·         The Two Recipients are Recent DMACC Boone Campus Students.

·         Each of the Iowa Space Grant Consortium Merit Scholars will Receive $3,400 in Scholarships. 

BOONE, Iowa—Two recent DMACC Boone Campus students have been selected as Iowa Space Grant Consortium Merit Scholars for 2021-2022.

The recipients are Ava Depping of Madrid and Noah Gleason of Granger.  Depping will be a senior at Iowa State University (ISU) this fall studying mechanical engineering.  Depping is on track to graduate next May.  She plans to enroll in graduate school for a Master’s degree in either mechanical or electrical engineering.

Gleason graduated from the DMACC Boone Campus in May of 2021 with a degree in Pre-Engineering.  He will be studying civil engineering at ISU this fall.  He graduated from Woodward-Granger High School in 2019.

The Iowa Space Grant Consortium Merit Scholars (ISGC) will provide each of the recipients $3,400 in scholarships, with $1,700 applied to their tuition in both the fall and spring semesters.

According to the Iowa Space Grant Consortium website, the ISGC promotes opportunities aligned with NASA’s mission by stimulating research, education and outreach programs for all Iowans.

“This is the third year I’ve received the Iowa Space Grant Consortium Merit Scholarship,” Depping said.  “I am also a NASA Community College Aerospace Scholar after participating in NASA’s NCAS program back in 2018.”

“I just completed NASA’s NCAS program,” Gleason said.  “I was also awarded a chance to be a part of Iowa State University’s Space Flight Operations Workshop with retired Astronaut Clayton Anderson and retired Flight Director Tomas Gonzales-Torres.”

Gleason said after he graduates from ISU, he plans to possibly pursue a career at NASA.

Ava Depping of Madrid

Noah Gleasoon of Granger

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