{"id":638320,"date":"2024-03-28T15:13:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T19:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=638320"},"modified":"2024-04-17T10:28:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T14:28:44","slug":"nasa-salisbury-u-enact-agreement-for-workforce-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/wallops\/nasa-salisbury-u-enact-agreement-for-workforce-development\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA, Salisbury U. Enact Agreement for Workforce Development\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">2 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">NASA, Salisbury U. Enact Agreement for Workforce Development\u00a0\u00a0<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA and Salisbury University (SU) in Maryland signed a collaborative Space Act Agreement Thursday, March 28, 2024, opening new opportunities at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-003.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-003.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Dr. Makenzie Lystrup shakes hands Dr. Carolyn R. Lepre at a table, with Dr. Laurie Couch and Dave Pierce standing behind them.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-003.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-003.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-003.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-003.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-003.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-003.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-003.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-003.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-003.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-003.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-003.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Director Dr. Makenzie Lystrup (right) shakes hands with Salisbury University President Dr. Carolyn R. Lepre during the SU Space Act Agreement signing ceremony held in Salisbury, Md., Thursday, March 28, 2024. Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs for SU Dr. Laurie Couch (left) and NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility Director David Pierce stand behind them.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Jamie Adkins<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The agreement forges a formal partnership to identify research and engineering projects and activities at Wallops designed to provide SU students and professors with experiential, hands-on activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur success at NASA, now and in the future, depends on a dynamic network of partnerships focused on our mission operations and growing the next generation of innovators,\u201d said Dr. Makenzie Lystrup, center director at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. \u201cNASA\u2019s partnership with Salisbury University expands our workforce development ecosystem and provides students with real-world experience in critical aerospace career fields.\u201d NASA Goddard manages Wallops Flight Facility for the agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agreement also lays a framework for expanding internship opportunities at Wallops, mentoring, technical expertise to faculty, and support for job fairs and other career development programs aimed to expand awareness of careers in the aerospace industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNASA Wallops has long been at the forefront of space exploration, pioneering breakthroughs that have expanded our understanding of the universe and inspired generations of scientists, engineers, and dreamers,\u201d said Dr. Carolyn Ringer Lepre, SU president. \u201cTogether, we will leverage our collective expertise, resources, and ingenuity to tackle some of the most pressing challenges facing our world today.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-001.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Dr. Makenzie Lystrup speaks at a podium. The words "Salisbury University" on a gold plaque on the front of the podium.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-001.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-001.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-001.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-001.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-001.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-001.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-001.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-001.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-001.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-001.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20240328-suspaceact-001.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Dr. Makenzie Lystrup speaks during the Salisbury University Space Act Agreement signing ceremony held in Salisbury, Md., Thursday, March 28, 2024. The agreement will expand internship opportunities at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, mentoring, technical expertise to faculty, and support for job fairs and other career development programs aimed to expand awareness of careers in the aerospace industry. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Jamie Adkins<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wallops\u2019 conducts upwards of 50 operational science and technology missions worldwide annually launching on orbital and suborbital rockets, scientific balloons, and flying on airborne science platforms. In addition, NASA\u2019s commercial partners like Rocket Lab are increasing launch operations on the facility.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur operations are growing at Wallops underscoring the need for an innovative, skilled workforce to advance our science and technology missions,\u201d said Lystrup. \u201cThis agreement is helping us fill a critical workforce need to propel us into the future.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on programs at Wallops, visit: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wallops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.nasa.gov\/wallops<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-credits-and-details\">\n<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-2 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 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