Introducing high school students to careers in aviation and space

The Purdue Bell Tower.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —

Purdue University is collaborating with the U.S. Space Force to introduce high school students to careers in aviation and space.

This summer, about 40 high school students from more than 17 states (including 12 students from Indiana) will spend a week at Purdue’s West Lafayette campus for the inaugural program. Purdue collaborators include the School of Aviation and Transportation Technology in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute, the Office of Summer and Winter Sessions and the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging.

The program will run from June 25-30.

Read more on the Student Success Programs website.

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Media contact: Amy Patterson Neubert, apatterson@purdue.edu

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