"Leading Women Toward Space Careers" third annual kickoff event, "Launching Interdisciplinary Endeavors," and Astronaut Scholarship Awards. View the video recap at this link!
April 2024
"Total Solar Eclipse: How We Think" panel. The faculty assembled for this free-of-charge panel each spoke for 10 minutes about their perspectives on an image of a total solar eclipse, and took questions.
Total Solar Eclipse Viewing Event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, presented by Purdue University
September 2023
"Leading Women Toward Space Careers" second annual kickoff event, "Launching Interdisciplinary Endeavors," and Astronaut Scholarship Awards.
March 2023
NASA Center visit (Spring Break)
Mentorship Circles Meeting (during NASA Center visit)
February 2023
Tech Justice Lab Workshop with Dr. Lindsay Weinberg
January 2023
Mentorship Circle meetings
November 2022
Tuesday Group Mentorship Circle meeting held
Wednesday Group Mentorship meeting held
Picture Your Career” workshop with Dr. Lindsay Sheedy
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 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 2022
Wednesday Group Mentorship meeting held
Tuesday Group Mentorship Circle meeting held
October 2022
Purdue’s Barron Hilton Flight and Space Exploration Archives visit with Dr. Tracey Grimm
Launch Event
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.
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.
