Fall 2008 Events
Trix Bruce Concert
Friday, September 19, 2008 at 7:00 pm in
the ETSU DP Culp Auditorium
, Trix Bruce a nationally known Deaf
Storyteller will be performing. This is a
free event.
Link to Trix Bruce's Website
This event is sponsored by Silent Bucs, Northeast Tennessee
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (NETRID), ETSU
Multicultural Affairs, the TaleTellers of ETSU, the ETSU
Women's Resource Center, the ETSU Women's Studies, the ETSU
Office of Equity and Diversity, and ETSU Disability
Services.
Passion Flower
Saturday, September 20, 2008 at 8 pm in Bud
Frank Theater (located in Gilbreath Hall).
You are invited to attend this performance by
Ann Law, a dancer who has used the creative
process as a way to heal and deepen her experience with breast
cancer. This performance is appropriate for anyone dealing
with cancer as a survivor and/or care-taker.
Tickets: $10. To reserve tickets, or for
more information, please write to Jen Kintner at
jkintner@aol.co
m
subject line "passion flower."
Passion Flower Project Website
Video of Ann's Project
This event is sponsored by Mountain Movers
Dance Company, the ETSU Department of Theatre and Dance, the
ETSU Women's Resource Center, and the Women's Studies
Department.
Survivor's Revival: Appalachian Women
Testifying About Cancer Survivorship
Friday, September 26, 2008 at 8:30 am to 4
pm at the Tipton-Haynes Historic Site (2620 South Roan Street,
Johnson City, TN 37601).
Faculty from the Departments of Communication and Internal
Medicine are inviting around 30 local women cancer survivors
to enjoy breakfast and lunch, hear the story of an oncology nurse
who is also a survivor, and share stories of surviving cancer as
Appalachian women. We will be spending the day with
survivors, gathering stories about the
lived Appalachian cancer experience. In our effort to
understand the needs and challenges of local female survivors, we
have partnered with the ETSU Women's Studies
Program, Department of Communication, and Division of
Hemotology/Oncology, and Tennessee Comprehensive Cancer
Control Coalition.
If you have any questions please contact Dr.
Kelly Dorgan at
dorgan@etsu.edu
.
Click here
for a modified version of the press
release.
This event is sponsored by Tennessee
Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition; Division of
Hematology/Oncology, ETSU College of Medicine; ETSU Department of
Communication; ETSU Women's Studies Program; Tipton-Haynes
Historic Site; Food City.
I "Heart" Female Orgasm
Thursday October 2, 2008 at 7:00 pm in the
ETSU DP Culp Auditorium.
Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller combine
sex education and women empowerment to address important issues
with a comical twist.
For more info about this event
click here
.
Pride Speaks
Wednesday October 15, 2008 at noon beginning
at Borchuck Plaza.
This is a student-organized Pride March.
Note that there is also a follow-up forum at Mid-City Grille at 7
pm.
Click here
for the poster
This event is sponsored by LGBTies, Department of
Communication, and Women's Studies.
Women Making History Lecture
Thursday, October 16, 2008 5 pm in The East
Tennessee State Room in the D.P. Culp University Center.
Coach Karen Kemp, ETSU's women's
basketball team coach, will give the lecture entitled "Dare to
Dream: My Journey in Women's Athletics." Cost of admission is
free.
If you have any questions please contact the Women's Resource
Center at 423-439-7847.
For more information Coach Karen Kemp
click here
For the press release about this lecture
click here
This event is sponsored by the Women's Resource
Center.
Advising Day Mini-Event
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 8 am to 5 pm in
the Women's Studies Office.
Come by and learn more about opportunities in
the Women's Studies Department and get help with registering for
Spring 2009. The office is located in the Campus Center
Building (formally known as the Old College of Medicine Building)
Rm 211.
Registration starts on November 10, 2008.
Click here
for goldlink to register.
Advising Day Part Two
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 8 am to 5 pm in the
Women's Studies Office (
Campus Center Building, Rm211.
)
This day is especially designed for people who are
interested in learning more about declaring the Women's Studies
major or minor. This is a great opportunity to learn more
about what we're up to in Women's Studies at
ETSU!
Please email questions to
Kim Bushore-Maki
, or call 423-439-4841.
Sponsored by: CAASV Outreach Program, Counseling Center
Notable Women of ETSU
Wednesday, November 19th at 5 pm in the East
Tennessee Room, Culp Center.
The colloquium will be preceded by a reception
at 4:30.
Honoring
Dr. Judith Slagle (Professor and Chair, Department
of English) and
Dr. Joellen Edwards (Professor, Family/Community
Nursing and Director, Center of Nursing Research) will be the
featured speakers at our seventh annual Notable Women of ETSU
colloquium.
Click here
for the 2008 announcement of honorees
Click here
for the article in ETSU Accent
Click here
for a press release written about The 2008
Notable Women by a public relations major Melissa Tate.
Call for 2009 nominations
This event is sponsored by the Women's Studies
Program.
Nickel Shakespeare Girls
Monday, December 1 and Tuesday, December
2, 2008 in the Bud Frank Theatre, located on the first floor of
Gilbreath Hall.
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December 1st
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Click here
for the website
Click here
for a flier with additional information about the event.
This event is co-sponsored by Women's Studies and Division of
Theatre.