FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): Ivy Tech Community College has received one of 35 awards from NASA’s Office of Education, through the National Space Grant and Fellowship Program to increase student and faculty engagement in certain programs at community colleges and technical schools in the United States.

Six community college campus sites will participate in the Indiana portion of the partnership. Ivy Tech’s portion of the grant is $200,000, which will be divided among the four campuses involved. Regionally, the college will use its $50,000 to support completion scholarships and internship opportunities for students studying aviation maintenance technology and engineering.