[W8MWA] WVUARC News

[Elizabeth DeHaan]

This is part of an article from WVU Today regarding ways various clubs in
the engineering school give back to the community. They are awesome! Just
thought I would share it with everyone. Here is what they say about WVUARC:

*Another organization in the national spotlight is the WVU Amateur Radio
Club, which went from being inactive for more than a decade to being the
second-most active organization in the College.*

*WVUARC has logged so many volunteer hours, in part, because of their
involvement in the Amateur Radio International Space Station program.  The
club was one of only 11 organizations in the country selected for an
opportunity to have contact with an astronaut aboard the International
Space Station.  *

*WVUARC has partnered with the College’s outreach effort to promote their
upcoming ISS contact and STEM education through summer engineering
challenge camps and school visits that feature projects like communicating
using Morse code and controlling robots via satellite.*

*“We believe it’s important to help students get excited about
opportunities in STEM fields,” said Oliver Wiegand, a dual major
in computer engineering and computer science from Morgantown. “Volunteering
on behalf of WVUARC is very important to our members and the revival of the
club has given us a platform to make an impact in our community.”*
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