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

RELEASE: 03-166

NASA EXCITED ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISABLED 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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