{"id":12379,"date":"2019-01-31T20:35:40","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T02:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/?p=12379"},"modified":"2019-09-09T13:40:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T19:40:08","slug":"asi-hosts-nasa-heroine-scientist-history-maker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/2019\/01\/31\/asi-hosts-nasa-heroine-scientist-history-maker\/","title":{"rendered":"ASI hosts NASA heroine, scientist, history-maker"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Through hard work, determination to make a difference and a love for science and math, Christine Darden has shattered glass ceilings.<\/p>\n

The American Studies Institute (ASI) Distinguished Lecture Series will host Christine Darden on Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the George S. Benson Auditorium. The night will be the institute\u2019s second-annual Educator Appreciation Night.
\nKim Kirkman, ASI executive director, said Darden\u2019s calm and professional personality make her a dynamic and intriguing speaker.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have watched a few of her speaking videos,\u201d Kirkman said. \u201cHer story is intriguing, and she just kind of draws you in. I feel like even if you aren\u2019t a STEM person, her message is very inspirational. I think people will find her story interesting, and I\u2019m excited to bring her to campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Darden was one of the \u201chuman computers\u201d at the NASA Langley Research Center, popularized by the movie \u201cHidden Figures\u201d and the book \u201cHidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race,\u201d according to a Harding press release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Senior Michael Krupka, ASI executive vice president, said he is eager to learn about Darden\u2019s advice and her advocations for students.<\/p>\n

\u201cKind of like with Eva Kor, who came a year ago, she was able to tell her incredible story of surviving the Holocaust, but so much of it was also about how we could apply it into our lives and send us forward,\u201d Krupka said. \u201cI am eager to learn what Mrs. Darden has to say about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Darden started her career at the NASA Langley Research Center processing data, she became an aerospace engineer, where she worked on sonic boom minimization among other projects, according to the NASA Langley Research Center website.<\/p>\n

Darden received a nomination for the Congressional Gold Medal, and she won the Women in Science and Engineering Lifetime Achievement Award as well as two NASA medals.<\/p>\n

Senior Olivia Womack, ASI student president, said she is thrilled to have Darden on campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019m most excited to hear about her journey and working for NASA and some of the challenges of being an African American woman in science and how that affected her and how that can inspire future female and diverse people,\u201d Womack said.<\/p>\n

Harding is showing the movie \u201cHidden Figures\u201d in the Administration Auditorium on Feb. 5 at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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