Michael Braukus
Headquarters, Washington, DC                  June 7, 1995
(Phone:  202/358-1979)

RELEASE:  95-85

STUDENTS SELECTED FOR NASA SCIENCE TRAINING PROGRAM

     Forty college students have been chosen by NASA to 
participate in an intensive six-week life sciences summer 
residence training program at the Kennedy Space Center, FL.  
The program is for undergraduate college students majoring 
in life sciences, bioengineering and related science and 
engineering fields.

     Now in its 10th year, the Space Life Sciences Training 
Program (SLSTP) is designed to attract college students to a 
career in space life sciences research.  Participants will 
gain insight into how space life sciences flight experiments 
are conducted, as well as explore current and future 
research opportunities.

     Selected students will work with NASA researchers in 
developing flight and ground-based space life sciences 
experiments.  In addition to offering hands-on research 
experience, the curriculum provides a complete overview of 
the field of space life sciences through lectures by 
astronauts, as well as NASA and university scientists, and 
includes facility tours and special projects.  

     On occasion the students may have an opportunity to 
participate in the preparation and monitoring of actual 
Space Shuttle flight experiments.  The SLSTP will be held 
from mid-June through the end of July.

     After the successful completion of the program, five 
semester hours of college credit will be offered to each 
student through Florida A&M University, which also is 
responsible for program promotion, student recruitment, 
selection, travel, housing, program evaluation and academic 
consultation.

     The 40 students were selected competitively from 
approximately 500 applicants.  Students in the program must 
be undergraduates majoring in science or engineering and 
have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0/4.0.  
More than 360 students have participated in the program 
since its inception in 1985.

     SLSTP is sponsored by NASA's Office of Life and 
Microgravity Sciences and Applications and the Office of 
Human Resources and Education.

The students selected for the 1995 Space Life Sciences 
Training Program are:

Student                  Hometown              College

Kineshia K. Abram      Columbia, MS          Jackson State U.
Lori A. Amason         Centralia, IL         Kaskaskia Jr. College
Robert W. Amerine      Colorado Springs, CO  Colorado State U.
Ellen Burts            Birmingham, AL        Stillman College
Matthew J. Carfrae     Cedar Rapids, IA      Marquette U.
Anita A. Chandrathil   Des Plaines, IL       U. of IL, Urbana-Champaign
Myron A. Chornuk       Seattle, WA           U. of Washington
Calvin N. Collins      Tampa, FL             Hills Borough Comm. College
Kathryn M. Davis       Longview, TX          Texas A&M U.
Alisha B. Diggs        New Orleans, LA       Xavier U.
Lynn M. Evans          Pewee Valley, KY      Wittenberg U.
Mark G. Fagan          Hanna, WY             Wesleyan U.
Jill A. Gogel          Dale, IN              Purdue U.
Brian E. Grace         Nortonville, KY       Western Kentucky U.
George R. Hamilton     Rochester, NY         SUNY at Buffalo
Shelly Harper          Omaha, NE             Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U.
Clay H. Holdsworth     Wilbraham, MA         U. of Massachusetts
Felix A. Irizarry      Aquadilla, PR         U. of Puerto Rico
Christopher D. Jackson Decatur, GA           Florida A&M U.
Claudine L. Joyner     Cleveland, TN         Cleveland State Comm. College
Bryan D. Lambird       El Toro, CA           U. of Southern CA
Amy J. Litscher        Lake Mills, WI        Beloit College
Belise L. Livingston   Deltona, FL           Spelman College
Justin R. Lohmeier     Jackson, MS           U. of Virginia
Kennda L. Lynch        Rockford, IL          U. of IL, Urbana-Champaign
Gioia D. Massa         Big Arm, MT           Cornell U.
Suzanne K. Paris       Spring, TX            North Harris College
Eric E. Peterson       Napa, CA              Napa Valley College
Shawn W. Pyle          Finley, TN            Dyersburg State Comm. College
Demario L. Rollins     Tallahassee, FL       Florida A&M U.
Joy J. Serogum         Canton, IL            U. of IL, Urbana-Champaign
Kathleen H. Sienko     Endicott, NY          U. of Kentucky
Amy P. Synder          Upper St. Clair, PA   Cornell U.
Ee T. Tay              Palm Bay, FL          U. of Florida
Donna L. Todacheene    Lukachukai, AZ        Haskell Indian Nations U.
Nirav N. Vakharia      Westlake, OH          Case Western Reserve U.
Brian H. Wayman        Hillsboro, MD         U. of Maryland Baltimore County
Valerie S. Weidner     University Park, MD   Duke U.
James B. Wohlwend      Derby, KS             Friends U.
Heidi A. Zeleznik      Myrtle Beach, SC      Coastal Carolina U.

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