{"id":94,"date":"2015-05-08T00:12:07","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T00:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=94"},"modified":"2015-06-30T00:14:31","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T00:14:31","slug":"tstc-to-hold-annual-blossom-day-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=94","title":{"rendered":"TSTC to Hold Annual Blossom Day Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/jessica-cox.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-95\" src=\"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/jessica-cox-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"jessica cox\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/jessica-cox-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/jessica-cox-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/jessica-cox.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Jessica Cox, the first person to fly a plane with only her feet, will speak at the event.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">(SWEETWATER) &#8211; TSTC will hold their annual Blossom event at the Sweetwater and Abilene campuses on May 19, and the Breckenridge and Brownwood campuses May 20. The camp will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">TSTC&#8217;s Blossom event aims to teach young women about STEM programs, and raise awareness of the different fields available to them. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. The day will include team building exercises, a guest speaker and tours of the different programs TSTC offers.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Pilot Jessica Cox will speak at the event. Cox, born without arms, is the first person in aviation history to fly a plane with only her feet. Cox holds the Guinness World Record for being the first armless person to earn a pilot&#8217;s certificate. Not only can she fly a plane, but she is also a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, she can surf, scuba dive, play the piano and live a normal life using her feet as others use their hands.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A tentative schedule for all four campuses can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1GGf9OcR2ehO-JEGl8oHsZzWR_Jlyn4QjAIUGNtaaODc\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>Blossom at the Abilene and Sweetwater campuses are full, but interested teachers and students (ages 13 and up) can register for the event at the Breckenridge and Brownwood campuses at <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/a\/tstc.edu\/forms\/d\/1mhehDeLZL3U0lypBDalBziW-fRps4hMrMjAKCVk9nO4\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/a\/tstc.edu\/forms\/d\/1mhehDeLZL3U0lypBDalBziW-fRps4hMrMjAKCVk9nO4\/viewform<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" align=\"center\">&#8211; # &#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jessica Cox, the first person to fly a plane with only her feet, will speak at the event. (SWEETWATER) &#8211; TSTC will hold their annual Blossom event at the Sweetwater and Abilene campuses on May 19, and the Breckenridge and Brownwood campuses May 20. The camp will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abilene","category-sweetwater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}