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GLOBE Instrument Shelter Installed at Foreign Service Institute in Virginia, USA

Feb 08, 2018

On 02 February, a GLOBE instrument shelter was officially installed at the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) in Arlington County, Virginia, USA. The instrument shelter was donated by NASA to the United States Department of State to benefit Earth Science Technology and Health (ESTH), public diplomacy, and language students. FSI is the government’s premier foreign affairs training provider.

The new GLOBE/FSI shelter will serve as an interactive way to teach students engaged in FSI’s language and professional courses about the environment. Students can use the shelter instruments and barometer to take weather readings. Training on the equipment will also help them serve as mentors for The GLOBE Program in their eventual overseas assignments.

GLOBE is happy to welcome FSI to its worldwide network of over 31,000 GLOBE schools, and thousands of citizen scientists, reporting on the environment.

Participants at the GLOBE/FSI Instrument Shelter Installation
[Left to right: Kristin Wegner, Project Manager, GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO) and United States Department of State; Lyn D. Wigbels, International Coordinator, GIO; Kathleen Morenski, Director of Economic and Commercial Studies Division, FSI; Dr. Tony Murphy, Director, GIO; Dr. Lin Chambers (kneeling), Director of The GLOBE Program at NASA Headquarters; Deborah Klepp, Special Advisor, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES); and Jim North, Dean, School of Language Studies]

 

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News origin: GLOBE Implementation Office

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