MSU's Shannon Schmoll elected president of the International Planetarium Society

trueCollege of Natural Science,Physics & Astronomy09/05/2023MSU's Shannon Schmoll elected president of the International Planetarium Society

The stars aligned when Shannon Schmoll was elected to be the next president of the International Planetarium Society (IPS). Schmoll, director of Michigan State University’s Abrams Planetarium and an instructor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Natural Science, has been a leader in the planetarium community for many years. She will serve a six-year term beginning this year—two years each as president-elect, president and past president.

Shannon Schmoll, director of Abrams Planetarium at MSU, has been an integral part of the international community of planetariums.
She was recently elected in the succession to become the next president of the International Planetarium Society (IPS).
IPS provides the global community of planetariums “professional development, science literacy and arts/humanities awareness, innovative ideas, and partnerships in order to enhance the world’s appreciation and understanding of our universe.”

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Shannon Schmoll, director of Abrams Plaetarium at MSU, has been an integral part of the international community of planetariums. She was recently elected in the succession to become the next president of the International Planetarium Society. She will serve a six-year term beginning this year—two years each as president-elect, president and past president. She is pictured here giving a presentation at the Revolve IPS 2016 Conference in Warsaw, Poland.

Shannon Schmoll, director of Abrams Planetarium at MSU, has been an integral part of the international community of planetariums. She was recently elected in the succession to become the next president of the International Planetarium Society. She will serve a six-year term beginning this year—two years each as president-elect, president and past president. Pictured here is part of the proceedings at the Revolve IPS 2016 Conference in Warsaw, Poland.

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