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ISE Student Supreet Kaur Named Brooke Owens Fellow

Featuring Sue Kaur, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow

Earlier this year, undergraduate student Supreet Kaur (ISE ‘19) was officially named a Brooke Owens Fellow. The fellowship, founded in honor of notable pilot and space industry pioneer Dawn Brooke Owens, selects promising female students and supports them as they pursue a career in aerospace engineering. Kaur’s personal history and passion for space exploration made her an ideal candidate.

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Supreet Kaur: From NCAS Student to NASA Intern (and more!) at NASA’s Ames Research Center

By Supreet Kaur, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow

The predetermined plan was that I would graduate high school and follow the traditional path of an arranged marriage. I am the first woman in my family to choose an education and a career in STEM over what was expected of me. Deciding who I wanted to be was the easy part, the execution and risk it involved was another story. 

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Aerospace Student Receives Summer Fellowship

By Jessica Jarman, Featuring Grace Graham, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow

Utah State University’s Grace Graham is one of 38 women worldwide to receive the prestigious Brooke Owens Fellowship. “The fellowship has opened the door for me to be recognized in the aerospace industry, kick-start my career with an incredible first internship and offers the best support network of cohorts and mentors anyone could dream of,” said Graham.

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Johns Hopkins undergrad among recipients of aerospace fellowship

By Jacob deNobel, featuring Lindsey Wiser, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow

Ever since her mother introduced her to the utopian vision of Star Trek, Lindsey Wiser has known she wanted to study space. This summer, the Johns Hopkins University junior will have the opportunity to continue her exploration of the final frontier with a paid internship at the National Air and Space Museum, courtesy of the Brooke Owens Fellowship program.

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Two Extraordinary Embry-Riddle Women Join Elite Cohort as 2019 Brooke Owens Fellows

By Ginger Pinholster, featuring Alyssa Crystal and Jaclyn Wiley, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellows

Embry-Riddle’s own Alyssa Crystal and Jaclyn Wiley were among 38 students worldwide to receive 2019 Brooke Owens Fellowships honoring extraordinary undergraduate women in aerospace. To join the elite cohort of “Brookies” this year, Alyssa and Jaclyn competed with students from more than 125 universities in 13 nations. 

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CU leads pack with 5 Brooke Owens fellows

By University of Colorado Boulder, Featuring Kira Altman, Dallas Capozza, Vera Demchenko, Michelle Lin, and Maureen McNamara, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellows

A record setting number of University of Colorado Boulder students have earned Brooke Owens Fellowships. The highly competitive program provides paid internships and mentoring to exceptional undergraduate women seeking careers in aviation or space exploration.

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Jenna Kay Foertsch: Meeting the Challenge at NASA’s Johnson Space Center

By Jenna Kay Foertsch, 2019 Brooke Owens Fellow

It was a few days before the Intern Photo Challenge submission was due. The interns at NASA’s Johnson Space Center slowly shuffled into our weekly meeting, and you could hear the usual bouts of laughter muffled from the outside. As a fiercely competitive and creative group, we knew we had to create something unique to clutch Johnson Space Center’s first win. 

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Employee Spotlight: A Top 100 Intern Working on the Dream Chaser Spacecraft

By Sierra Nevada Corporation, featuring Carson Brumley, 2018 Brooke Owens Fellow

It's no secret that SNC attracts some of the most talented minds in the industry -- from executive vice presidents to interns. One is intern Carson Brumley, who is working at SNC's Space Systems Group on the Dream Chaser spaceplane. In fact, she was just named a "Top 100 Intern in the US" by WayUp, a job website for recent college grads.  Carson was chosen from a pool of more than 700 interns. WayUp says more than 40,000 votes were cast in their search for the most ambitious, passionate, and talented interns in the country.

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UK Senior Wins Astronaut Scholarship, Brooke Owens Fellowship

By Whitney Hale, Featuring Esther Putman, 2018 Brooke Owens Fellow

University of Kentucky biology and neuroscience senior Esther Putman, of Lexington, is having an out of this world year. This summer, Putman was named one of 2018’s 50 recipients of a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF). In addition, Putman was one of 40 recipients of a Brooke Owens Fellowship.

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America’s space industry has a hiring problem, and it must battle the Silicon Valley to solve it

By Caleb Henry, Featuring Lori Garver, Brooke Owens Fellowship Co-Founder

The space industry recognizes it has an awareness issue. When people think space, they often think NASA, and little else. True, billionaire-led companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic have opened many eyes to the broader space industry, but that hasn’t generated enough hiring leads to match industry needs.

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