The fifth Train­the­Trainers workshop for GLOBE Franchise Partners in the United States was held August 12­15, 1997 at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Thirty­five trainers from the following GLOBE Franchises attended:

• City of Fresno, CA, USA
• Mississippi Research Consortium, Mississippi State University, MS, USA
• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
• Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA, USA
• Spalding University, Louisville, KY, USA
• Tennessee State Department of Education, Nashville, TN, USA
• University of Texas at El Paso, TX, USA
• College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA

These GLOBE Franchise partners are recruiting GLOBE schools, training GLOBE teachers and mentoring GLOBE students in their regions. For further information about GLOBE's Franchise Partners throughout the United States, see U.S. Franchises.