leslie, geologist, Civil Design Branch Engineering Division for the Nashville District, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Employee of the Month for May 2015.

    Nashville District names Leslie employee of the month for May 2015

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June. 29, 2015) – Melanie Leslie, geologist in the Civil Design Branch and Engineering Division, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Employee of the Month for May 2015.
  • Charlie Bryan, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District,lock master talks with a student while crossing the Old Hickory Lock June 24, 2015. The students from Tennessee State University Engineering Department's four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program visited the lock to study engineer and navigation.

    Corps prepares future engineering students at Summer Engineering Program

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 26, 2015) –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District collaborated with the Tennessee State University College of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science Department to mentor science, technology, engineering and math students involved in a four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program on the campus of TSU June 22 through July 3.
  • Cathy Keith, real estate specialist for the Nashville District, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Employee of the Month for May 2015.

    Nashville District names Keith employee of the month for April 2015

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June. 12, 2015) – Cathy Keith, real estate specialist for the Nashville District, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Employee of the Month for April 015.
  • Will Garner, a hydropower engineer at the Old Hickory Power Plant in Hendersonville, Tenn., explains how water circulates through out the dam and how it is managed June 9, 2015.

    Nashville teachers develop STEM curriculum through Corps externships

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 9, 2015) – Local high school teachers are using externships with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District to develop a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics class curriculum . It will reflect real world situations a student might encounter in as a science or engineering professional.

  • May

    An aerial view of the auxililary lock (right) and the main lock (left) as work continues on the dewatering project at the Wilson Dam May 20, 2015. The lock is closed to barge traffic, which must use the smaller auxiliary lock.

    Corps of Engineers dewaters Wilson Lock for maintenance operations

    FLORENCE, Ala. (May 20, 2015) – The Wilson Navigational Lock is dry for five weeks while maintenance crews dewater, inspect and repair underwater components.
  • Lesslie Williams, Budget Technician, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employee of the month for March 2015. She works in the Mid-Cumberland Area office at Cordell Hull dam and is being recognized for her significant contributions to Operations.

    Williams named Nashville District March 2015 Employee of the Month

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 19, 2015) – Lesslie Williams, budget technician, Operations Branch in the Mid-Cumberland Area office at Cordell Hull dam is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employee of the month for March 2015.

  • April

    Steven Crawford, a hydropower trainee briefs the group on the operation of generating hydropower during a tour at the Old Hickory Power Plant April 23, 2015.

    Federal Utility Partnership Working Group tours Old Hickory hydropower plant

    HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (April 23, 2015) – Some of the country’s most powerful people visited Old Hickory Power Plant today as participants in a Federal Utility Partnership Working Group tour.
  • NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 20, 2015 – Valerie McCormack, archeologist, Project Planning Branch, Environmental Section, is the Nashville District Employee of the Month for February 2015.

    McCormack named Nashville District February 2015 Employee of the Month

    NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 20, 2015 – Valerie McCormack, archeologist, Project Planning Branch, Environmental Section, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for February 2015.
  • (Left to right) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees, David Claussen, an Equal Employment Office specialist, Carol Haynes, chief of Equal Employment Office, Stephanie Coleman, an Equal Employment Office specialist, and Andreas Patterson, chief of Natural Resources talk with Emma Wilbert, Sarah Chichester, and Jesse Mendiola, all 7th graders at Rucker- Stewart Middle School from Gallatin, Tenn during a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Science Expo sponsored by the Middle Tennessee STEM Innovation Hub at the Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro on April 9. The Nashville District team set up an exhibit and shared their knowledge about engineering, water management, dam safety, regulatory protection of natural resources, and the role of park rangers who carry out the natural resources mission at Corps projects.

    Corps evaluates STEM competition at Middle Tennessee State University

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 14, 2015) – A group of technical experts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District attended a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Science Expo as judges and staffed an exhibit sponsored by the Middle Tennessee STEM Innovation Hub at the Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro on April 9.
  • Students from the Putnam County School System wear BOAT US Foundation Life jackets to illustrate the importance of water safety in Cookeville, Tenn.

    Loaner life jackets help save lives at Dale Hollow Lake

    CELINA, Tenn. (April 2, 2015) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District park rangers and staff at Dale Hollow Lake are continuing to help keep kids and adults safe while recreating at area lakes and on the water by participating in the Boat US Foundation Life Jacket Loaner Program for kids!

  • March

    (Left to Right) Jacque Gee, deputy for Small Business at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District Business Office, Roy Rossignol, chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Business Office and talk with Braxton Broeson and Louis Morgan at a Small Business Forum March 11, 2015, at the Tennessee State University Avon Williams Campus in Nashville, Tenn.

    Forum focuses on networking for success

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 11, 2015) – More than 255 business owners and managers and representative from as far away as Detroit, California, Florida and Indiana gathered at the Tennessee State University Avon Williams Campus today to network and collect information on federal, state and local procurement systems at the 4th Annual Small Business Forum themed “Back to Business.”
  • NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Theodore Caldwell, mail clerk at the district office is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for January 2015.

    Caldwell named Nashville District Employee of the Month for January 2015

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A mail clerk at the district office, in a position for only one month, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for January 2015.

  • February

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb 27, 2015) – Jimmy Waddle, chief of Engineering and Construction Branch, Nashville District (right) talks with Michael Lee a sophomore student from Montgomery Bell Academy. Lee participated in an engineer shadow program with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District engineers to learn more about the jobs and educational requirements of the career field.

    Prep student shadows Nashville District engineers

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 27, 2015) – A local high school sophomore shadowed a number of very experienced engineers today at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District to learn more about the jobs and educational requirements of the career field.
  • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 9, 2014) – Jennifer Gillespie, a realty assistant, Management and Disposal Branch, Real Estate Division, is the Nashville District Employee of the Month for December 2014.

    Gillespie named December 2014 employee of the Month

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 9, 2014) – Jennifer Gillespie, a realty assistant, Management and Disposal Branch, Real Estate Division, is the Nashville District Employee of the Month for December 2014.