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Welcome to the 2025 OSGC Fall Symposium!
This event will be held in-person Friday, October 10th, at 9AM PST at the LaSells Stewart Center. Lunch will be provided for our student presenters and mentors. Please join us for a reception after presentations have concluded.
We want to extend a special thanks to our student participants. Our student presenters on the day of the Symposium will include our NASA interns, OrION Interns, as well as students who participated in our AFRIP program. For more information about each program and how to participate please click on the links.
Browse through our virtual poster hall, read about our keynote speaker. We look forward to seeing you at the Symposium!
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Keynote Speaker
Rosemary Williams
Astronomy Park Ranger, National Park Service
OSU Graduate, Physics 2021
From NASA to the National Park Service: How Space Grant Launched Me into Science Communication
Hey everyone! My name is Rosemary Williams, and I am astronomy park ranger with the National Park Service in southern Arizona. The path to this career was everything but straightforward, and started off with two Space Grant funded internships at NASA in 2018 and 2019.
Studying physics and astronomy has led to a lot of awesome opportunities, including writing a Masters dissertation on trails in the Scottish Highlands, working as a Museum Guide in Los Angeles’ Griffith Observatory, and creating an astronomy and poetry night with New Mexico’s Poet Laureate in the middle of the desert. I hope I can inspire you to think outside the box of what is possible in a STEM career and the importance of being an advocate for yourself.