WASHINGTON, D.C. - Three Gulf Coast region undergraduate students were among 39 recipients - from 26 colleges and universities across America - of the 2022 Patti Grace Smith Fellowship, a program that connects the nation’s leading aerospace companies with talented Black students. As part of the program’s selection process, each member of the Class of 2022 has earned a challenging summer internship in the aerospace field, in addition to receiving a scholarship worth thousands of dollars, and a pair of personalized mentors. Student selected must be currently enrolled in the first or second year of a bachelor’s degree program or associate degree program seeking their first work experience in the aerospace industry.
Gulf Coast regional selectees are:
*Chancellor Charles-Halbert, originally of Atlanta, GA, who is a second-year student at Mississippi State University majoring in Electrical Engineering. Mr. Charles-Halbert will work this summer at United Launch Alliance.
*Jarrett Davis, a native of Mobile, Ala., is a freshman at Alabama A&M majoring in Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Davis will work this summer at ABL Space Systems.
*Robert Boykin, a native of Mobile, is attending Embry- Riddle Aeronautical University majoring in Aviation Maintenance with a minor in Applied Meteorology. Mr. Boykin will work at Joby Aviation this summer. (Source: SpaceRef 02/01/22) 39 Exceptional Undergrads Earn Prestigious Patti Grace Smith Fellowships, Bringing More Black Excellence to Aerospace (spaceref.com)
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