A former NASA aerospace engineer will address students at Washtenaw Community College today.
Blue Origin astronaut and Washtenaw Community College alumna Aisha Bowe is the featured guest at the college’s 4th annual TEDxWCC event. Bowe will deliver a presentation for “Beyond One Voice” which examines perspectives that drive innovation, and change.
WCC Department Chair of Media and Theatre Arts Dena Blair says she talked to Bowe during the Artemis II launch last week.
“In between doing the other things that she was doing and taking our call, she had a mission there like to check off something with the engines or the spaceship. She was during commentary on it as well. So, it was an exciting day to be able to connect with her.”
Last year, Bowe flew aboard the Blue Origin NS-31 suborbital mission, serving as a science payload operator for plant biology experiments in partnership with NASA-affiliated research institutions.
Other speakers include Brandon Tucker, Ph.D., Executive Vice President for Instruction at WCC and Kei Graves, Ph.D., A WCC Humanities and Global Studies faculty member. U.S. Army veteran Michael M. White, Ed.D., a corporate trainer and nonprofit founder is also scheduled to speak.
This evening's event at WCC is free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged through the TEDxWCC webpage.
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