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Kevin Williams, director of the Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium and associate professor of earth sciences and science education, recently began a two-year term as president of the Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society (MAPS). One of seven regional planetarium societies in the Unites States, MAPS is a member of the International Planetarium Society and covers 13 states from New England south to Virginia and west to New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

During his two-year term as president-elect, Williams guided planning for the 2016 MAPS conference, for which he received an Exceptional Service Award. For the past year, he was on the conference committee for the 2017 National Planetarium Conference in Saint Louis, which took place October 10–14.