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VSGC Summer Programs: A New Digital Frontier

by Kristyn DamadeoAeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Community College, Earth Science, Engineering, Higher Education, Internships, K-12 Education, NASA, NASA Langley, ODU, Research, Rocketry, Satellites, �鶹��, �鶹�� Education, �鶹�� Internships, Virginia Tech, Wallops June 8, 2020June 8, 2020No Comments

The �鶹�� is now offering an online alternative to our summer programs.

VSGC Scholarships and Fellowships, 2019-2020

by Kristyn DamadeoCommunity College, Earth Science, Fellowships, Graduate, ODU, Research, Scholarships, �鶹��, Undergraduate, Virginia Tech November 12, 2019November 12, 2019No Comments

Interested in research topics that win �鶹�� scholarships? The 2019-2020 VSGC Scholarship and Fellowship awardees and research titles have been posted to the website. There were seventy-four awardees; 33 graduate, 11 undergraduate, 25 �鶹�� Bridge and five community college students.

VSGC Programs

by Kristyn DamadeoAerospace, Airports, Community College, Drones, Engineering, Graduate, Higher Education, Internships, K-12 Education, NASA, Research, Scholarships, �鶹��, �鶹�� Education, �鶹�� Internships, Technology May 7, 2019May 7, 2019No Comments

Did you know that VSGC offers programs and scholarships for students and faculty from middle school all the way to graduate school? We also offer opportunities for educators. Download an interactive pdf here to learn more.

�鶹�� Takes Professional Development Workshop

Faculty Professional Development Workshop

by Kristyn DamadeoCommunity College, Engineering, K-12 Education, NASA, �鶹��, �鶹�� Education, Technology, Wallops March 25, 2019April 25, 2019No Comments

Nineteen Virginia community college faculty completed the �鶹�� Takes Flight Professional Development workshop at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility.

Upcoming deadlines for VSGC programs

by Kristyn DamadeoCommunity College, Fellowships, Graduate, Higher Education, Internships, K-12 Education, Research, Scholarships, �鶹�� December 17, 2018April 24, 2019No Comments

Upcoming deadlines for 2019 programs including VSGC graduate fellowships, undergraduate scholarships, internships and �鶹�� programs. Please visit the the main menu for more information.

2019 �鶹�� Takes Flight Application Opens

by Kristyn DamadeoCommunity College, Engineering, Higher Education, Internships, NASA Langley, �鶹��, �鶹�� Education, �鶹�� Internships, Technology, Wallops December 4, 2018February 8, 2019No Comments

Applications are now open for the 2019 �鶹�� Takes Flight NASA Research Experiences Program. Virginia Community College students in �鶹�� fields with a GPA of at least 2.5 are eligible to apply.

sUAS in-service at Virginia Highlands Community College

by Kristyn DamadeoCommunity College, Drones, Higher Education, �鶹�� Education, Technology October 17, 2018December 3, 2018No Comments

GeoTED-UAS cohort members led a workshop on drones and incorporating UAS into the curriculum at Virginia Highlands Community College during an in-service day.

�鶹�� Takes Flight in the Tidewater News

by Kristyn DamadeoAerospace, Community College, Higher Education, Internships, inventors, NASA Langley, Research, �鶹��, VCU September 21, 2018April 25, 2019No Comments

Lilly Balderson, a 2018 �鶹�� Takes Flight participant, was named a co-inventor of a pending patent developed while she was an intern over the summer at NASA Langley.

�鶹�� Takes Flight, a NASA Research Experience

�鶹�� Takes Flight 2018

by Kristyn DamadeoAerospace, Community College, Engineering, Higher Education, Internships, NASA, NASA Langley, Research, �鶹�� Internships September 4, 2018February 8, 2019No Comments

This summer the �鶹�� Takes Flight NASA Research Experiences program placed twenty community students at NASA Langley and three at NASA Wallops Flight Facility.

Community College Faculty Learn to Operate UAS

by Kristyn DamadeoCommunity College, Drones, GIS, Higher Education, �鶹�� Education, Unmanned May 17, 2018February 8, 2019No Comments

The GeoTEd-UAS Faculty Institute was hosted by Virginia Tech. Twenty faculty returned for a second year of UAS training.