WCC News Story Archive: Aisha Bowe

Alumni Reach for the Stars with Blue Origin Space Launch

WCC Public Relations - April 18, 2025

Separated by some 15 years at Washtenaw Community College, the paths of two alumni intersected with Monday’s Blue Origin’s launch into space. Aisha Bowe, one of the six all-female crew members who crossed the Kármán international space boundary line on the New Shepard-31 mission, and Nathan Perry, a Blue Origin Launch Vehicle Test Engineer, proudly attribute the start of their extraordinary careers to their time at WCC. Their achievements illustrate the transformative impacts of a community college education.

tags: Space Travel, Aerospace Engineering, STEM Careers, Aisha Bowe, Blue Origin, Nathan Perry, STEM Education, Space Launch

Alumni Profile: Nathan Perry rockets to a second career at Blue Origin

Rich Rezler - April 08, 2025

WCC graduate Nathan Perry is a Launch Vehicle Test Engineer at Blue Origin, working hands-on with the crew capsule that carries scientific payloads and astronauts during launches.

tags: Aisha Bowe, Alumni Profile, Transfer, Adult Learners, Pre-Engineering

Alumna, rocket scientist and STEM trailblazer Aisha Bowe will join Blue Origin's NS-31 crew for Spring mission

Fran LeFort - February 27, 2025

WCC alumna Aisha Bowe, rocket scientist, entrepreneur and global STEM trailblazer, will be one of six women flying on Blue Origin’s NS-31 mission this Spring, it was announced today.

tags: STEM Careers, Aisha Bowe, Space Travel, STEM, STEM Education, Aerospace Engineering, Blue Origin

Fluke Corporation and Aisha Bowe collaborate in donation of STEM lab tools

WCC Public Relations - December 12, 2024

Fluke Corporation has made a significant donation in STEM laboratory equipment for student learning at Washtenaw Community College (WCC).

tags: STEM Careers, STEM, December 2024, Fluke Corporation, Aisha Bowe, On The Record

WCC Foundation Women's Council honoring three community leaders

Julia Zaher - March 28, 2023

tags: WCC Foundation, On The Record, fundraiser, March 2023, Student Emergency Fund, Aisha Bowe, Women's Council

STEAM Week: High school students invited to explore careers and educational opportunities

Fran LeFort - February 16, 2023

WCC will highlight the exciting world of STEM and STEAM careers and educational opportunities the week of February 28 to March 2.

tags: STEAM Week, Community enrichment, STEM, Aisha Bowe

WCC grad Aisha Bowe honored with 2021 MCCA Outstanding Alumnus Award

Rich Rezler - July 21, 2021

A self-described “unmotivated and unfocused” student in high school, Bowe found her passion and purpose while attending WCC from 2003 to 2006. The former NASA aerospace engineer is the founder and CEO of STEMBoard, an engineering solutions company.

tags: August 2021, STEM, Aisha Bowe, On The Record, Alumni Profile, Outstanding Alumnus Award

WCC alumna Aisha Bowe endows scholarship for engineering transfer students

Rich Rezler - February 03, 2020

The Aisha R. Bowe eMpower Engineering Scholarship will be awarded to select WCC students who’ve earned a minimum of a 3.3 GPA while completing at least 14 credits in a WCC academic program designed to transfer into the University of Michigan College of Engineering.

tags: Aisha Bowe, Scholarships, Alumni, Alumni Profile, STEAM, WCC Foundation, Transfer, ousearch_News_2020

WCC alumna Aisha Bowe inspires students, energizes staff with lecture

Richard Rezler - February 06, 2019

Aisha Bowe has two aerospace engineering degrees from U of M, spent seven years working for NASA and is a successful tech entrepreneur.

tags: Aisha Bowe, Aerospace Engineering, STEM, ousearch_News_2019, STEM Scholars Program, NASA, Entrepreneur