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Greetings from Louisiana!
LIGO Livingston Observatory is partnering with Exploratorium, Southern 
University and the Louisiana Systemic Iniatives Project to provide an 
NSF-funded educational outreach program that will have as features:
(1) a 10,000 sq. ft. Science Education Center with over 40 interactive 
exhibits
(2) In-service Teacher Professional Development
(3) Pre-service Teacher Training
(4) General Public Outreach.

We are roughly 6 months into the 5 yr program and have already 
accomplished a lot including passing our first NSF Site Review last week.
LIGO is an ASTC member and we, along with some of our partners, plan to 
attend the Richmond conference.
We feel like it is perhaps too early in the game to submit our own 
proposal but I was wondering if there might be someone out there who is 
looking to form a panel from institutions that are currently involved in 
a partnering effort.
We're available to participate in some fashion.
Regards,

John Thacker
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory
Education and Outreach Program Leader
Livingston, LA 70754

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