{"id":142057,"date":"2018-09-27T16:23:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T20:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=142057"},"modified":"2023-06-27T13:04:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:04:13","slug":"helicopter-ride-gives-students-new-view-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2018\/09\/helicopter-ride-gives-students-new-view-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Helicopter Ride Gives Students a New View of Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leaders from the University of Connecticut and Lockheed Martin celebrated their longstanding partnership connecting students in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields to careers and internships with a technology demonstration day.<\/p>\n

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A group of students, faculty and staff take off for a ride in a Sikorsky S-76 helicopter from the Student Union Mall as part of Lockheed Martin Day on Sept. 27, 2018. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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A group of students, faculty and staff take off for a ride in a Sikorsky S-76 helicopter from the Student Union Mall as part of Lockheed Martin Day on Sept. 27, 2018. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"A<\/a>
A Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter lands on the Student Union Mall as part of Lockheed Martin Day on Sept. 27, 2018. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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A Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter lands on the Student Union Mall as part of Lockheed Martin Day on Sept. 27, 2018. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"Students,<\/a>
Students, faculty and staff check out Sikorsky Black Hawk, left, and S-76 helicopters on the Student Union Mall as part of Lockheed Martin Day on Sept. 27, 2018. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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Students, faculty and staff check out Sikorsky Black Hawk, left, and S-76 helicopters on the Student Union Mall as part of Lockheed Martin Day on Sept. 27, 2018. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"Students,<\/a>
Students, faculty and staff check out Sikorsky Black Hawk, left, and S-76 helicopters on the Student Union Mall as part of Lockheed Martin Day on Sept. 27, 2018. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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Abdullah Alsenan, a graduate student in the School of Business, left, steps out of a Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter on the Student Union Mall during Lockheed Martin Day on Sept. 27, 2018. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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Abdullah Alsenan, a graduate student in the School of Business, left, steps out of a Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter on the Student Union Mall during Lockheed Martin Day on Sept. 27, 2018. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"Cara<\/a>
Cara Workman '95 (CLAS), '17 MBA sits at the controls of a Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter on the Student Union Mall during Lockheed Martin Day on Sept. 27, 2018. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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Cara Workman '95 (CLAS), '17 MBA sits at the controls of a Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter on the Student Union Mall during Lockheed Martin Day on Sept. 27, 2018. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

Kicking off the festivities, pilots landed two helicopters from Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, in the middle of the Student Union Mall at the Storrs campus. Selected students joined Lockheed Martin employees and UConn staff on a morning ride in one of the helicopters over the campus and surrounding area.<\/p>\n

The daylong event featured TED-style talks by company leaders, simulators, innovative technology, and onsite interviews with Lockheed Martin, a leader in aerospace and defense technology.<\/p>\n

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