Ursprung Gymnasium, Lou Higgins Center

Free and open to the public.

Entrance tickets required.













Dr. Mae Jemison, the first woman of color in the world to go into space, served six years as a NASA astronaut. An engineer, entrepreneur, physician and educator, Jemison is at the forefront of integrating the physical and social sciences with art and culture to solve problems and foster innovation.

Jemison founded two technology companies and the non-profit Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence which designs and implements STEM education experiences. In 2017, she spearheaded Look UpTM to connect people to space, Earth and each other. She was also the first astronaut to appear on Star Trek.

Today, Jemison leads 100 Year Starship®, a bold, far-reaching nonprofit initiative to assure the capabilities exist for human travel beyond our solar system to another star within the next 100 years. She has been quoted as saying, "Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations."

Her appearance is the culminating event at BW's symposium, "Solving for XX: Promoting Gender Parity in STEM Leadership and Research."

Funded by The Burton D. Morgan Foundation and Women for BW.

About Voices of Inspiration

Trailblazers and innovators, pioneers and out-of-the-box thinkers. These are the people who challenge and inspire us to break through artificial boundaries and think bigger. Baldwin Wallace University welcomes these Voices of Inspiration to campus in 2019-20.

With the support of generous donors and underwriters, BW's Voices series brings top speakers and performers to campus to challenge and inspire students. This semester we welcome Dr. Mae Carol Jemison, Danica Patrick, Robert Olen Butler and Dr. Mahzarin Banaji.