{"id":3585,"date":"2023-06-23T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=3585"},"modified":"2024-06-24T15:27:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T15:27:15","slug":"introducing-high-school-students-to-careers-in-aviation-and-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/Q2\/introducing-high-school-students-to-careers-in-aviation-and-space","title":{"rendered":"Introducing high school students to careers in aviation and space"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"purdue-initial-words-wrap\"><p class=\"purdue-initial-words wp-block-paragraph\">WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. &mdash;<\/p> \n<p>Purdue University is collaborating with the U.S. Space Force to introduce high school students to careers in aviation and space.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This summer, about 40 high school students from more than 17 states (including 12 students from Indiana) will spend a week at Purdue\u2019s West Lafayette campus for the inaugural program. Purdue collaborators include the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/polytechnic.purdue.edu\/schools\/aviation-and-transportation-technology\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>School of Aviation and Transportation Technology<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/thinksummer\/index.php\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Office of Summer and Winter Sessions<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/diversity-inclusion\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program will run from June 25-30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/studentsuccess\/news\/purdue-students-space-force.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read more on the Student Success Programs website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Media are encouraged to share, post and publish this content.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"note\" class=\"post-content__attribution \">\n    <div class=\"columns\"> \n                    <div class=\"column\"> \n                <p class=\"post-content__source\">\n                    <strong>Media contact:\u00a0<\/strong>Amy Patterson Neubert,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:apatterson@purdue.edu\">apatterson@purdue.edu<\/a><br>                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. &mdash; Purdue University is collaborating with the U.S. Space Force to introduce high school students to careers in aviation and space. 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