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Media Advisory: 01-345

NASA Marshall Center to co-sponsor High School Senior Day at Alabama A&M University

What:		NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will help high school seniors sample education topics and career choices during the fifth annual High School Senior Day at Alabama A&M University in Huntsville. The annual student recruitment effort, co-sponsored by the Marshall Center, attracts about 4,000 high school seniors from across the country for campus tours and a football game. Marshall Center volunteers will help provide tours and make presentations about potential careers with the space Agency. On site will be Marshall's Starship 2040 — a traveling exhibit about what commercial spaceflight might be like 40 years from now. George Reese, NASA's associate administrator for Equal Opportunity Programs in Washington, D.C., will toss the coin to start the football game, as the Alabama A&M Bulldogs challenge the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Golden Lions. The game is a buyout by the Marshall Center.
When:		Saturday, Nov. 17 8 a.m.-1 p.m. CST NASA volunteers make presentations to high school seniors at the T.M. Elmore Gymnasium, then accompany them on tours 1:30 p.m. Football game begins, Louis Crews Stadium
Where:		Alabama A&M University
To attend:		Prior to Nov. 17, contact Jerome Saintjones, Alabama A&M University's public relations office, 851-5654.

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