There are so many ways to measure what Your College brings to Your Community. One of them is in the special events we host, bringing leaders in education and science, arts and entertainment, commentary and culture to the Tall City ...
... people like Col. Eileen Collins, USAF (retired). She's a ground-breaker and high-flyer, the first woman to pilot and command an American spacecraft, and she's touching down in Midland this coming Thursday as part of the Davidson Distinguished Lecture Series.
Collins dreamed of becoming a pilot during her childhood in Elmira, New York. Her family lacked the funds to send her away to college, so Collins earned an associate’s degree in mathematics and science at Corning Community College, and then earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics from Syracuse University.
Collins then entered the Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training Program in 1978, the same year that NASA opened the Shuttle program to women. During Collins' year in the Pilot Training Program, the astronaut class visited her base, and she discovered that she had another dream for herself: to become an astronaut. Following her graduation from the Pilot Training Program, Collins spent several years in the Air Force, and earned master's degrees in operations research from Stanford University and space systems management from Webster University. While attending the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB, California, in 1990, she was selected for NASA's astronaut program.
She flew on her first Shuttle mission, STS-63 Discovery, in February 1995, as the first woman ever to pilot a Space Shuttle. She also served as pilot on her second Shuttle mission, STS-84 Atlantis, in May 1997. In July 1999, she achieved another milestone by becoming the first woman ever to command a Shuttle mission, STS-93 Columbia. In July 2005, she flew her final NASA mission as commander of STS-114 Discovery. This was NASA's historic “Return to Flight” mission, the first manned flight following the February 2003 loss of the Shuttle Columbia. Over the course of her four Shuttle flights, she logged over 872 hours in space.
She retired from the U.S. Air Force as a colonel in January 2005 and from NASA in August 2006.
Upon receiving the National Space Trophy in March 2006, Collins spoke of a new dream: "My dream, now, is that people will discover and invent new ways to fly higher, faster, and farther, and that someday humans will travel beyond our solar system. It will be expensive, it will be risky, and we will make mistakes as we go. But we will do it because we are explorers by nature."
Collins’ topic for her September 16 presentation is “Exploring the Great Beyond: From Apollo to Discovery”. The event is FREE and open to the public. Her presentation begins at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, September 16, at the Al G. Langford Chaparral Center. Won't you join us?
You may still order tickets and pick them up in person until Thursday, September 16, 4:00 p.m. in the Midland College Foundation office, Pevehouse Administration Bldg. Call (432) 685-4526 for information.
In May 1996, Steve Davidson and Susan Davidson McClenahan of the Davidson Family Charitable Foundation announced the endowment of the Davidson Distinguished Lecture Series. Twice a year, the Davidson Distinguished Lecture Series, Midland College Foundation, Friends of the Series and Bank of America present speakers whose civic leadership, academic accomplishments and/or public achievements interest, enrich, and enlighten Midland students and citizens. These lectures are FREE to the public.
Past lecturers have included scientist E.O. Wilson, author Bill Bryson, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, author John Updike, paleontologist Dr. Richard Leakey, commedian/commentator Ben Stein, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, journalist Bill Moyers, historian Shelby Foote, satirist/comedian Mark Russell and many, many more.
... people like Col. Eileen Collins, USAF (retired). She's a ground-breaker and high-flyer, the first woman to pilot and command an American spacecraft, and she's touching down in Midland this coming Thursday as part of the Davidson Distinguished Lecture Series.
Collins then entered the Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training Program in 1978, the same year that NASA opened the Shuttle program to women. During Collins' year in the Pilot Training Program, the astronaut class visited her base, and she discovered that she had another dream for herself: to become an astronaut. Following her graduation from the Pilot Training Program, Collins spent several years in the Air Force, and earned master's degrees in operations research from Stanford University and space systems management from Webster University. While attending the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB, California, in 1990, she was selected for NASA's astronaut program.
She flew on her first Shuttle mission, STS-63 Discovery, in February 1995, as the first woman ever to pilot a Space Shuttle. She also served as pilot on her second Shuttle mission, STS-84 Atlantis, in May 1997. In July 1999, she achieved another milestone by becoming the first woman ever to command a Shuttle mission, STS-93 Columbia. In July 2005, she flew her final NASA mission as commander of STS-114 Discovery. This was NASA's historic “Return to Flight” mission, the first manned flight following the February 2003 loss of the Shuttle Columbia. Over the course of her four Shuttle flights, she logged over 872 hours in space.
She retired from the U.S. Air Force as a colonel in January 2005 and from NASA in August 2006.
Upon receiving the National Space Trophy in March 2006, Collins spoke of a new dream: "My dream, now, is that people will discover and invent new ways to fly higher, faster, and farther, and that someday humans will travel beyond our solar system. It will be expensive, it will be risky, and we will make mistakes as we go. But we will do it because we are explorers by nature."
Collins’ topic for her September 16 presentation is “Exploring the Great Beyond: From Apollo to Discovery”. The event is FREE and open to the public. Her presentation begins at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, September 16, at the Al G. Langford Chaparral Center. Won't you join us?
You may still order tickets and pick them up in person until Thursday, September 16, 4:00 p.m. in the Midland College Foundation office, Pevehouse Administration Bldg. Call (432) 685-4526 for information.
In May 1996, Steve Davidson and Susan Davidson McClenahan of the Davidson Family Charitable Foundation announced the endowment of the Davidson Distinguished Lecture Series. Twice a year, the Davidson Distinguished Lecture Series, Midland College Foundation, Friends of the Series and Bank of America present speakers whose civic leadership, academic accomplishments and/or public achievements interest, enrich, and enlighten Midland students and citizens. These lectures are FREE to the public.
Past lecturers have included scientist E.O. Wilson, author Bill Bryson, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, author John Updike, paleontologist Dr. Richard Leakey, commedian/commentator Ben Stein, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, journalist Bill Moyers, historian Shelby Foote, satirist/comedian Mark Russell and many, many more.
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