Program Events and Workshops
SEPTEMBER 2023
2023-24 Program kickoff event.
MARCH 2023
NASA Center visit (Spring Break)
Mentorship Circles Meeting (during NASA Center visit)
FEBRUARY 2023
Tech Justice Lab Workshop with Dr. Lindsay Weinberg
This workshop focuses on what it means to do tech justice work and its implications for space careers.
JANUARY 2023
Mentorship Circle meetings
Mentors and four students meet for their third Mentorship Circle. Days/times based upon schedules.
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Tuesday Group Mentorship Circle meeting held
Mentors and four students met for their second Mentorship Circle.
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
Wednesday Group Mentorship meeting held
Mentors and four students met for their second Mentorship Circle.
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
“Picture Your Career” workshop with Dr. Lindsay SheedyNOVEMBER 10, 2022
Former Astronaut Roy Bridges Presentation
Former Astronaut Roy Bridges talked with students, staff, faculty and members of the public about his journey from humble beginnings to positions of leadership and prestige, ultimately fulfilling his dream of flying into space as the pilot of the Challenger space shuttle.
Joining astronaut Roy Bridges were two students from the Leading Women Toward Space Careers program as they interviewed him on how his leadership grew from humble beginnings to an astronaut and on to leadership in government research private business. A short Q & A session followed the presentation.
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Lightening Leadership Series: Women's Pathways to Careers Workshop
Session presenters: Allissa Battocletti Noffke (Spacewalk Flight Operations, NASA Johnson Space Center) and Alex Kemp (Program Liaison, Leading Women Toward Space Careers)
MENTORSHIP CIRCLES
Mentorship Circles are a multidisciplinary group of six (6) women, consisting of one senior professional, one (1) junior or mid-career professional, one (1) graduate student, and three (3) undergraduate students.
September 14, 2022
Wednesday Group Mentorship meeting held
Mentors and four students met for their first Mentorship Circle.
Sepember 20, 2022
Tuesday Group Mentorship Circle meeting held
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Purdue’s Barron Hilton Flight and Space Exploration Archives visit with Dr. Tracey Grimm
LAUNCH EVENT: SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Robyn Gatens, Director of NASA's International Space Station and NASA Astronaut Kathy Thornton
Open to program participants, staff, faculty, university campus, and general public.
The special night with Robyn Gatens and Kathy Thornton was presented by the Leading Women Toward Space Careers program.
Gatens and Thornton spoke to students, staff, and members of the community on interdisciplinary, international, technical, and non-technical aspects of space exploration.
The evening included presentation of the 2022 Astronaut Scholarship recipients.
EVENT NEWS COVERAGE:
Director of International Space Station, NASA Astronaut to Speak at launch of Leading Women Toward Space Careers program - John Martinson Honors College - Purdue University
Former NASA astronaut, International Space Station director visit Purdue | Community | wlfi.com
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Student Orientation with program manager, Dr. Allison Roberts
Student orientation is a time for the students to meet one another and the program manager. The orientation covers expectations, code of conduct, and events/workshops for the year.