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Catherine Embury (19), a graduate of the Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics at Morehead State, has accepted a prestigious internship with NASA.
Embury, a Lexington native, is currently a mathematics major at Wright State University. During her NASA internship, Embury will be researching efficient and cost-effective ways to communicate with and track small satellites. I have been applying (and getting rejected) for internships with NASA for almost three years, and honestly I didn t really think it would ever be more than a pipe dream, she said
. When I got the email with my offer letter, I actually spent about 30 minutes making absolutely sure it wasn t a phishing scam before I allowed myself to get excited, but when I did get excited, I cried for another 30 minutes. I am beyond thrilled to be a part of NASA, even if only for the next 16 weeks.
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Maiqi Qin, a senior from Salt Lick who attends the Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics at Morehead State, has been named a semifinalist for the 2021 Coca‑Cola Scholars Program. Qin is moving to the next round of the selection process to become a Coca-Cola Scholar and receive a $20,000 college scholarship.
In addition to her studies at the Craft Academy, Qin works as the social media manager for Dear Asian Youth, a non-profit organization that seeks to diversify the Asian narrative while empowering marginalized communities.
She’s also an intern with Blessed Hands, a non-profit organization that funds educational tuitions for students in the three provinces in China with an emphasis on the Yangshuo,Morehead s sister city, as well as Du an, and Qinzhou areas of Guangxi Province, P. R. China, allowing the students to continue their education.
The former deadline was Feb. 1.
The change is one of several steps the schools are taking to support prospective students in applying for admissions to the academies despite the current pandemic. In addition to extending the deadline, these measures include offering special administrations of the ACT at the academiesâ host campuses of Morehead State University (Craft Academy) and Western Kentucky University (Gatton Academy).
Known as ACT OnCampus and formerly known as the ACT Residual Test, these special testing dates provide prospective students the opportunity to take the ACT exam outside of a national test administration and are less likely to be cancelled or rescheduled. For more information on registering for the ACT OnCampus, prospective students should email the Craft Academy at craftacademy@moreheadstate.edu or the Gatton Academy at academy@wku.edu.