Salt Lake
Community College has been awarded part of more than $17.3 million being
offered by NASA’s Office of Education through the National Space Grant and
Fellowship Program with the goal of increasing student and faculty engagement
in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at community
colleges and technical schools around the country.
“We are
thrilled to be part of the grant awarded to the NASA Rocky Mountain
Consortium,” said Clifton Sanders, SLCC interim provost. “This award will
enable SLCC to expand its STEM outreach to under-represented populations,
provide scholarship opportunities for our students and accelerate our
development of aerospace-related Engineering Technology programs.”
The grants
coming out of the NASA program are worth up to $500,000 and are shared by Space
Grant Consortia that operate in every state. The Colorado Space Grant
Consortium, for example, allows students and faculty opportunities to take part
in STEM activities that include designing, building and launching high-altitude
balloon payloads.
In Utah SLCC is
expected to receive about $275,000 of a grant it shares with other state
institutions, including the University of Utah. SLCC’s goals with the grant
include: providing student scholarships in engineering; developing a new
Composites Engineering track; enhancing existing engineering curriculum with
aerospace components; and providing faculty with development opportunities in
aerospace.
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