Earth Science Archives - Virginia Space Grant Consortium

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, STEM, STEM Education, STEM Internships, Virginia Tech, Wallops June 8, 2020June 8, 2020No Comments

The Virginia Space Grant Consortium 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, STEM, Undergraduate, Virginia Tech November 12, 2019November 12, 2019No Comments

Interested in research topics that win STEM 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 STEM Bridge and five community college students.

VSGC Summer Programs

by Kristyn DamadeoAerospace, Earth Science, K-12 Education, NASA Langley, STEM, STEM Education, Wallops August 2, 2019November 19, 2019No Comments

Summers at the Virginia Space Grant Consortium are busy. Our high school programs, which offer an online component, are very popular and run throughout the summer. The videos above show a glimpse of the week-long summer academies for three of our high school programs; VASTS, VESSS and Virginia Space Coast Scholars.

George McLeod presents his paper during the Student Research Conference at Hampton University.

VSGC Graduate and Undergraduate Papers Now Online

by Kristyn DamadeoAerospace, Earth Science, Engineering, Graduate, Higher Education, NASA, Research, Scholarships, STEM, Undergraduate May 10, 2019May 10, 2019No Comments

What does a good STEM research paper look like? The 2018-2019 Graduate and Undergraduate Research STEM Scholarship winners papers are now posted online.

VESSS Wins Programs That Work Award

by Kristyn DamadeoEarth Science, K-12 Education, STEM, STEM Education January 10, 2019February 8, 2019No Comments

VESSS (Virginia Earth System Science Scholars) recently won a Programs That Work Award from the Virginia Mathematics and Science Coalition (VMSC).

NASA Internship Deadlines

by Kristyn DamadeoAerospace, Earth Science, Higher Education, Internships, K-12 Education, NASA, NASA Langley October 11, 2018November 19, 2018No Comments

NASA internships will be opening soon. VSGC offers STEM internships through CSIIP and STEM Takes Flight for both community college students in Virginia as well as undergraduates.

High School Programs 2018

by Kristyn DamadeoAerospace, Earth Science, Engineering, K-12 Education, NASA, NASA Langley, STEM, STEM Education, Wallops September 4, 2018April 24, 2019No Comments

VASTS, VESSS and Virginia Space Coast Scholars wrapped up another successful year with the Virginia Space Grant Consortium. Almost 500 students participated in the VASTS online class, 180 enrolled in the VESSS online program and over 300 students completed the Virginia Space Coast Scholars online program.