Scholars Learn All There Is to ‘NOAA’
Linda Belton
NOAA Office of Education
June 16, 2009 — More than 150 graduate and undergraduate student interns from 21 states attended NOAA’s Office of Education-sponsored Student Scholarship Orientation Training Program in Silver Spring at the end of May.
The four-day session familiarized the scholars with all of the NOAA line offices to ensure that they obtain meaningful research opportunities during their internship experiences. At the orientation session, the scholars had the opportunity to meet with NOAA senior leadership — including NOAA Deputy Under Secretary Mary Glackin — as well as leading environmental scientists and NOAA program staff.
Scholarship recipients attending the program included the Educational Partnership Program Undergraduate Scholars and Graduate Scientists and the Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholars.
This year’s recipients of NOAA scholarships gathered in front of NOAA’s Science Center in Silver Spring during a four-day scholar training program aimed to educate the students about the agency’s line offices. Photo credit: John Davis, DOC.