FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 16, 2007

MUW graduate gets internship with NASA Contractor
 

By Jill D. O’Bryant

Mississippi University for Women graduate George O. Michael Rush was recently hired as a Department of Defense Keystone intern with the Defense Contract Management Agency in New Orleans, a contractor for NASA.

While assigned to the Michond facility in New Orleans, he is a three year intern as a contract administrator with DCMA’s NASA Product Operations Business Team which focuses on obtaining supplies and services of requisite quality on time and within budget for NASA.

The DOD Keystone Intern program is a three year program that focuses on contractual concepts and operations.

“The pride that I feel working for a national organization such as the Defense Contract Management Agency, and NASA being our customer, is breathtaking,” Rush said. “When watching the news, it is hard to believe that I am a part of the ever growing space program. It's a dream come true.

“Further, I think of the many people that invested in me, such as my grandmother Rosa Aaron and others - that now I can make them proud.”

The Columbus native enrolled at MUW in September 2002 as a non-traditional student and a veteran administration/vocational rehabilitation student. He graduated in December 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in paralegal studies.

“I feel that The W and fantastic mentors such as, Dr. Marty Hatton, Dr. Thomas Velek, Ms. Wahnee Sherman, Mr. David Smith and Mr. Eric Harlan (MUW faculty and staff members),
gave me the edge that I needed to qualify for this agency,” he said. “They gave me the support needed to go the extra mile educationally and in my self esteem. Age doesn't matter when you have a super support team.”

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