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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide Campus partnered with US Girls Scouts Overseas to celebrate the April’s Month of the Military Child by offering two no-cost virtual and in-person workshops.

The first workshop was held on April 22, 2023, focusing on college preparedness. Dr. Eva Maleviti, ERAU Associate Professor, facilitated discussions on college and career exploration with a global perspective for grades 6-12. Lakenheath Campus hosted an in-person watch party at a flightline conference room with 8 students while over 70 attendees registered, attended virtually, or viewed the playback.

The second workshop featured a journey into space and STEM careers! The virtual workshop highlighted significant female role models and their journeys into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) careers. NASA Ambassador and ERAU instructor/alumnus, Dr. Amaya Davis, explored with the attendees what it’s like to work at NASA, explore Mars, and search for life in other worlds. The group also experimented with geodes, coloring sheets, 3-D glasses plus learned the science behind the Mars rovers and missions. The virtual workshop was held on April 29, 2023, for school level kindergarten-5th graders. Over 45 attended virtually with a watch party of 17 at Camp Foster, Okinawa, and over 250 registrations. The playback link is here (Passcode: USAGSOERAU).

"It’s exciting for Embry-Riddle to have the opportunity to share our faculty resources with our military communities," said Nancy Tran-Horne, Executive Director for U.S. military locations in Europe and PACOM. “We always welcome the opportunity to promote education and exciting careers in aviation and space to young learners. We appreciate the enthusiasm and support parents and partnering organizations provide.”

About Overseas U.S. Military Operations

ERAU has had the privilege of serving overseas U.S. military students via our current Tri-Services Contract since the opening of our first European military location in 1973. Campus locations are scattered across Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey, & the United Kingdom. Locations include Aviano AB, NATO AB Geilenkirchen, USAG Bavaria (Grafenwoehr/Vilseck/Hohenfels), USAG Ansbach (Katterbach/Illesheim), Incirlik AB, RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall, Ramstein AB, NAVSTA Rota, NAS Sigonella, Spangdahlem AB, Vicenza (Caserma Ederle), and USAG Wiesbaden, while providing support for students located in the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC – Sembach Kaserne, USAG Baumholder, Kleber Kaserne, & USAG Rheinland-Pfalz Landstuhl), USAG Stuttgart, Naples, RAF Croughton, RAF Molesworth, Moron AB, Poland (Poznan/Powidz), & Romania (Mihail Kogalniceanu AB). The team is celebrating 50 years in Europe in 2023.

European Military Campus Operations Website: Europe Military Campuses Website

ERAU began offering aviation undergraduate and graduate certificates and degree programs, EagleVision Classroom (EVC) courses, and on-site advising/support services, to members of the U.S. military stationed at overseas Pacific locations in US Forces Japan (USFJ) and US Forces Korea (USFK) in 2015 under a Department of Defense Education contract (recently replaced with an Education Services Agreement (ESA). ERAU PACOM’s flagship campus locations, Kadena AFB in Okinawa and Camp Humphreys in South Korea, opened their doors in August of 2015. Since then, ERAU PACOM has expanded to include ten campus locations throughout Japan and South Korea (Camp Humphreys, Kadena AFB, MCAS Futenma, MCAS Iwakuni, Misawa AFB, NAF Atsugi, Osan AFB, Yokosuka NB, and Yokota AFB) and continues to grow. We also support students located in Daegu/Kunsan, Camp Foster, Camp Schwab, Torii Station, Camp Fuji, and Camp Zama. We recently added a location in Guam at Andersen Airbase in March.

Pacific Command Campus Operations Website: PACOM Military Campuses Website

About Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Reporters worldwide contact Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for content experts in all aspects of aviation, aviation business, aerospace, engineering and STEM-related fields. Our faculty experts specialize in unmanned and autonomous systems, security and intelligence, air traffic and airport management, astronomy, human factors psychology, meteorology, spaceflight operations, urban air mobility and much more. Visit the Embry-Riddle Newsroom for story ideas.

Embry-Riddle educates 33,500+ students at its residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida and Prescott, Arizona, at approximately 125 Worldwide Campus locations and through degree programs ranked by U.S. News & World Report as being among the Nation’s Top Five.

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