Sharon Shanks is the Planetarium Lecturer at the Ward Beecher Planetarium at Youngstown State University (Youngstown, Ohio). She combines her ability to write with her love of space in her presentations to thousands of school children every year, as well as to the general public and to readers of her weekly newspaper column "The Cosmos." She will use these same skills to share the wonders of the solar system through programs at the Ward Beecher Planetarium and hands-on activities at sites throughout the community.
Past events hosted by this Ambassador:
Astronomy Day Ward Beecher Planetarium/Youngstown State University
Can U say Ei-I-Ei-I-O? Moon near Jupiter uninhabitable but makes for good sci-fi Morning Journal
Rovers find once water on Mars Morning Journal
Those pesky high albedos Morning Journal
Vagabonds of the Solar System Ward Beecher Planetarium
Sharon Shanks is the Planetarium Lecturer at the Ward Beecher Planetarium at Youngstown State University (Youngstown, Ohio). She combines her ability to write with her love of space in her presentations to thousands of school children every year, as well as to the general public and to readers of her weekly newspaper column "The Cosmos." She will use these same skills to share the wonders of the solar system through programs at the Ward Beecher Planetarium and hands-on activities at sites throughout the community.
