Sonja Alexander
Headquarters, Washington                     May 12, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1761)

RELEASE: 03-166

NASA EXCITED ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISABILED STUDENTS

     NASA will join Career Opportunities for Students with
Disabilities (COSD) at their annual meeting in Redmond, Wash., May 13-15. COSD
is actively helping NASA find qualified students with disabilities who are
pursuing mathematics, science, engineering, and technical degrees for
employment with the agency.

"We applaud COSD for bringing together Disabled Student Services and Career
Placement Services to provide employers with ease in finding qualified students
with disabilities," said NASA's Dr. Dorothy Hayden-Watkins, assistant
administrator for equal opportunity programs. "This work is essential to
recruitment efforts to achieve NASA's diversity strategic goals."

NASA also supports COSD as it provides outreach and assistance to Historically
Black Colleges and Universities and Other Minority Universities to encourage
the recruitment, development, and academic growth opportunities of, and in
providing reasonable accommodations to, minority students with disabilities.

For information about NASA and Equal Opportunity Programs on the Internet,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

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