The Collider host three education events Aug. 5

From The Collider:

Three education-related events to take place at The Collider in downtown Asheville on Friday, August 5

The end of summer is fast approaching and that means student are wrapping up their internships. The back-to-school season is apparent at The Collider as we host three different education–related events on Friday. The Collider is located on the top floor of the Wells Fargo Building in downtown Asheville across from Pritchard Park at 1 Haywood Street.

Please see below for details on each of these events.

EVENT #1: Friday, 9am to 12noon – City of Asheville Youth Leadership Academy Internship Presentations
On Friday morning, 25 high schoolers, plus a few community leaders, including former Mayor Terry Bellamy, will be at The Collider giving presentations about their summer internships. These students are part of the City of Asheville Youth Leadership Academy (CAYLA), a program offering students paid summer work experience, leadership development through seminars and community service, and college preparatory activities, including yearlong academic support.

CAYLA has received numerous accolades since its inception in 2007, including recognition from the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the North Carolina Governor’s Award for Volunteer Service. It is part of the City of Asheville’s ‘Grow Our Own’ initiative that provides the city’s young people the opportunity to stay and work in Asheville, as well as to have valuable work experiences that will advance their future careers.

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EVENT #2: Friday, 1 to 4:30pm – NASA/NOAA DEVELOP Intern Presentations
On Friday afternoon, graduate and undergraduate interns from universities across the country participating in the summer 2016 NOAA NASA DEVELOP program will present their project results at The Collider. The NOAA NASA DEVELOP program is a 10-week intensive capacity building program awarded to enthusiastic, motivated college students and transitioning young professionals. Participants from a variety of education and experience levels come to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) in Asheville to work in small teams with science advisors and partners to develop applied research projects.
Interns from three DEVELOP locations − Wise County Virginia, the University of Georgia, and NCEI in Asheville − will present their project results as follows:
* 1:15pm: Water Resources
* 2:30pm: Agriculture
* 2:45pm: Climate
* 3pm: Ecological Forecasting
* 3:30pm: Health and Air Quality

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EVENT #3: Friday, 6 to 8pm – Beer City Science Pub: The Amelia Earhart Project
On Friday evening, climatologist L. DeWayne Cecil, Ph.D., whose office is at The Collider, will discuss an upcoming expedition he is participating in to locate the Amelia Earhart plane, which mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific nearly 80 years ago. Also presenting will be expedition leader Ric Gillespie, founder and executive director of Pennsylvania-based The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR), and author of the book, “Finding Amelia: The True Story of the Earhart Disappearance.”

Doors open at 6pm for this free educational presentation, with Aerialist Hoppy Lager donated by Hi-Wire Brewing. The program starts at 6:30. The event is part of the “Beer City Science Pub” series of science education presentations organized by the Asheville Museum of Science (AMOS), also known as the Colburn Earth Science Museum, which is relocating to new space in the same building as The Collider later in the fall.

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