Society of Women Engineers, Bluegrass Section
 
From: Laura Scheper@LEXMARK on 10/17/97 12:30 PM
 
 
CAREER DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR
Presented by emmy-award winner, Kare Anderson.
 
Date:     November 10, 1997
Time:     6:30 p.m. Munch on dessert, mingle with SWE and meet the speaker
          7:30 p.m. ?Passive Men and Wild, Wild Women: How to Make our
                  Differences Assets, not Liabilities?
RSVP:     Reservations required.  Contact Laura Scheper at (606) 232 5882
          or [log in to unmask]
Location: Lexmark, 740 New Circle Rd. in Lexington.
          Seminar will be held at Lexmark in Conference Room 302.  If you
          are a visitor to Lexmark, please enter via the Main Site Lobby,
          located in building 004. where a greeter will provide your
          visitor?s badge and escort you to the conference room.
 
 
NASA ASTRONAUT TO SPEAK
 
The College of Engineering Proudly Presents
Joan Higginbotham
NASA Astronaut Candidate
(Mission Specialist)
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas
 
Joan Higginbotham began her career in 1987 at the Kennedy Space Center as a
Payload Electrical Engineer in the Electrical and Telecommunications
Systems Division.  Within six months, she became the lead for the Orbiter
Experiments on OV-102, the Space Shuttle Columbia.  Later, she worked on
the Shuttle payload bay reconfiguration for all Shuttle missions.  She was
also tasked by KSC management to undertake several special assignments
serving as the executive staff assistant to the director of Shuttle
Operations and management, led a team of engineers in performing criticial
analysis for the Space Shuttle processng procedures at Spaceport USA.  She
was promoted to Lead Orbiter Project Engineer for OV-102 after two years as
an orbiter project engineer for OV-104, Space Shuttle Atlantis.  She held
the technical lead government engineering position in the firing room where
she supported and managed the integration of vehicle testing and
troubleshooting.
 
Monday, October 20, 1997
3 - 4 p.m.
106 Whitehall Classroom Building
University of Kentucky Campus
 
Call Sue Scheff at (606) 257-4178 for more information.
 
 
TOYOTA PLANT TOUR
 
The Bluegrass Section of SWE invites you to join us on a Toyota Plant Tour,
hosted by SWE Member and Toyota Engineer, Susan Maples.
 
Date:     October 21, 1997
Time:     Tour begins promptly at 6pm (est. duration is 1 hour).
RSVP:     Space is limited.  Please call Susan Maples by 10/16/97 to
          reserve a spot.  (502) 868-4286
Notes:    Following a brief introduction & film, tour the original plant on
          a tram car ride.
Location:      Toyota Plant in Georgetown, KY
          From Lexington, take I-75 North to exit 126.  Turn right on
          Cherry Blossom Way.  Toyota?s Main Entrance is at the 4th
          stoplight (about   mile).  Meet at the Visitor's Center.
 
Any questions?  Please call Susan.
 
 
 
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President, Bluegrass SWE         120 Wall Street, 11th Floor
-------------------------------- New York, NY  1005-3902
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