Thursday, March 24    Raleigh   NC Museum of  Natural Sciences

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Ms .Johnson, a scientist mathematician, and pioneer to U.S. Aeronautics made significant contributions to our nations ‘s early space program during her 33-year career at NASA.  She was known as the “human computer ”as she calculated trajectories for the mission that made history and America dominated power in space.                       

Appointed by U.S. Department of Education Secretary; Arne Duncan, Mr. Bega serves as a senior advisor and representative for education provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), educa-tion and business partnerships, and initiatives linking students learning with post secondary education and career exploration.

Katherine Johnson

Retired NASA Scientist
 

Dennis Bega

Senior Education Advisor,

U.S. Dept. Of Education

Dr. Park’s most recent development, Science Junction, encourages all levels of interaction. "A cyber-community for teachers, students and researchers," Science Junction encourages inquiry based learning and teaching. It also provides the resources necessary to support the North Carolina Standard Course of Study and the National Science Standards.

(NC-MSEN)  Pre-College Program.Dr.  Fuller provides leadership to several science, technology, engineering, and mathematics pre-college initiatives. She is the Principal Investigator and Project Director of the NASA-funded Students Preparing to Advance into Careers in Engineering project (SPACE) and the Pre-College Experiences to Recruit Students into Science Teaching (PERSIST) project.