NASA Lunabotics

ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

NASA invites students from the classes of 2013, 2014 and 2015 to the
NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition STEM College Recruitment Fair

Date: Friday, May 24, 2013
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Place: Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

NASA is hosting a college recruitment event focused on connecting high school sophomore, juniors and seniors with Science, Technology, and Engineering education opportunities.  Participants will get to:

Meet with 30+ universities and colleges
Learn about the different STEM majors at some of the top universities across the state and  the country.

Meet one-on-one with NASA Scientists
Get personalized advice on educational and professional career paths from the actual people working at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in the fields of: Aerospace, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology (IT), Life Sciences, Materials, Mining, Robotics, Structural Engineering, and other fields.

Enter into a drawing for a $500 scholarship
All students who attend the college recruitment fair and complete a participation passport will be entered into a drawing for a college scholarship.  A total of fourteen $500 scholarships ($7,000 total) will be awarded on-site at the event.

COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING:

KSC Pathways Program
NASA Recruitment & Student Programs
National Space Grant Program
Bethune Cookman University
Daytona State College
DeVry University
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University
Florida Institute of Technology
Florida Institute of Technology – UTeach Program
Florida State College/Jacksonville
Florida State University
Keiser University- Melbourne Campus
Norfolk State University
Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Purdue University
SEDS at Purdue University
Seminole State College of Fl (Sanford)
University of Akron
University of Alabama – Birmingham
University of Central Florida
University of Florida
University of Portland
University of South Florida
West Virginia University

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED (the advertised deadline was May 17, 2013)
If you already registered, you will be receiving further instructions via the email your registered with.

For questions contact: Mary Baker at mary@secorstrategies.com

The college recruitment fair is being hosted by the NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition, which challenges colleges and universities from around the world to build robots capable of excavating lunar soil.  The college recruitment fair is part of the project’s effort to outreach to high school students. For more information about lunabotics visit: www.nasa.gov/lunabotics