\u201cI love that SPC hosts events like this,\u201d said student Ronelia Bailey, who travels from Bradenton to attend SPC. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t get this opportunity anywhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n
Unhidden Figures<\/h3>\n![\"SPC](\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/science-mathematics-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/10\/moore-podium.jpg\")
<\/a>SPC Mathematics Chair Joy Moore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe symposium drew all ages to SPC\u2019s Clearwater Campus and showcased the accomplishments of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. To kick things off, SPC Mathematics Chair Joy Moore introduced herself as an ‘Unhidden Figure’ in reference to the movie “Hidden Figures”<\/a> and the book it was based on.<\/a> Both the book and the movie pay homage to three pioneering African-American women in the space program<\/a> whose calculations helped fuel some of America\u2019s greatest achievements in space.<\/p>\n\u201cDorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and Katherine Johnson blazed a trail that allows me to be an ‘Unhidden Figure’ today,\u201d Moore said. \u201cI want to thank them for paving the way for me and others and inspiring me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Moore re-appeared on stage after the panelists spoke and delivered a stirring rendition of R. Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly.”<\/p>\n
Finding Inspiration that Creates Opportunity<\/h3>\n
Each panelist said they were first inspired and encouraged by their parents, and later by those they looked up to.<\/p>\n![\"Artist](\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/science-mathematics-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/10\/nicole-selfie.jpg\")
<\/a>Artist and former astronaut Nicole Stott takes a selfie with Jordan “Buggy” Ulrich, the youngest to attend SPC’s Women2STEM Symposium.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cI wasn\u2019t sure I could do it, but my mentors encouraged me to apply to the astronaut program,\u201d said Stott, an SPC alumna and veteran astronaut with\u00a0two spaceflights and 104 days living and working in space on both the Space Shuttle and the\u00a0International Space Station<\/a> (ISS). \u201cMost of an astronaut\u2019s job is not in space, but what I was already doing as an engineer. They had the confidence in me when I didn\u2019t necessarily have it in myself.\u201d<\/p>\nDuring her 28-year career with NASA<\/a>, Stott performed one spacewalk, was the first person to fly the robotic arm to capture the free flying HTV cargo vehicle<\/a>, the first person to paint and Tweetup from space<\/a> in 2009, she was the last crew member to fly to and from their ISS mission on a Space Shuttle, and she was a member of the crew of the final flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cFind what inspires you and that will create opportunity,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
<\/a>The symposium drew all ages to SPC\u2019s Clearwater Campus and showcased the accomplishments of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. To kick things off, SPC Mathematics Chair Joy Moore introduced herself as an ‘Unhidden Figure’ in reference to the movie “Hidden Figures”<\/a> and the book it was based on.<\/a> Both the book and the movie pay homage to three pioneering African-American women in the space program<\/a> whose calculations helped fuel some of America\u2019s greatest achievements in space.<\/p>\n \u201cDorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and Katherine Johnson blazed a trail that allows me to be an ‘Unhidden Figure’ today,\u201d Moore said. \u201cI want to thank them for paving the way for me and others and inspiring me.\u201d<\/p>\n Moore re-appeared on stage after the panelists spoke and delivered a stirring rendition of R. Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly.”<\/p>\n Each panelist said they were first inspired and encouraged by their parents, and later by those they looked up to.<\/p>\n \u201cI wasn\u2019t sure I could do it, but my mentors encouraged me to apply to the astronaut program,\u201d said Stott, an SPC alumna and veteran astronaut with\u00a0two spaceflights and 104 days living and working in space on both the Space Shuttle and the\u00a0International Space Station<\/a> (ISS). \u201cMost of an astronaut\u2019s job is not in space, but what I was already doing as an engineer. They had the confidence in me when I didn\u2019t necessarily have it in myself.\u201d<\/p>\n During her 28-year career with NASA<\/a>, Stott performed one spacewalk, was the first person to fly the robotic arm to capture the free flying HTV cargo vehicle<\/a>, the first person to paint and Tweetup from space<\/a> in 2009, she was the last crew member to fly to and from their ISS mission on a Space Shuttle, and she was a member of the crew of the final flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cFind what inspires you and that will create opportunity,\u201d she said.<\/p>\nFinding Inspiration that Creates Opportunity<\/h3>\n
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