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The
Challenger Learning Center at Wheeling Jesuit University
was made possible by Congressman Alan B. Mollohan
who urged university officials to seek the designation
of an official Challenger Learning Center learning
site.
A member of United States House of Representatives
Appropriations Committee and Chairman of one of
its important subcommittees (Commerce, Justice and
State, the Federal Judiciary and 17 related agencies,
The Federal Judiciary and related agencies,
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and US
Small Business Administration (SBA) are among the
subcommittee’s jurisdiction.) Mollohan has
been a strong supporter of initiatives to improve
ways of teaching and learning math, science, and
technology. His interest and support was a
key in making the Wheeling Jesuit University Center
for Educational Technologies building.
Congressman Mollohan’s support of Challenger
Learning Centers nationwide and of Wheeling Jesuit
facility has drawn significant praise. In
honor of his key role in the development of the
facility, the core components of the Wheeling Jesuit
Challenger Learning Center have been named in his
honor- The Alan B. Mollohan Mission Control and
Spacecraft Simulator.
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