Our Events
Remember
Every January, Zonta clubs throughout the world celebrate Amelia Earhart.
Zonta International was the only non-flying organization that Amelia Earhart joined in her short, intense life. She had been a member of the Zonta Club of New York, USA, since 1930 when she disappeared on July 2, 1937 while attempting to be the first pilot to circle the world by air at the equator. The following year, Zonta International vowed to honor her memory with a scholarship for women graduate students in engineering.
Zoom information will be sent to club members and others interested in the program.
If you are interest in attending, please Contact Us!
Amelia Earhart - January 2026 Virtual Event
January 7, 2026, 7:00 PM
7:00 p.m. - Networking
7:15 p.m. - Club/Foundation Announcements
7:30 p.m. - Amelia Earhart Program
Guest Speaker: Dr. Amanda Rudolph, a Postdoctoral Research Geologist in the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the National Air and Space Museum
Speaker's Bio: Amanda was a Zonta Amelia Earhart Fellow in 2020, Purdue University, with Field of Study as Planetary Science. She earned her Associate of Science Degree at Seattle Central Community College in 2016, her Bachelor of Science degree at Western Washington University in Geology in 2018, and her PhD in Planetary Science in 2023 at Purdue University. She uses her training as a geologist and a spectroscopist to help address her main research interest of understanding Mars surface processes through a combination of surface datasets from martian rovers, orbital datasets, geologic mapping, and planetary analog field work. Amanda is particularly interested in how sediments are altered with exposure to different aqueous environments and transport processes and what physical and/or chemical signatures these interactions leave in the rock record. The research Amanda conducts today is directly stemmed from the research that was supported through the Amelia Earhart fellowship.
