Only at Western

Wyoming NASA Space Grant Community College STEM Scholarships were recently awarded to 10 Western Wyoming Community College students.

Students who received the scholarship are Rock Springs residents Kayla Gandy, Tenny Hanson and Santana Lovato; Green River residents Rueden Rodriguez and Lauren Westling; Ben Williams from Mountain View; Jon Archibald from Kemmerer; William Laird from Evanston; and Brad Kovach from Star Valley.

According to WWCC Assistant Professor of Information Technology Carla Hester-Croff, local Space Grant Advisory Board representative, students at Wyoming Space Grant affiliated community colleges who are majoring in science, technology, engineering, math and some health science fields are eligible for STEM scholarships. The students must be full-time students and U.S. citizens. Qualified majors at WWCC include chemistry, computer science, engineering, geology, mathematics, physics, biological sciences and pre-pharmacy. In additions to WWCC, community college affiliates with Wyoming include Casper College, Northern Wyoming Community College District, Central Wyoming College, Eastern Wyoming College and Laramie County Community College.

STEM Scholarships are a program of the Wyoming NASA Space Grant Consortium, which sponsors educational and research programs in support of NASA’s missions and serves as a link between citizens of the state and NASA programs.

Wyoming NASA Space Grant Consortium is one of 52 consortia representing each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

Programs in addition to STEM Scholarships at affiliated community colleges include research fellowships for students at Wyoming’s two and four-year colleges, resources for Wyoming elementary and secondary school teachers and educational programs for the general public.

For more information, contact Carla Hester-Croff or visit wyomingspacegrant.uwyo.edu/.