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Wide range of options available for new graduates
BY CLAIRE MCINERNY editor@kansan.com
As some seniors are preparing for jobs and planning their lives after school, some students are experiencing a different scenario the end of college manic
Wiechman spent his two years in Saint Lucia doing community development. He helped a farmers' cooperative develop a grant proposal to get funding for a composting project from the United Nations and also taught reading and music at a school.
a way to prolong having to find a job, but rather look at it as a way to find new opportunities and new ways for students to use their passions. She said a lot of politicians who now work in Congress were in the program and are now fighting for education rights.
ment lasts for two years.
The Peace Corps was an attract- ionation for Wichman because
Four yeadegree later
er. One opportunity that enables students to make that happen is through Teach for America. Teach For America is a program that allows recent college graduates to teach in public schools in low-income communities. The assignment lasts for two years.
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BY BRITTANY NELSON bnelson@kansan.com
The final American space shuttle launched into space last Friday. Because of budget cuts from the government and technological advancements, NASA is saying goodbye to its long space shuttle run. This will create many changes for students studying astronomy and aerospace engineering.
engineering
Steve Hawley, professor of physics and astronomy and former astronaut, has been to space five times.
Hawley thinks students need to work extra hard academically because the job market in space engineering will be tough.
"There may not be as many jobs available. The best major for jobs is aerospace engineering. Architectural engineering students can also design habitats in space," Hawley said.
inhabits in space. Tristan Moody, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering from Lawrence, was one of one hundred people hand-picked to watch Atlantis launch into space from a private NASA suite in Cape Canaveral, Fla. With his passion for space, Moody thinks this is not the end of space shuttles.
"They have plans for future missions. There are private companies who want to launch shuttles in the next three years," Moody said.
but Moody said the current situation for space isn't the best. In 2003, there were 16,000 NASA employees. There are now 6,700 employees and at the summer there will be about 1,000.
1,000 Despite the downfall, Moody remains hopeful.
"We went to the moon 40 years ago but only scratched the surface to what we are doing." Moody said.
In order to go upward in this situation, Hawley said, he advised students to work hard and strive for advanced degrees.
"If you don't like math, you need to know how to do it. You need to love astronomy because that is what you will be doing in your career," Hawley said.
Julian Bettoni, a junior in aerospace engineering from San Jose Costa Rica, is hopeful about the future.
ture:
"The space shuttle might be over,
but the space shuttle can't do everything"
Bettoni said.
NASA has been sending robots to conquer dangerous missions as well as trying to launch new technologies to help speed up the research process.
"Every time I see the movie Apollo 13 or watch documentaries with astronauts I think, 'man I wish I could go to the moon,' Bettoni said.
Moody has some advice.
"Students need to dive into core math and science courses. They really have to love it to be able to do it well, because they are all used in space engineering." Moody said.
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