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NASA Marshall Director Art Stephenson to speak at ‘Share the Opportunities’ minority conference

Art Stephenson, director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will be among NASA officials from across the agency meeting this week with minority university presidents and administrators to discuss possible opportunities for the minority university community.

“Share the Opportunities” is the principal theme for the NASA conference hosted by the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for university presidents and top administrators from Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities. The conference will be Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 in Orlando, Fla.

Stephenson will speak Nov. 30 on unique educational opportunities for minority university involvement with the Marshall Center. He also will present an overview of Marshall’s programs and missions.

Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, president of Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta and Secretary of Health and Human Services in the George H.W. Bush administration, and Dr. James Shanley, president of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium in Virginia, are the keynote speakers at the conference.

NASA will identify competitive research opportunities available through research announcements and education announcements and activities. NASA also will identify the potential opportunities in small and disadvantaged business announcements and activities, and technology transfer and commercialization initiatives.

Conference attendees will have the added bonus of viewing the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour, targeted for Nov. 29.

EDITORS NOTE: Media representatives wishing to attend the conference should contact Crystal Gathers in the Kennedy Center’s Equal Opportunity Office at (321) 867-9169 or Juan McCraney at (331) 861-8930.