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Announcing NASA AWARENESS DAYS

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NASA will celebrate its partnership with the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI), and bring an awareness of space administration to the community, through the "NASA Awareness Days", November 17 to 20.

The United Negro College Fund Special Programs is administering the "NASA Awareness Days" at UVI. It will include three days of exhibits, panel discussions, workshops and speeches by NASA astronauts on the St. Thomas and St. Croix campuses of UVI.

The highlight event is the grand opening of the NASA Educator Resource Center at the Etelman House, home to UVI's space observatory, on St. Thomas. NASA has awarded grants to UVI's Science and Math Division for many years, with the most recent being a $150,000 grant to support the Saturday and Summer Science Academies on both campuses. "NASA Awareness Days" are common at institutions around the world, but this the first in the Virgin Islands.

Other highlights:

* 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 18: Press conference in the Sports & Fitness Center on the St. Thomas campus.

* 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. Monday, Nov. 18: Opening events in the Sports and Fitness Center on St. Thomas. NASA Astronaut Stephanie Wilson delivers keynote address.

* 6:00 to 8: 00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19: Grand opening of the NASA Educator Resource Center at the Etelman House on Crown Mountain, St. Thomas. UVI's President Dr. LaVerne Ragster will preside.

* 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20: Press conference in the Melvin Evans Center, Room 505 on the St. Croix Campus.

* 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, Wednesday, Nov. 20: NASA welcome in the Melvin Evans Center, Room 401. For more information or to register for the events on the St. Thomas campus, call Dr. Hernandez-Badia at: 340-693-1383. For more information about the events on the St. Croix campus call Kichma Nieves at: 340-692-4150.

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