100 Years of Excellence at NPS

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Naval Postgraduate School, a century of Excellence in Education. The university will proudly celebrate this landmark achievement with special events and activities all year long. Currently in the works is an astronaut reunion and military aviation salute, as well as an Energy Fair highlighting NPS’ future as a more sustainable campus, and a Centennial time capsule. We have also planned a Spanagel Plaza renovation and rededication, military Birthday Balls, Remembrance Dinners, and student, faculty, staff, appreciation events. It’s a great year to be a part of NPS! The yearlong celebration has begun and will continue through Memorial Day 2010. Please join us in celebrating NPS’ historical milestone!  We invite you to visit the campus in scenic Monterey during our Centennial year and attend one of our many events.

NPS Centennial Finale Weekend

Celebrating the Past, Defining the Future! Join us this coming May, 2010, for our finale salute to 100 years of excellence in education at NPS. Register online now.

NPS Centennial Time Capsule Dedication

In commemoration of NPS’ 100th anniversary year, 2009-2010, NPS is burying a time capsule in the center of Spruance Plaza in the academic quad of the campus in Monterey. The time capsule and its contents will offer a hands-on look at what life was like on campus, in the community, in the nation and globally in 2010. Students, faculty, and staff 100 years from now will learn of the achievements, advances, challenges, values, and opinions of the Naval Postgraduate School in its first century, the mark of our first 100 years. Learn more here.

NASA Space Enrichment Lecture

NASA astronaut Captain Alan “Dex” Poindexter, USN, returns to NPS during our Centennial Finale to talk about his most recent mission to the International Space Station, STS-131, the 33rd shuttle mission to the International Space Station.

The seven person crew aboard the space shuttle Discovery delivered a multi-purpose logistics module filled with science racks to be transferred to laboratories on the International Space Station. The mission conducted three six-and-a-half-hour-long spacewalks to replace an ammonia tank assembly, retrieved a Japanese experiment from the station’s exterior and switched out a rate gyro assembly on the S0 element of the station’s truss.

Poindexter is an NPS Alumnus, having received a graduate degree in aeronautical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1995. NPS is the global leader in space systems education, with 38 NASA astronaut alumni, and is an integral member of the local and regional community for space-related outreach and education. 

If you’d like to attend this event, please register in advance.

Date: Friday May 28
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: NPS’ ME Auditorium
Register at http://nps.imodules.com/poindexter

Teaching from Space t-shirts

On April 10, 2010, NPS hosted a NASA "Teaching from Space" downlink with the crew of STS-131 including commander Alan Poindexter, an NPS graduate. The downlink t-shirts were such a hit at the event, we've decided to offer them for sale on the web. Click here to order.

Information Technology Centennial Website

Learn more about our IT pioneers and read articles about early computing at the Naval Postgraduate School, a salute to NPS’s IT Notables, as well as tidbits and facts about IT since 1953. Read more...

68th Anniversary of the Battle of Midway Dining-Out

June 5, 2010     
1800-1900 social hour, 1900-2100 dinner
Tickets available at NPS ITT office 656-3223, by mail or at www.nps.edu/midway
E-1 / E-5 $40.00, E-6 / 0-3 $45.00
(or equivalent GS grade)
All others $50.00
Click here to download flyer/reservation form.

Supporting the Centennial

NPS Foundation
Click here to visit the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation donation page.

Centennial News

Kick-off Weekend Photos
View photos of the week that kicked off the NPS Centennial - May 25, 2009.

Centennial Overview
We Made It! NPS Celebrates 100 Years of “Excellence Through Knowledge”,  by Barbara Honegger, Military Affairs Journalist.

To read other articles covering the centennial year please visit our Publications page.