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TechNews | Tuesday, March 11, 2014

TEDXllT hosts first pre-event,
announces two new speakers

Nirja Shah
TECHN EWS WRITER

'l‘lZDxll'l‘ hosted its first preeevent
for the fourth consecutive year. providing
tree admission, food, and drinks during the
previous week. The event also had a photo
booth besides the tree stuff. 'lhe team played
few inspirational videos, talked about the
planning ofthe upcoming 'I‘llill’l‘ event and
had volunteers sign up for the event. The pre~
event helped attendees gain a better perspective
»about TEDXIIT. Yoetzian Dial and Isabella
Romero talked about their experience of
Working with TEDxIl'l‘ and encouraged people
to Sign Lip to be volunteers for the amazing
event.

With only about a month left for

the grand event. the team has linali/cd all the
speakers. As mentioned in last weeks article.
the team will be providing insight about the
speakers every week.

In the spirit oi international “omens
day and celebrating \\'omens history month.
the team is proud to announce Jessica Anne
Hubert and Katherine Darnstadt as speakers
for ’l‘llilI'l‘. These wonderful ladies are
coming to TEDxll'l‘ to share their stories and
lay an infinite impact within the organization.

Hubert graduated from the University
of Maryland’s Fire Protection Engineering
program in May 2006. She completed her
Masters in Business Administuration (MBA) in
2010. In 2012. shortly after the birth other son,
her lathereinelmy was shot by the honey bee
killer and her husband began a slon descent

that lead a contentious divorce. in luly 2013,
she was paraly/ed while working out at a gym.
Now she is overcoming the odds, learning how
to walk again.

She took full advantage oil her
opportunities as a bright young woman with
supportive. and welleeducated parents. She
earned a degree in fire protection engineering
prior to her MBA, and started a promising
career and family before everything fell apart.
Instead of being a victim. she is making her
way with grace and persistence.

Architect and educator, Darnstadt
is the Founder and Principal of Latent Design,
a collaboration of individuals whose projects
focus on social, economic and environmental
impact beyond buildings.

Darnstadt uses latent design, to

make invisible torces impacting a project at
local and global levels: policy. culture. climate:
visible. through architecture.

Her firm is enhancing existing
design practice. and education to proactively
engage in community based participatory
design, as an advocate against the inverse
relationship between design and economy.

Darnstadt brings innovative design
to those in resource and budget limited
environments through a holistic, creative
approach. to design driven by community
needs that leverages other partners and assets
to address project challenges. 1

To know more about TEDXIIT,
visit http://mypages.iit.edu/~tedxiit/. For
any questions, comments or concern, email
’l'lil)xll'l‘ at info®tedxiit.com.

 

 

 

 

 

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