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In addition to supporting many students with fellowships and scholarships, the District of Columbia Space Grant Consortium organizes and supports many activities, events, and programs. Below is a compilation of just some of the many such projects that the District of Columbia Space Grant Consortium has recently been involved with:
 Apollo 11 30th Anniversary Meeting With the Astronauts The District of Columbia Space Grant Consortium organized and funded a field trip for approximately fifty students, educators, and members of the general public to attend the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum and Newseum's special events relating to the 30th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Attendees included students involved in summer science programs at Gallaudet University, Howard University, and the University of the District of Columbia, as well as students involved in a summer internships program at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Approximately twenty of the students weer able to attend a Q & A session with Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, and one of the students, a junior at the University of the District of Columbia, was able to ask her question on the live televised program hosted by Tim Russert of ABC's Meet the Press.
NASA Academy The District of Columbia Space Grant Consortium nominated and supported Carissa Tudryn, a senior at Catholic University, to attend the NASA Academy Program at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The NASA Academy Program is a very prestigious Program for which university students from all across the country compete. Not only was Ms. Tudryn selected, she was the recipient of the Thomas Edison Award which "is a special commendation of the Academy for the individual who combines genius with an understanding of the human nature." It was given to Ms. Tudryn in honor of her "understanding of the need to develop the complete team, which is the spirit of the NASA Academy."
SPACE 2000 Symposium The Space 2000 Symposium, which was organized at American University, was held on March 24, 1999. The symposium garnered national and international press and public attention as the nation's primary activity for marking space exploration at the end of the millennium, and was a part of NASA's 40th Anniversary Celebration. The symposium featured a combination of interactive panel discussions with internationally known speakers and a wide variety of exhibits, including exhibits and personnel from NASA Headquarters and many NASA Centers such as Goddard Space Flight Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Johnson Space Flight Center. Several thousand attendees were there for the panel discussions, and since seating was very limited, several thousand others visited the exhibits alone. In addition, countless others were able to watch the symposium live on NASA Television as well as live Internet webcasting. The website for the symposium, http://www.SPACE2000.org, has thus far received almost four million hits and was posted on NASA's homepage for several months as a major NASA event. Rebroadcasts of the symposium on NPR and NASA Television continue to generate international response. Information on how to obtain a videotape of the symposium is available at http://www.SPACE2000.org/souvenir.htm. To inquire about receiving an official program from the symposium, please contact the District of Columbia Space Grant Consortium office at American University.
SUNBEAMS -- Students United with NASA Becoming Enthusiastic About Math and Science The District of Columbia Space Grant Consortium provided funds for an inner city high school class in Washington, DC, as well as several teachers, to attend the SUNBEAMS science and educational learning programs at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for one week. This was part of a year-long curriculum that the teachers initiated with Goddard the previous summer, and continued throughout the academic year with their Goddard mentors.
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