The North Dakota Space Grant Program has continued
its well-regarded foci in internet-delivered higher education,
education financial assistance all across North Dakota (especially
to women and minority students), involvement of tribal colleges,
and public outreach activities. This has been done to help
achieve the primary goal of NDSGC which is making the education
infrastructure in North Dakota more NASA-relevant. >>
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5-29-08 - Dr. Paul Hardersen and University
of North Dakota Ph.D. student, Sherry Fieber-Beyer, traveled
to the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii for a scheduled observing
run at the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF). >>
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5-19-08 - The group photo from our May
5, 2008 annual affiliate meeting is now online.
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4-23-08 - Dr. Paul Hardersen, Ron Fevig
and John Nordlie will be paticipating in the RockOn suborbital
workshop from June 22-29. The workshop will be held at
NASA's Wallops Island, off Virginia's Eastern Shore. Check
back as more information and photos will be posted after
the workshop has concluded.
4-1-08 - North Dakota NASA EPSCoR launches
new website
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website
3-14-08 - "Observatory sees dramatic
improvements in recent years" - News article in the
Dakota Student (UND Newspaper) about how Dr.
Paul Hardersen's perseverance and vision has lead to dramatic
changes to an otherwise outdated, neglected, and underfunded
observatory at UND. >> read
article
3-9-08 - The NDSGC's Annual Affiliate
Meeting will be held on May 5, 2008, from 9:00 a.m. to
2:00 p.m. at:
The Best Western Seven Seas Hotel & Waterpark
2611 Old Red Trail
Mandan, North Dakota
1-8-08 - 1-11-08 - NDSGC Director, Dr.
Paul Hardersen, will be presenting a poster about the
Space Grant Internet Telescope Network (SGITN) at
the American Astronomical Society
(AAS) conference in Austin, Texas. For more information
about the conference, please visit the AAS website at:
http://www.aas.org/meetings/aas211/