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Gretchen Cook-Anderson
Headquarters, Washington              May 1, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-0836)

RELEASE: 03-156

NASA ANNOUNCES HARRIETT G. JENKINS FELLOWSHIPS
     NASA selected 21 Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral 
Fellowship Program awardees for 2003. The program provides 
financial support to full-time, under represented graduate 
students in science, technology and education, to continue 
their education in NASA-related disciplines. 
The fellowships include an annual 10-week, hands-on research 
experience at a NASA center. Fellowship tenure is three years 
for doctoral candidates or two years for masters' candidates 
in several NASA-related fields, including aeronautics, 
astronomy, biology, Earth sciences, computer science, 
mathematics, physics and engineering.
This year's Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellows with their current 
and graduate institutions:

* Marcel Agueros, Columbia University (University of 
Washington)
* Shavesha Anderson, Alabama A&M University (American 
University)
* Kevin Anthony, Texas Southern University (Texas Southern 
University)
* Tiffany Bailey, Hampton University (Georgia Institute of 
Technology)
* Diona Bateman, Florida A&M University (North Carolina State 
University)
* Alberto Cruz-Martin, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras 
(University of California-Los Angeles)
* Rene Elms, Texas A&M University (Texas A&M University) 
* Vanessa Green, Spelman College (North Carolina State 
University)
* Lorenza Levy, Northern Arizona University (University of 
North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
* Danena Lewis, Fort Valley State University (Georgia 
Institute of Technology)
* Michele Manuel, University of Florida (Northwestern 
University)
* Jessica Marquez, Princeton University (Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology)
* Omar Mireles, New Mexico State University (Georgia 
Institute of Technology)
* Manu Platt, Morehouse College (Georgia Institute of 
Technology)
* Tvesia Pompey, South Carolina State University (North 
Carolina A&T University)
* Bryan Reid, University of Michigan (University of Michigan)
* Johnny Seymore III, Bethune-Cookman College (Howard 
University)

* Hatshepsitu Tull, Spelman College (University of Maryland-
College Park)
* Alicia Washington, Johnson C. Smith University (North 
Carolina State University)
* Cranos Williams, North Carolina A&T University (North 
Carolina A&T University)
* Jamal Wilson, Morehouse College (Georgia Institute of 
Technology)

"The Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship Program provides NASA a 
prime opportunity to inspire under represented students to 
continue their studies in science, technology, engineering 
and mathematics, and thus enable their future careers in 
those disciplines," said Dr. Adena Williams Loston, NASA's 
associate administrator for education. "We must work to 
ensure that we have a talented and diverse workforce to 
continue the outstanding legacy of NASA's current scientists, 
engineers, physicists and astronauts," she said. 
The United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation 
administers NASA's Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship Program. 
For more information about the Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-
doctoral Fellowship Program and the application process for 
2004, on the Internet, visit:

https://www.uncfsp.org/NASA/Jenkins/Welcome.aspx


For more information about NASA education programs on the 
Internet, visit:

http://education.nasa.gov

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