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photo courtesy of NASA’s Johnson Space Center
Astronaut Barbara Morgan will be the featured speaker during University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Commencement Ceremony Saturday, May 10, 2 p.m. The ceremony will be held at Reliant Arena, 8400 Kirby Drive, Houston. For information about the commencement ceremony, call UH-Clear Lake’s Office of Academic Records, 281-283-2525. |
Morgan to speak at UH-Clear Lake commencement
Astronaut Barbara Morgan will serve as the featured speaker during University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Commencement Ceremony Saturday, May 10, 2 p.m., in Reliant Arena, 8400 Kirby Drive, Houston, 77054.
Morgan holds a bachelor of arts in human biology and a teaching credential. For 25 years, she taught elementary school at various schools finishing her last 19 years at McCall-Donnelly Elementary School in McCall, Idaho. Morgan was selected as the backup candidate for the NASA Teacher in Space program in 1985 and trained with Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger crew at NASA’s Johnson Space Center from September 1985 to January 1986. Following the Challenger accident, she assumed the duties of Teacher in Space Designee.
In 1986, Morgan was selected by NASA as a mission specialist. Since that time she has logged more than 305 hours in space, completing her first space flight in 2007 as a mission specialist on the crew of STS-118, and assembly mission to the International Space Station.
Her honors include the NASA Headquarters Special Service Award and NASA Public Service Group Achievement Award. Other awards include the Idaho Fellowship Award, University of Idaho President’s Medallion Award, National Space Society Space Pioneer Award for Education and Women in Aerospace Education Award.
During the ceremony, 815 of the 997 students who applied for graduation will walk across the stage.
A graduation reception sponsored by the university’s Office of Alumni and Community Relations for all graduates, their family and friends will be held on Friday, May 9, 5:30-7 p.m., in the UH-Clear Lake Bayou Building, 2700 Bay Area Blvd., Houston 77058.
UH-Clear Lake is an upper-level university, with more than 7,500 students. Approximately 45,000 students have received degrees at the university since it opened its door in 1974.
For information regarding the graduation reception, call the Office of Alumni and Community Relations, 281-283-2021. For additional information about the commencement ceremony, call UH-Clear Lake’s Office of Academic Records, 281-283-2525.
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