Powerful Women

        On Wednesday, September 7th, 2011, we had four guest speakers come into our class. The first three were women of different occupations and the fourth was a man who came to speak of all the powerful women of Otterbein University. Each person had something significant to talk about. Each speaker gives inspiration to young women of Otterbein.
        The first guest speaker of the night was our reference librarian, Judy Nevin. She informed us of several areas of the library. She reviewed steps on our E-Portfolios. Judy also even made us laugh once or twice. By taking our class into the library, she showed us that everyone there wants to help and not to be afraid to ask questions.
        The second guest speaker of the night is our group project coordinator, Melissa Gilbert. Melissa was my favorite speaker of the night. I agreed with everything that she had to say. Women are faced with several difficulties that hold them back from the success that they strive for. Melissa made every girl in our class realize that we are not alone! We all go through difficult times in our lives and with each others' help, we can achieve anything.
        The third guest speaker of the night was the Seventh District Court of Appeals Judge, Mary DeGenaro. She is an incredibly passionate successful woman. Although I do wish I was more passionate about politics so that I could have enjoyed her presentation more. Politics or not, she is an incredible example of a woman who was career and family minded.
        The fourth and final guest speaker of the night was Otterbein's Archivist, Steven Grinch. He informed us on the history of women here at Otterbein. Everything he had to tell us was extremely interesting. I wish he would have had started off the night instead of finishing the class. I was very interested but after three long hours of class, I was exhausted and ready to go back to my dorm.
        Overall our first four speakers we very interesting to talk to. Melissa was my favorite speaker because she spoke of many topics that interested me as well as relate to. Mary was my least favorite speaker only because I am not as interested in politics as other students may be.