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June 1, 2005 Princess Anne, MD - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Women's Bowling Team has tallied quite a few trophies and accomplishments this season, most of which related to their bowling prowess. Now they have another accomplishment due to their academics. A team that proudly boasts its academic skill has had one of their own rewarded by none other than the government's National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA). Christine King, a freshman on the team who stepped up her performance to aid the team at the NCAA Championships, has been selected to the College Freshman Intern Program (CFIP). The CFIP program is a two week pilot program designed to attract currently enrolled college freshman with little or no NASA intern experience who demonstrate a strong interest and ability in science, technology, engineering and match (STEM). King is one of 16-college freshman selected by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. In the program King will be introduced to scientists, engineers, technologists, university faculty, and other college interns positioned to inspire them to consider careers in space science and engineering. By promoting the program in local colleges and universities, we also hope to extend the pipeline to previously untapped underrepresented groups to enhance the diversity of our interns and our workforce. CFIP is intended to be a feeder program to other intern/co-op programs at NASA/Goddard. The program dates are June 6 - June 17. Students must provide their own housing and transportation to and from NASA/Goddard. The UMES program coordinator is Dr. Jeurel Singleton an Entomologist and Parasitologist on campus. More information can be found at http://space.gsfc.nasa.go/cfip/
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