Montana Space Grant Selects Student Ambassador for 25-26 Year
Montana State University Billings elementary education major Abagail Nagel has been selected as a Montana Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) Student Ambassador for the 2025–26 academic year. This prestigious statewide role is designed to engage promising STEM-focused students in public outreach, NASA engagement, and science communication.
As an MSGC Student Ambassador, Nagel will train and deliver Space Public Outreach Team (SPOT) presentations to K–12 schools, youth programs, and community groups across Montana. SPOT provides free, interactive presentations highlighting current NASA missions, space science discoveries, Earth-observing initiatives, and Montana’s growing role in aerospace and remote sensing research.
A senior from Laurel, Nagel has been a research intern under Dr. Elaine Westbrook, assistant professor of science education in the College of Education at MSU Billings. Westbrook said Nagel has contributed significantly to the design and facilitation of STEM drone camps for youth in grades 3-12. Due to those experiences, “Drone Academies” have launched across the state — including one at Salish Kootenai College — and other collaborations have started at with other tribal and community colleges.
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Original Post Date: 12.1.25
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