Margaret Waterman Alumnae Group

Town Hall: Josh A. Cassada - "The Ultimate Remote Job: Living and Working Aboard the International Space Station"
2027-04-13 11:30 - 13:30 (America/Detroit) | Washtenaw Community College Morris Lawrence Bldg, 4800 E Huron River Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, United States
Josh Cassada is an American physicist, test pilot, and a former NASA astronaut. Prior to becoming a naval aviator, Cassada graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Physics from Albion College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Rochester. He conducted experimental high energy physics research at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. In 2022, Cassada joined the International Space Station, as the pilot of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5. While there, he conducted three spacewalks totaling 21 hours, 24 minutes. During its mission, the crew contributed to hundreds of experiments and technology demonstrations, spending 157 days in orbit.

Town Hall: Tom Toro - "The New Yorker as a Women's Magazine"
2027-05-05 11:30 - 13:30
Tom Toro, a cartoonist and author, graduated cum laude from Yale. He has published over 200 cartoons in The New Yorker since 2010, and his cartoons also appear in Playboy, The Paris Review, The New York Times, and elsewhere. He has contributed a dozen essays to The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons, and his syndicated cartoon strip is called “Home Free.” Toro’s books include And to Think We Started as a Book Club, Crocodiles Need Friends, Too!, How to Potty Train Your Porcupine and illustrations for Back to School, Backpack! by Simon Rich and User’s Guide to Democracy by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice. Notable among his many speaking engagements and interviews are those for NPR, Sirius Radio, Columbia University, Twitter headquarters, the Kansas City Art Institute, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Kansas City Star.
