{"id":83,"date":"2007-10-03T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-03T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admissions.me.holycross.edu\/2007\/10\/03\/the-411-on-worcester\/"},"modified":"2007-10-03T17:12:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-03T21:12:00","slug":"the-411-on-worcester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/2007\/10\/03\/the-411-on-worcester\/","title":{"rendered":"The 411 on Worcester"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tran\" Greetings from good old Worcester!\u00a0 I\u2019ve been in the office the last two days but spent the rest of my week prior traveling around to Worcester schools.\u00a0 Though not as exotic a travel territory as my other colleagues who have been to the Windy City and fascinating Europe, I must say that I loved my travels nonetheless because it gave me a great opportunity to really explore Worcester.\u00a0 Before this, all I really knew of Worcester was Holy Cross and a fabulous Vietnamese restaurant called Pho Dakao on Park Avenue which my husband and I regularly frequent.\u00a0 There are lots of differing views on Worcester, some good and some negative, so I thought I\u2019d offer my take on Worcester in case you weren\u2019t at all familiar with the city or have questions about it.<\/p>\n

First of all, Worcester is now the 2nd largest city in New England (we beat Providence recently who we\u2019ve been neck to neck with for this prize slot behind Boston which will probably remain #1 for many more years to come) and with being the 2nd largest city, there are lots of resources and opportunities available.\u00a0 But I think it\u2019s one of those cities that these resources and opportunities are not readily visible and you have to do some searching and digging for them.\u00a0 If you were only glimpsing Worcester from the highway, it would be easy to think that Worcester is run down with lots of industrial buildings.\u00a0 But take a closer look and you will see that it has a lot more to offer.\u00a0 There are numerous cultural offerings throughout the city including a wonderful art museum (that I have yet to visit, but have heard many praises for!).\u00a0 There is a vast array of restaurants offering cuisines from Vietnamese (my personal favorite) to Mediterranean to African to American.\u00a0 There are a number of cultural festivals that take place throughout the year as well such as the African Cultural Festival and the Blackstone Canalfest, which is a street festival with music, food, dance, art, etc.\u00a0 There is a great deal of diversity in the city with a huge variety of ethnic groups represented.\u00a0 So for those of you who are already culture junkies, Worcester is a treasure trove and for those of you eager to explore different cultures, Worcester is equally exciting.<\/p>\n

As a large city, Worcester has many needs.\u00a0 That presents HC students with many opportunities to practice one of the tenets of the Jesuit tradition: men and women for others.\u00a0 Students are able to be very involved in service and tap into a lot of different service areas from working with children to public health to athletics.\u00a0 These activities also serve as wonderful learning opportunities as well.\u00a0 In addition, students are able to get academic year internships in the city that range from working in business areas to the sciences to education.<\/p>\n

All in all, I feel like Worcester is a great backdrop for a college environment because you are able to apply what you learn in the classroom immediately by simply leaving campus for a moment and venturing into the city.\u00a0 And Worcester is currently going through a great deal of revitalization so it\u2019s an even more exciting time to be here because you can be a part of that.\u00a0 So I invite you to take a closer look at Worcester, especially in person if you can.\u00a0 Worcester gets a bad rap sometimes and I feel it\u2019s the product of negative first impressions.\u00a0 But as they say, you can\u2019t judge a book by its cover.\u00a0 So I encourage you to do some digging and really explore all that Worcester has to offer.\u00a0 Here are some links that you can use to start your exploration of Worcester:
\nhttp:\/\/www.holycross.edu\/studentlife\/worcester\/<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.worcester.org\/<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.ci.worcester.ma.us\/<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.worcester.ma.us\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Tran Kim-Senior
\nAssistant Director of Admissions
\nCoordinator of Multicultural Recruitment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Greetings from good old Worcester!\u00a0 I\u2019ve been in the office the last two days but spent the rest of my week prior traveling around to Worcester schools.\u00a0 Though not as exotic a travel territory as my other colleagues who have been to the Windy City and fascinating Europe, I must say that I loved my … <\/p>\n

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