Western Nevada College News
Academic & Student Affairs, Foundation Sponsor CHS Students' Participation in International Education Program
Jul 15, 2023
From left, are WNC Assistant to the Vice President Natalie Woods, Sherri Gurney, Carson High School Faculty Member Joanne Jorgensen, Bebe Kiel, Sam Chenin and WNC Foundation Executive Director Niki Gladys. WNC helped CHS students participate in the Cubes in Space educational program presented by NASA.
The Western Nevada College Office of Academic Affairs and WNC Foundation sponsored Carson High Students who were invited to attend Cubes in Space in Virginia this past June. Cubes in Space is an international education program and competition that empowers students ages 11 to 18 to design and build experiments launched into space.
The program is organized by idoodledu Inc. in partnership with NASA, the global space community and other organizations. The main objective of Cubes in Space is to foster student interest in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM). It encourages students to think creatively, solve problems and collaborate in teams while designing experiments. The unique aspect of this program is that the experiments are housed within small cubes called CubeSats, which are deployed into space.
The Carson High students had two experiments selected to be launched into space. One of the experiments was 1 of 80, and the other experiment was 1 of 120 chosen to be launched into space!
WNC's sponsorship helped to fun the students' travel expenses.