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Monday, September 22nd

Carnival Cruise Lines

Science & Technology Building Dedication

 

The Carnival Cruise Lines Science and Technology Building

Dedication

 Welcome — Gregory T. Swienton; Chair, Board of Trustees

Opening Prayer — Father Harry Loubriel, Director Campus Ministry 

National Anthem and Selected Hymns — Carpe Spiritum Singers

Student Remarks — Frances Brlit

Special Recognitions —Rev. Msgr. Franklyn M. Casale, President

Keynote Address — Dr. Mae C. Jemison

Blessing and Dedication — The Most Reverend John C. Favalora

 

Dr. Mae C. Jemison, astronaut, engineer, physician, and educator,

was the first African American woman to go into space.

Born in Decatur, Alabama, and raised in Chicago, she entered Stanford University at age 16 on a scholarship, graduating with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and fulfilled the requirements for an A.B. in African and Afro-American studies. She earned her doctorate in medicine at Cornell University Medical College. After practicing as a general practitioner in Los Angeles, she spent two and a half years as Area Peace Corps medical officer for Sierra Leone and Liberia in West Africa. On her return, she worked for CIGNA Health Plans of California until she entered NASA as an astronaut for six years. Dr. Jemison was the science mission specialist on the shuttle Endeavour’s 1992 eight-day mission in space.
In 1993, she left NASA and founded two medical technology companies. Projects include consulting on the design and implementation of solar thermal electricity generation systems for developing countries, the use of satellite-based telecommunications to facilitate health care delivery in West Africa and the development of mobile equipment worn to monitor the body’s vital signs.  She founded The Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence for her non-profit activities which include an annual international science camp. Students from around the world, ages 12 to 16, work together to solve current global dilemmas and build critical thinking and problem solving skills through an experiential curriculum developed by Dr. Jemison.
She is a fierce advocate of a liberal arts education, science literacy, and technological and medical innovations.  A former professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College, and currently an A.D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University, she was elected into the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine in 2001.  Dr. Jemison has received numerous awards and honors including induction into the National Women’s Hall of Fame and a number of honorary doctorates including Doctor of Humanities from Princeton University.