Women in Aviation Mountain State Chapter

10/31/2026

🎃🧹🧙🏼‍♀️Happy Halloween Women in Aviation Mountain State Chapter! The Moon understood the assignment!🌜🌝🌛🧹

10/29/2026

Please share with anyone in WV or anyone that wants to move home to Almost Heaven! Ready to start your career in Aviation with the MHI RJ Aviation Group Academy? Great news, we're ready for you too. Applications are now open at our Bridgeport WV location!
The Sheetmetal Academy at MHIRJ is a PAID training program providing more than an education; it's a gateway to a recognized and fulfilling career. Those who successfully complete our paid training program are poised to continue as an MHIRJ employee, setting the stage for a long term career in aviation.
Apply today: https://mhicareers.com/job/Bridgeport-Academy-Structures-Apprentice-WV-26330/1447106133/
Or all opportunities: mhirj.com/en/careers

Ready to start your career in aviation with the Academy?
Great news, we're ready for you too: Applications are now open at both our Bridgeport WV, and Tucson, AZ locations!

Apply today: mhirj.com/en/careers

10/29/2026

What: "From Andromeda to Black Holes: A Tour of the Night Sky
When: Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Where: WVU Planetarium in White Hall, 135 Willey Street, Morgantown, WV, 26505
💫✨⭐ FREE EVENT, all ages! What can you see when you look up at night? Join us for a tour of the sky, from our neighbor the Andromeda Galaxy and the many shapes galaxies take, to binary stars, globular clusters, glowing nebulae and red giant stars, before venturing into the dark to the objects no telescope can see: neutron stars and black holes.
ℹ️ WVUniverse is a series of public outreach talks exploring different scientific topics with an audience of all ages in mind. These talks are free, open to all, and conclude with a fun trivia game with a chance to win prizes. Follow FB event here: https://www.facebook.com/share/18bwzcdSHJ/

Please join us for this free talk next Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM in the WVU Planetarium in White Hall.

10/29/2026

WAI Junior & Student Members- let's see you get curious and creative for our 5th Annual Aviation for Girls Costume Contest!
Design an ✈aviation or 🚀aerospace costume, dress up, snap a photo, and send it in for a chance to win some exclusive WAI swag and be featured in Aviation for Girls magazine! Explore the pioneer timeline on the AFG app for inspiration, and think outside the galaxy💫.
Whether you're a future engineer, mechanic, astronaut, pilot, or air traffic controller, we want to see your creativity takeoff!
⏰Contest submissions are due Monday, November 2, 2026
📲 Find official rules on the Aviation for Girls app - scan QR code below.

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WAI Junior & Student Members- let's see you get curious and creative for our 5th Annual Aviation for Girls Costume Contest!

Design an aviation or aerospace costume, dress up, snap a photo, and send it in for a chance to win some exclusive WAI swag and be featured in Aviation for Girls magazine! Explore the pioneer timeline on the AFG app for inspiration, and think outside the galaxy.

Whether you're a future engineer, mechanic, astronaut, pilot, or air traffic controller, we want to see your creativity takeoff!

⏰Contest submissions are due Monday, November 2, 2026
📲 Find official rules on the Aviation for Girls app.

10/29/2026

WV SHERO, WVU grad, WV Space Gal, the one and only Emily Calandrelli is now ASTRONAUT AMY on Iron Man, on Disney Jr.! Check out episode 33 with Iron Man and His Awesome Friends that is out NOW!🚀👩🏿‍🚀

10/27/2026

Fans of WV STEM SHERO Emily Calandrelli "The Space Gal", good news! Emily will be at the Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of West Virginia Sat. Nov. 14🚀⭐
🌟 Get ready to be inspired at STEM Fest from 11am-4pm!
Emily Calandrelli is joining us at the Clay Center for a special 60-minute talk and demonstration beginning at 3 PM.
Emily is lnown for making 🔭science exciting and accessible, & will bring even more wonder to a day packed with exploration and discovery!
📅 Saturday, November 14, 2026
⏰ STEM Fest: 11 AM–4 PM | Emily’s appearance: 3 PM
📍 Clay Center, 1 Clay Square, Charleston, WV 25301
Mark your calendar, spread the word, and get ready to celebrate the power of curiosity!
Info about the event: https://www.theclaycenter.org/events/stem-fest-2026
Admission & parking for the Clay Center: https://www.theclaycenter.org/know-before-you-go

🌟 SPECIAL GUEST ALERT! 🌟

Get ready to be inspired at STEM Fest! Emily Calandrelli is joining us at the Clay Center on November 14 for a special 60-minute talk and demonstration beginning at 3 PM.

Known for making science exciting and accessible, Emily will bring even more wonder to a day packed with exploration and discovery.

📅 Saturday, November 14, 2026
⏰ STEM Fest: 11 AM–4 PM | Emily’s appearance: 3 PM
📍 Clay Center

Mark your calendar, spread the word, and get ready to celebrate the power of curiosity!

10/21/2026

A historic Rosie the Riveter ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil an extraordinary tulip is scheduled for Oct. 26, 11am, at the All-Veterans Memorial Park, Railroad Avenue, Elkins WV (across from Scottie's Restaurant)
The event will begin at 11 a.m. and will feature the planting of a tulip that was developed in the Netherlands as a tribute to a group of American Rosies who helped win World War II.
The public is invited to attend the event, and special invitations have been sent out to descendants of Rosie the Riveters to personally help plant the special tulip. A representative of the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington. D.C. will participate in the ceremony, which will bring together government and community leaders, veterans, Rosie families, garden clubs and civic organizations.
“Children and descendants of Rosies will have an opportunity to place a tulip bulb into West Virginia soil in honor or memory of the women who served their family and their country,” event organizer and Emma Scott Garden Club member Linda Shomo told The Inter-Mountain. “Families throughout Randolph County and beyond are encouraged to search their family histories and remember the women who served on the home front.”
In addition to the Netherlands tulip, approximately 500 more Rosie the Riveter Tulip bulbs have been provided for the tribute. The tulip has been years in development and is not expected to be generally available to the public for several more years. The bulbs will be planted around the bronze Rosie the Riveter statue that is located in All-Veterans Memorial Park.
“Imagine what those flowers will represent when they rise from the ground and bloom,” Shomo said. “Hundreds of loving reminders of women whose hands once helped build the machinery, grow the food, and sustain the nation that helped win a world war… The Rosie statue and the tulips surrounding it will stand together as symbols of service, freedom, agriculture, sacrifice, remembrance and international friendship.”
The connection between the United State and the Netherlands during World War II is especially meaningful.
“During the war, American service members helped liberate the Netherlands from N**i occupation,” Shomo said. “At home, millions of American women stepped forward to keep the nation running. They built aircraft, ships, weapons and vehicles while working in factories and farms. They also served in vital support positions and planted Victory Gardens to help feed their families, communities and a nation at war.”
Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon that represents the women who worked in factories and shipyards during the war. Any woman who received pay for any essential work during war is considered a Rosie.
The 6-foot-3-inch bronze Rosie the Riveter statue was placed behind the Gold Star Families Memorial Monument at the All-Veterans Memorial Park in July 2025. It is the only Rosie the Riveter statue of its kind in West Virginia, and was a project of the Emma Scott Garden Club, The American Rosie Movement - by Thanks Plain and Simple

10/15/2026

Hey WV kiddos, deadline to apply is December 4, 2026:
It's time to apply to ARC’s July 2027 summer learning opportunities for Appalachian students! ⌚
The Appalachian STEM Academy brings together middle school students and high school students and teachers to work alongside award-winning scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. 🔬
The Appalachian Entrepreneurship Academy, hosted by Appalachian State University, welcomes high school students interested in business and economic development.💡
Learn more and apply by December 4, 2026, at https://www.arc.gov/academies-and-institutes/

It's time to apply to ARC’s July 2027 summer learning opportunities for Appalachian students! ⌚

The Appalachian STEM Academy brings together middle school students and high school students and teachers to work alongside award-winning scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. 🔬

The Appalachian Entrepreneurship Academy, hosted by Appalachian State University, welcomes high school students interested in business and economic development.💡

Learn more and apply by December 4, 2026, at https://www.arc.gov/academies-and-institutes/

10/15/2026

How many of you met Captain Larkin Bohn from SpaceTrek at our 5th Annual WAI Mountain State Chapter Girls In Aviation Day? GUESS WHAT?
Applications are open NOW for SpaceTrek 2027 at West Virginia Wesleyan College! Info below!

📡Be the Future of Space Engineering!🛰️
SpaceTrek 2027 Applications are OPEN!
Application Link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/8wc8YiZTjH
With a rigorous curriculum in Space Systems Engineering, a holistic empowerment program, and lifelong support and community - SpaceTrek has been the launchpad for hundreds of young women pursuing STEM careers in aerospace and beyond!!
📆 MSU Program Dates: June 6-19, 2027
🗓️ WV Wesleyan College Program Dates: July 18-31, 2027
👩‍🚀 Open to young women who are rising 9th–12th graders & rising college freshmen.
‼️ MSU Program Applications Close March 14th!
‼️ WV Wesleyan College Program Applications Close April 18th!
ℹ️Participants must have successfully completed Algebra 1 prior to the program’s start date.
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