Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars

Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars (NOT open to the general public)

Saturday March 8, 2025 | 10:45am – Weisiger Theatre

Eileen Collins will use her experiences as the first female NASA shuttle commander to inspire attendees to dream big. Collins made history by becoming the first woman to pilot a U.S. spacecraft with the Discovery shuttle flight in 1995, and the first woman commander with the 1999 Columbia shuttle flight. In 2005, NASA tapped Col. Collins to command the space shuttle Discovery’s historic “Return to Flight” mission, NASA’s first piloted flight following the loss of space shuttle Columbia in 2003. Collins is the keynote address for the 2025 Women's Leadership Conference.