Travis Hagey’s lab
NSF CAREER award
I am very excited to announce that my NSF CAREER proposal has been approved for funding! According to NSF’s website: "The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious...
Columbus Air Force Base STEM Expo
This week we participated in the Columbus Air Force Base STEM Expo, running a MUW biology booth for over 2000 visiting middle and high school students! It was a busy morning and afternoon! Dr. Moore and Dr. Onyeagucha ran a booth with MUW swag. Mr. Dodson and I ran a...
Summer STEM course
Today we completed our week-long 2024 summer STEM course for 9-14 year olds at Plymouth Bluff! Last year our space-themed STEM course was sponsored by the NASA NIFTY program. This year, our course was supported by a generous donation by Gary and Collene Albright....
April Public Engagement
As the semester come to a close, April has a been a busy month for public outreach events. I participated in Mississippi Public Broadcasting's first Family Fun Day event here an MUW's campus. With the help of Dr. Whitwam, we had a booth set up with STEM activities for...
Boys and Girls Club visit
This week, as part of NASA's Inspires Futures for Tomorrow’s Youth (NIFTY) spring eclipse program funding, we visited the Columbus Boys and Girls Club to do STEM related activities with the students there. On Thursday, with the help of Dr. Crossley, we explored the...