Product of Our Environment Youth Empowerment Program announces the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — I Have a Dream: Speech Competition for all sixth- through 12th-grade students in the state of Mississippi.
Organizers want to see and hear the students showcase their speaking talents by recreating Dr. King’s Famous “I Have a Dream” Speech. Students are encouraged to be creative, have fun, and capture the essence of the original speech.
A cash prize will be given to the top three video submissions.
Students are also allowed to present individually or groups (Prize will be split).
Students may submit video via Facebook @Productofourenvironment or by emailing it to [email protected] .
Columbus woman joins ICC pom squad
Itawamba Community College selected members of the spring 2022 pom squad.
They include Ja’Kyra Grimes of Amory; Hilary Little of Collierville, Tennessee; Kelsi Little of Columbus; Bailee Caples of Mantachie; Laken Hood of Mooreville; Lydia Walker of Olive Branch; Anna Claire Warren of Pontotoc; Lexi Tabbs of Red Bay, Alabama; Emma Cate Sparks of Saltillo; Alexius Young of Shannon; Ajalauh Caldwell of Sherman; and Jordyn Wilson of Tupelo.
The director is Mandy Eaton of Booneville.
MSU researcher collaborates on launch
STARKVILLE — A Mississippi State physics and astronomy faculty member is part of a group of scientists landing a new telescope on the moon’s surface.
Angelle Tanner, an MSU associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Physics and Astronomy, is collaborating with other researchers from Louisiana State University, the SETI Institute and AstronetX PBC, a Boston, Massachusetts-headquartered corporation dedicated to enabling frontier research from space. A grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to AstronetX is the primary funding source for the work, which aims to launch a small lunar-based telescope camera, known as L-CAM1, in 2024.
Tanner explained that implementing L-CAM1 on the moon’s surface will be a first step toward larger, long-term scientific goals and serves as a technological demonstration that could lead to further development of lunar-based telescopes.
Tanner said the planning phase of the project has required intense calculation and consideration of details, such as where on the moon’s surface the camera will land and how dust, temperature and other factors may impact the solar-powered instrument.
Contributing data analysis and exoplanet target selection, Tanner said she and LSU colleague Tabetha Boyajian, who serves as science team leader, have worked well together for many years on a variety of projects.
In addition to capturing cosmic images of exoplanets, the research team will observe a large number of asteroids, including some near Earth.
University of Alabama honors
Several area residents were among a total of 11,979 students named to the President’s and Dean’s lists at the University of Alabama.
Students with a grade point average of 4.0 were president’s list scholars. Students with a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.9 were named dean’s list scholars.
Those included were:
President’s List
Caledonia: Camden Hurst and Elayna McKee;
Columbus: Alexander Lee, Kayla Patel, Kayla Thornton, Katherine Wiygul, and Kelly Bell;
Steens: Ashlyn Glover
Dean’s List
Columbus: Elizabeth Bigelow, Thomas Chain, Madison Dox, Storm Gale, Brooke Ivy, and Taylor Phillips;
Starkville: Kaylie Hobart
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