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In the mid-1960s, charm bracelets were a woman鈥檚 fashion staple.聽

鈥淲e all had them,鈥� said astrogeophysicist Jo Ann Cram Joselyn (ApMath鈥�65; MAstro鈥�67; PhD鈥�78), who donated her bracelet to the 麻豆免费版下载Heritage Center in 1995. 鈥淪ome people got really fancy with teddy bears and stuff like that. When you went on a trip, you鈥檇 buy a charm 鈥β� memento things.鈥澛�

Joselyn鈥檚 bracelet told her 麻豆免费版下载undergraduate story. She lived in the Sewall Hall women鈥檚 dorm for all four years. She has charms that signify her experience as runner-up Queen at E-Days [Engineering Days] as well as her engineering and physics honors status. Her favorite charm 鈥� a 1965 Tau Beta Pi women鈥檚 badge 鈥� granted her partial recognition in the engineering honor society. Women weren鈥檛 allowed full membership until 1969.

鈥淲hen I put that bracelet on, I would feel appreciated,鈥� she said.聽

Joselyn went on to have an extraordinary career. She became CU鈥檚 first woman to receive a PhD in astrophysics. She worked as a space scientist and space weather forecaster at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for more than three decades, and then served as the secretary general for the and the s. in 2002.聽

鈥淚鈥檝e had a fun life,鈥� she said.聽

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