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 The
selection of undergraduate Space Scholars is made by the
Fellowship Committee and forwarded to the director. This
committee is formed of representatives of many of our affiliates.
MDSGC
Alumni please register here.
Undergraduate
level
Space
Scholars Program
Twenty-one undergraduate students were awarded partial scholarships
during the current program year February 1, 2000 through
January 31, 2001. Of these 21 students, 15 students (or
70%) are African American; and 14 students (or 67%) are
female. Enrollment breakdown is as follows:
5
of these students are enrolled at Morgan State University
8 students are enrolled at University of Maryland College
Park
3 students are enrolled at the Johns Hopkins University
3 students are enrolled at the Hagerstown Community College
2 students are enrolled at Towson University
Scholar
Graduation Status: Christie Toms (graduated December, 1999,
Hagerstown Community College) is currently employed at Fort
Ritchie, Maryland, as a web site designer and computer support
technician; and Andrea Blake (graduated May '00, Johns Hopkins
University) is currently working in the DNA Laboratory of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The 21 current Space
Scholar students are enrolled in their undergraduate studies
at the above-mentioned universities.
Scholar
Recognition Dinner
A
dinner to recognize current space scholar awardees, their
parents, Scholarship Committee members and former space
scholars was held Wednesday evening, April 5, 2000, at the
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. This
event helped to strengthen the institutional commitment
of affiliate members who participate on the Scholarship
Committee and made the scholars feel part of a prestigious
network.
Space
Scholar Undergraduate Summer Internships
Three
Morgan State Space Scholars participated in research internship
experiences this past summer. They were: Courtney Williams,
Civil Engineering, performed research at Morgan under Dr.
Indranil Goswami; Janaki Chambers worked under Dr. Craig
Scott, at Morgan's Center for Computational Electronics
& Semiconductor Visualization; and Keisha Thomas worked
at the J. F. Taylor Company in Lexington Park, Maryland.
Morgan provided the stipends for these students
See
the awardees of Maryland Space Grant Undergraduate Scholarships
and Fellowships.
See
the Alumni of Maryland Space Grant Scholarships and
Fellowships programs.
See
the Scholarship Committee
 Graduate
level
At
the graduate level, a fellowship is awarded each year to
a student to operate and conduct public outreach tours of
the Space Grant Observatory on Friday Open Nights. This
student also trains others in the use of the telescope located
atop the Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy on The
Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus.
JHU
Physics & Astronomy Graduate student, Claudia Kretchmer
served as the MSGC Space Grant Observatory Technician, conducting
the Friday Open Night viewing for faculty, students and
the general public for the period September, 1999 through
August 2000. Marci Hendrickson was selected as Observatory
Technician in September 2000.
NASA/Goddard 2000 Summer Space Academy
Cara Libby, a Johns Hopkins University engineering undergraduate
student, was funded to attend this year's Academy at Goddard.
Dr. Gerald Soffen, Director of University Programs wrote,
"Cara was an integral member of the Academy this year at
Goddard. She was highly regarded by her PI, and became a
fully integrated member of the research team. She was interested
in everything we did outside of the lab, and was always
eager for more."
Click
Here For Information on the Earth/Space Science Internship
Program
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