NEW PROGRAM MOLDS EMERGING NASA LEADERS

A common thread ran through the first graduating class of NASA's Mid-Level Leadership Program.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden spoke to the 2011 Mid-Level Leadership Program graduating class. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith"It was a career-changer, really," said Peter Lillehei, who works in the Advanced Structures and Materials Branch at NASA's Langley Research Center, which hosted the graduation ceremony Friday in the Reid Conference Center in Hampton, Va."Career-changing," echoed Susan McClain, a classmate who works in Langley's procurement office.

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