University of Southern Colorado helps educate middle school students
Pueblo -- Three University of Southern Colorado professors involved in the
Colorado Space Grant College program encourage Pueblo middle school students to
participate in the 2002 Core Technologies for Space Systems Middle School Panel.
Students from Freed, Risley, and Connect Middle Schools will attend the panel on
Nov. 20, where several engineers and scientists encourage the students to take
science and math courses.
Hüseyin Sarper, USC's Faculty Coordinator of the Space Grant Consortium and
engineering professor, as well as Wolfgang Sauer, the director of the consortium
at USC and William Brown, assistant professor in Electronic Engineering
Technology have helped make this possible. According to Sarper, approximately 80
middle school students will attend this year's panel.
The panel consists of former senator and the last man on the moon Harrison
Schmitt, former astronaut Susan Helms, founder of Pioneer Astronautics and the
president of the MARS Society Robert Zubrin, Project Starshine program manager
Gil Moore, and director of the Colorado Space Grant College Elaine Hansen. All
students will have an opportunity to enter an essay competition based on what
they heard during the panel. Three Connect school students won cash awards in
last year's competition.
As well as attending the panel the same student are competing in a poster
contest. The top three winners of this contest will be invited, along with their
parents, to attend a banquet to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Apollo 17, the
last moon landing with Dr. Schmitt as the special guest speaker. Schmitt will
award each student during the ceremonies. The deadline for all posters is Nov.
8.
Anyone who wishes to attend the banquet must pay a fee of $50 and contact Ceci
Poulos at social@spacecoretech.org. Please visit www.spacecoretech.org for more
information on the panel and the banquet on the evening of Nov. 20 at the
Sheraton in Colo. Springs. It is not necessary to register for the conference to
attend the banquet.
The University of Southern Colorado is a regional, comprehensive university
emphasizing professional, career-oriented, and applied programs. Displaying
excellence in teaching, celebrating diversity, and engaging in service and
outreach, USC is distinguished by access, opportunity, and the overall quality
of services provided to its students.
