Student Recognition Events

Groups of students dressed in formal attire at award ceremonies, celebrating achievements with officials in a formal indoor setting.

Classroom of diverse students. Wide shot with plenty of room for text.

Take Pride in America National Awards ceremony at Main Interior, with presentations by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Take Pride in America Executive Director Katie Loovis, and other senior officials

2006 Take Pride in America National Awards event at Main Interior, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among the senior officials on hand

Classroom of diverse students. Wide shot with plenty of room for text.

2006 Take Pride in America National Awards event at Main Interior, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among the senior officials on hand

Tornado - Joplin, Mo. , September 22, 2011 Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and FEMA Deputy Administrator Richard Serino pose with students at Joplin High School. Secretary Napolitano and Secretary Duncan held a round table with the students, answering their questions and discussing the recovery of Joplin and their high school.. Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Clemente Middle School , Environmental Protection Agency

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President's Environmental Youth Awards - President's Environmental Youth Awards, Teams , Environmental Protection Agency

Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Karen Hughes, and other Department officials meeting with visiting English Language Fellows from the English Access Microscholarship Program

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astronaut David Wolf (left) and Center Director Jim Kennedy (right, with boy) pose for a photo with students and faculty in Howard A. Doolin Middle School, Miami, Fla., plus other NASA and KSC representatives (rear). The school is one of 100 taking part in the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) program. The purpose of Kennedys visit is to share Americas new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. He is talking with students in Florida and Georgia Explorer Schools about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.

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Civilian personnel from Marine Corps Base Quantico pose for a group photo during the Marine Corps Acculturation Program (MCAP) held at The Clubs of Quantico on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Sept. 8, 2022. The purpose of MCAP is to introduce the civilian workforce aboard Marine Corps bases to the unique history, customs, courtesies, culture, and organizational structure of the Marine Corps. MCB Quantico hosts the quarterly MCAP course in person and encourages all new civilian hires to attend within the first year of onboarding. The two-day course is broken into five learning modules and includes a tour of the National Museum of the Marine Corps.

Take Pride in America National Awards ceremony at Main Interior, with presentations by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Take Pride in America Executive Director Katie Loovis, and other senior officials

Secretary Gale Norton, front row third from left, posing with Student Conservation Association representatives in front of Student Conservation exhibit at fire plan conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, where Norton announced Department of Interior and Department of Agriculture-sponsored National Fire PlanAward winners recognized for efforts to protect public lands and wildlife

DEVELOP team members at Stennis Space Center for the summer 2007 term are (from left) front row, students Deirdra Boley, Jason Jones, Lauren Childs, Craig Matthews and Denise Spindel; back row, advisers Cheri Miller of NASA, Kenton Ross of Science Systems and Applications Inc., Andra Johnson of Southern University and Roxzana Moore, SSAI.

Federal Library of the Year Award and Open House at the Goddard Information and Collaboration Center

Astronaut Rex Walheim meets students at the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington on April 25, 2014. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Mark Trail Reception

Secretary Gale Norton, front right, viewing Student Conservation Association exhibit at fire plan conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, where Norton announced Department of Interior and Department of Agriculture-sponsored National Fire Plan Award winners recognized for efforts to protect public lands and wildlife

Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Tara Sonenshine speaks with Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) students studying Turkish at a conference in Washington, D.C., June 20, 2012.

2006 Take Pride in America National Awards event at Main Interior, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among the senior officials on hand

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Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao Attends Teen Press Conference Youth Rules

2006 Take Pride in America National Awards event at Main Interior, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among the senior officials on hand

Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller meets with students at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico on August 19, 2011. Seated to the left of Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller is Peter S. Hong, and to the right of her is Timothy W. Sussman. In the back row from left to right are: Zahra S. Kutchesfahani, Seth D. Katz, and Ariana N. Rowberry.

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Take Pride in America (TPIA) National Awards ceremony at Main Interior, with presentations by Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, TPIA Executive Director Heather Roebke, USA Freedom Corps Acting Director Kathny Wills Wright, and other officials

2017 interns participated in a summer poster session at Goddard on August 3, 2017. Awards were given to top posters in categories of: computer science/IT, engineering, GSFC functional services, and science. Colleen Hartman, Nancy Abell and Juan Ramon presented awards.

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President's Environmental Youth Awards - President's Environmental Youth Awards, Teams , Environmental Protection Agency

Military members from Shaw Air Force Base pose for a group photo during the Third Annual Shaw Womens Symposium at the Shaw-Sumter Farm Welcome Center, Dalzell, S.C. on June 01, 2022. During the symposium senior leaders from Shaw AFB discussed leadership development with fellow military members.

Activities at the 2007 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest at BIG Arts in Sanibel, Florida, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall among the Interior officials on hand to announce the winning entry, a depiction of a pair of pintail ducks by wildlife artist Joe Hautman of Plymouth, Minnesota. Judges for the competition, selected by the Secretary, included wood sculptor and former major league baseball pitcher Jim Sprankle, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Executive Director and former Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Matt Hogan, Springfield, Missouri Arts Council President Jeanie Morris, Smithsonian National Postal Museum Chief Curator for Philately Cheryl Ganz, and wildlife writer-photographer and former Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Eugene Hester.

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William Frantz School Ribbon Cutting. Louisiana Hurricane Katrina. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Lt. Meagan Way stands with a group of middle school students from Pensacola. Way spoke to middle school students interested in STEM degrees about her work in the U.S. Navy at the Pensacola State College Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Story Live 2022 event. (CTN3 Raffaele E. Eberlin/Released)

Lt. Meagan Way stands with a group of middle school students from Pensacola. Way spoke to middle school students interested in STEM degrees about her work in the U.S. Navy at the Pensacola State College Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Story Live 2022 event. (CTN3 Raffaele E. Eberlin/Released)

Cartoonist and professor of creativity Lynda Barry presented the benefits of creativity in everyday life as part of Goddard's Office of Communications Story Lab seminar series. Read more a href= http //www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/cartoonist-discusses-creativity-at-nasa-goddard rel= nofollow www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/cartoonist-discusses-cr... /a

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District 2022 Leadership Development Program Level II Course graduates and support staff poses with Lt. Col. Joseph Sahl, Nashville District commander, and Michael Evans, course instructor, during a graduation ceremony Sept. 14, 2022, at the district headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Leon Roberts)

Take Pride in America (TPIA) National Awards ceremony at Main Interior, with presentations by Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, TPIA Executive Director Heather Roebke, USA Freedom Corps Acting Director Kathny Wills Wright, and other officials

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - During opening ceremonies of the 2006 FIRST Robotics Regional Competition held March 9-11 at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida Governor Jeb Bush poses with recipients of the Governor's Award trophy. The FIRST Robotics Competition challenges teams of young people and their mentors to solve a common problem in a six-week timeframe using a standard "kit of parts" and a common set of rules. Teams build robots from the parts and enter them in a series of competitions. FIRST, which is based on "For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology," redefines winning for these students. Teams are rewarded for excellence in design, demonstrated team spirit, gracious professionalism and maturity, and ability to overcome obstacles. Scoring the most points is a secondary goal. Winning means building partnerships that last. NASA and the University of Central Florida are co-sponsors of the regional event, which this year included more tha

PEAK Home School Network Team 1832 'Techno Warriors' of Brandon sport the Champions Award they won during the Dec. 8 FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO League 2007 Mississippi Championship Tournament.

Deputy Director of the Office of Chemical and Biological Weapons Affairs Johnathan Beckett and science officer Jessica Petrillo meet with students, left to right, Joshua Bowman, Joshua Larimer, Jae Seung (Jason) Lee from Peters Township High School in McMurray, Pennsylvania, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C, on November 5, 2010. The students are competing in the National History Day Pennsylvania Competition, which is hosted by the Senator John Heinz History Center.

Office of the Administrator - Standing Rock Sioux Tribe - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation at Fort Yates, ND , Environmental Protection Agency

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - KSC Deputy Director Woodrow Whitlow Jr. (rear, second from right) poses with students and administrators at Howard Bishop Middle School in Gainesville, Fla. Dr. Whitlow shared the new vision for space exploration with the students, the next generation of explorers. Whitlow talked about our destiny as explorers, NASAs stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space. The presentation also included a downlink from the International Space Station for students to ask questions of the Expedition 8 crew, Commander Michael Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri. Howard Bishop Middle School is one of 50 nationwide (four in Florida) in the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) Program. NES establishes a three-year partnership between NASA and 50 NASA Explorer Schools teams, consisting of teachers and education administrators from diverse communities nationwide.

Project SEARCH graduates pose with 49th Wing and program leadership, May 24, 2022, on Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. 2022 was the inaugural year for Project Search on Holloman, with five interns.

Several Brooke Army Medical Center Summer Youth Program volunteers pose for a photo after an awards ceremony in the Carolyn D. Putnam Auditorium, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas July 29, 2022. A group of 37 enthusiastic teens between the ages of 14-18 sacrificed part of their summer vacation to participate, logging a combined 2,992 hours to work in clinics and sections throughout the organization.

NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold poses for a photo with students after speaking with them about his time onboard the International Space Station (ISS) during Expeditions 55 and 56, Friday, May 3, 2019 in Lanham, MD. During Expedition 55/56, Arnold completed three spacewalks for a total of 19.5 hours outside the space station, and concluded his 197 day mission when he landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan in Oct. 2018. He also flew to the space station on shuttle mission STS-119 to deliver the final pair of power-generating solar array wings.

Tree-planting volunteers, from Pelican Island Elementary School, posing on the new Pelican Island observation platform during events at the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, Sebastian, Florida, marking the centennial of the National Wildlife Refuge System

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- During a Minority Student Education Forum, fifth- through 12th-grade students perform a hands-on activity. The forum focused on encouraging students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, by featuring some of NASA's greatest legends and trailblazers. NASA's Education Office sponsored the forum as part of the agency's 'Summer of Innovation' initiative and the federal 'Education to Innovate' campaign.

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Office of the Secretary - Secretary Elaine Chao with Congressman Culberson and Kentucky High School Children

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Office of the Administrator - Standing Rock Sioux Tribe - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation at Fort Yates, ND , Environmental Protection Agency

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Dr. Woodrow Whitlow, KSC deputy director, greets teachers at Trojan Intermediate School in Potosi, Mo. Students from three area schools Potosi High School, John Evans Middle School and Trojan are on a team taking part in NASA’s Explorer Schools program. Whitlow visited the school to share America’s new vision for space exploration with the next generation of explorers. He is talking with students about our destiny as explorers, NASA’s stepping stone approach to exploring Earth, the Moon, Mars and beyond, how space impacts our lives, and how people and machines rely on each other in space.

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Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- Students and teachers from across the nation gathered for a photo opportunity during closing events of the NASA Explorer Schools (NES) symposium. During the NES gathering, students presented their investigation project to their peers, scientists, engineers and education specialists. About 60 fourth- through 12-grade students nationwide are at the center May 4-7 participating in tours of processing and launch facilities and the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, as well as several educational activities and a career panel question-and-answer session. About 30 teachers will receive professional development opportunities during the symposium. The participants were competitively selected after they completed an original investigation focused on existing NASA missions or research interests.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Mark Trail Reception

Students from Wil C. Wood High School receive the award for the Foreign Object Damage walk viable option category during the Travis Spark Challenge at Travis Air Force Base, California, May 13, 2022. Travis AFB and the Solano County Office of Education teamed up to host the Travis Spark Challenge. The Travis Spark Challenge is a team-based competition that motivates high school students to solve real challenges facing Travis AFB. The event was designed to teach the students life skills and empower them to make a difference in their community.

Activities at the National Park Service (NPS)-sponsored National Junior Ranger Day on the National Mall, Washington, D.C., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining NPS officials, volunteers, D.C. area schoolchildren and their families on hand

Fern Sumpter-Winbush, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) principal deputy director, presents family members with Vietnam War commemoration certificates during a DPAA Family Member Update (FMU) in Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 24, 2024. DPAA provides periodic updates and hosts FMUs for families of personnel who are missing from past conflicts. Since 1995, these events not only brief the families on the latest up-to-date information available about their specific cases, but they also provide reassurance that the agency will continue to investigate, recover, identify and return MIAs. Air Force

Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Aurene Martin, rear, with students during dedication day tour of the newly opened Baca/Dlo'ay azhi Community School in Prewitt, New Mexico, Bureau of Indian Affairs-operated school serving the Prewitt and Thoreau communities on the Navajo Nation Reservation

Activities at the National Park Service (NPS)-sponsored National Junior Ranger Day on the National Mall, Washington, D.C., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining NPS officials, volunteers, D.C. area schoolchildren and their families on hand

WIESBADEN, Germany - The Wiesbaden Community Spouses Club holds their annual scholarship award ceremony on May 24 where $84,000 in scholarships is awarded to Wiesbaden High School seniors and continuing education students.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Tuba City Boarding School on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona--largest school in the Bureau of Indian Education system. Joining Secretary Kempthorne for the tour of new buildings and classrooms, and for discussions with students, teachers, and parents, were education officials including Bureau of Indian Education Director Kevin Skenandore, Indian Affairs Office of Facilities, Environmental and Cultural Resources Director Jack Rever, Tuba City Boarding School Principal Don Coffland, and Tuba City School Governing Board President Frieda Maloney.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NATIONAL STUDENT SUMMIT ON OCEAN ISSUES

Activities at the National Park Service (NPS)-sponsored National Junior Ranger Day on the National Mall, Washington, D.C., with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining NPS officials, volunteers, D.C. area schoolchildren and their families on hand

Take Pride in America (TPIA) National Awards ceremony at Main Interior, with presentations by Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, TPIA Executive Director Heather Roebke, USA Freedom Corps Acting Director Kathny Wills Wright, and other officials

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne hosting event at Main Interior honoring student national finalists, along with teachers and administrators, from The National Campaign to Stop Violence-sponsored "Do the Write Thing Challenge" involving middle school students writing about ways to stop violence in their communities

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Secretary Gale Norton, center, and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Neal McCaleb, to her right, holding copies of Navajo history publications during visit to the To Hajiilee-He Community School, an Eastern Navajo Agency-operated school in Canoncito, New Mexico. Visit highlighted federal support for American Indian schools

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne hosting event at Main Interior honoring student national finalists, along with teachers and administrators, from The National Campaign to Stop Violence-sponsored "Do the Write Thing Challenge" involving middle school students writing about ways to stop violence in their communities

Descendants of Maj. Gen. Robert Bruce McCoy, the man whom Fort McCoy, Wis., is named after, stop for a photo in front of a display in the post History Center on July 8, 2022, at the installation during a special visit to the post by the McCoy family. The McCoy descendants visited the Fort McCoy Commemorative Area and all it offers to learn more about their familys military history with the installation.

Members from the 155th Air Refueling Wing participate in Purple Unity Day" by wearing purple and jeans to show support for domestic abuse survivors Oct. 26, 2022 in Lincoln, Neb. October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, where military personnel respect, support and defend victims of domestic abuse.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Clemente Middle School , Environmental Protection Agency

Members from the Nevada National Guard and the Samoan Emergency Operations Center pose for a group photo in Apia, Samoa during a subject matter exchange as part of the State Partnership Program, Feb. 21, 2024. Participants from Samoa include representatives from the Ministry of Police, Prisons and Corrections Services, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Samoa Fire and Emergency Services, and the Ministry of Health.

Technology Administration - NATIONAL MEDAL OF SCIENCE

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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Yosemite staff in leading classroom activities at the Yosemite Valley School, followed by Park touring with the students

Lunar Science Forum Student Poster competition Second place award to Kickapoo High school Team for the poster 'using Boulder and Crater Diameter Ratios to Differentiate Primary from Secondary Craters and the Lunar Surface'

Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Karen Hughes, and other Department officials meeting with visiting English Language Fellows from the English Access Microscholarship Program

"Bothell, Wash., June 27, 2014 Students who participated in Region X Regional Master Exercise Practitioner Program (MEPP) offering. The third class of the three-part series concluded on June 27, 2014.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Appearance by Secretary Gale Norton at the Great Lakes Lighthouse Conference, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, to announce transfer of four Michigan lighthouses, one Washington lighthouse from Coast Guard to state, county, non-profit control; and to bestow lighthouse awards

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Mrs. Terrie Hecker met with spouses and Child Development Center staff during her visit with Gen. James Hecker, U.S. Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa commander, to Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, July 18, 2022. Mrs. Hecker spoke to many of the spouses at RAF Mildenhall throughout her tour, allowing her to see what life is like for the families assigned to the base.

Technology Administration - Commerce Science and Technology (ComSci) Graduation

The Indiana National Guard hosted their ninth annual Cultural Diversity Day, Aug. 25, 2022 at the Indiana War Memorial in Indianapolis, Ind. Military and civilian members of the Indiana National Guard created displays to honor and celebrate a variety of different cultures with free food tasting, music and entertainment. Awards were also presented to the most educational, most creative and best overall displays.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Yosemite staff in leading classroom activities at the Yosemite Valley School, followed by Park touring with the students

Technology Administration - Commerce Science and Technology (ComSci) Graduation

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne hosting event at Main Interior honoring student national finalists, along with teachers and administrators, from The National Campaign to Stop Violence-sponsored "Do the Write Thing Challenge" involving middle school students writing about ways to stop violence in their communities

220824-N-OT701-1049 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (Aug. 24, 2022) Isabella Guzman, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and U.S. Representative Ed Case, met with Hawaiian-Pacific Island SBA directors, resource partners, and active-duty service members at the Pearl Harbor Military and Family Support Center.

U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale (center) and U.S. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs (center-right) pose for a photo with South Asian participants of the Seeds of Pace program at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 14, 2010.

High Schools United with NASA to Create Hardware (HUNCH) students from 6 schools meet at the U.S. Space and Rocket center in order to participate in the annual culinary challenge where students create meals suitable for astronaut use in space. Students in 2018 created different dishes for breakfast dining. Other NASA centers also participate in this program with the top 10 voted recipes being judged at Johnson Space Center.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to Los Angeles County, California, where he observed the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history ("The Great Southern California Shake Out"). The Secretary joined California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at a press conference, watched preparedness drills in schools, and discussed peparedness measures with students, educators, emergency operations personnel, and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) staff including USGS Director Mark Myers

Sticking with Army modernization efforts, students got to see how vehicle acceptance concepts can even be applied to the remote-controlled vehicles they use in their labs to test its durability, speed, traction, and control. (Loaned Photo)

Appearance by Secretary Gale Norton at the Great Lakes Lighthouse Conference, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, to announce transfer of four Michigan lighthouses, one Washington lighthouse from Coast Guard to state, county, non-profit control; and to bestow lighthouse awards

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management - Secretary Elaine Chao's 2001 Honor Awards Ceremony

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