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Spring 2008
The following
events are either
sponsored by and/or
recommended by the
Women's Studies
Program
The Month of
March was Women's
History Month.
Thanks to all who
helped with the great
display honoring female
artists in the lobby of
Sherrod Library.
Women's Studies
Program and Slocumb
Galleries present:
Filipina as Artist
and Feminist
Lecture: March 13th,
4pm; Ball Hall
Auditorium, reception to
follow
February 18th - March
14th
; Slocumb Galleries, ETSU
campus
Find Slocumb Galleries on
a map of
ETSU
Campus
Click
here for Press Release and
Sample of Featured Art
Pieces
Featured
artists; Julie Lluch, Paz Abad
Santos, Brenda Fajardo, Imelda
Cajipe
Endaya, Charito Bitanga,
Estrella 'Tala' Isla Contreras.
Filipina as Artist and Feminist
exhibition featuring a group pf
women artists and the
development of women's visual
art in the Phillipines as
playing a key role in the
national feminist movement and
its advancement. The project is
conceptualized with the aims of
presenting art as cultural
forms that manifest the values
and struggles of women: her
plight, motivations, other
contemporary issues within the
feminist paradigm.
Sponsors are Women's
Studies Program and Triota
Women's Studies Honor Society
with funding from the Student
Government Association (SGA
BUC
Fund).
Notable Women of
ETSU
Nominations are due March 14,
2008. Recipients will
be announced in April.
Tri-Iota Spring
Induction
Thursday, April 3,
2008
The spring induction will be
held at 4 p.m. in the East
Tennessee Room of the Culp
Center. If you have
questions, please call the
Women's Studies Office at
(423) 439-4125
Induction of new members into
Iota, Iota, Iota Women's
Studies Honor Society.
Dr. Jean Kilbourne:
Advertising and its
Portrayal of Women
April 16,
2008; 2:00pm, Brown Hall
Auditorium, Open to the
public
Dr. Jean Kilbourne, an
internationally known speaker
will present her work on
advertising and its portrayal
of women. Dr. Kilbourne has
twice received the Lecturer of
the Year award from the
National Association for Campus
Activities.
Click
here to view the flyer
Her work is detailed in greater
depth on the
Jean
Kilbourne
website.
Sponsors are Women's
Studies Program, Triota
Women's Studies Honor
Society, Women's Resource
Center, Department of
Communication, Department of
Digital Media, Department of
Psychology, Campus Advocates
Against Sexual Violence,
Human Development &
Learning, Center for
Community Engagement,
Learning, & Leadership,
Special Assistant to the
President for Cultural
Diversity and Equal
Opportunity
Employment/Affirmative
Actions.
Recommended Events
Cosy Sheridan- The
Pomegranate Seed
Monday, February
18, 2008;
7:00pm, Brown Hall
Auditorium
FREE and Open to the
public, Questions call ETSU
Counseling Center, 439-4841
National award-winning
songwriter Cosy Sheridan has
been performing her one-woman
show,
The Pomegranate Seed,
across the country. Delighting
audiences with her distinctive
take on the media's message
about women's bodies and her
modern-day retelling of the
Greek myth of Persephone's
journey to the underworld.
Check out
Cosy
Sheridan's homepage.
Thursday,
March 27th
“Connecting
Kids and Nature: No
Child Left
Inside
”
– A
Women’s History
Month
Program.
A public lecture
by
Fran Mainella
,
the first woman to
lead the National Park
Service. During her
six-year tenure as
director, Mainella
strengthened programs that
preserve natural and
cultural resources both
inside and outside national
parks. Sponsored by the
Department of Kinesiology,
Leisure & Sport
Sciences; the Women’s
Studies Program; and the
Women’s Resource
Center.
LOCATION &
TIME:
Brown Hall
Auditorium, 7:00
p.m.
LINK:
http://www.etsu.edu/etsu/calendars_text.asp?Action=ListEvent&EventID=6916
Thursday, March
27
Candlelight
Vigil
- Honoring
Survivors of Sexual
Violence.
A
n evening
celebrating the resiliency
of survivors.
Everyone welcome. Join us
for an evening of music,
speakers, and empowerment
for survivors. A
brief program of music and
thoughtful reflection will
be followed by a
reception.
Sponsored by Campus
Advocates Against Sexual
Violence (CAASV),
Counseling Center, Office
of Housing & Residence
Life, Department of Public
Safety, Residence Hall
Association, Office of
Student Life and
Leadership, Women’s
Resource Center, and
Women’s Studies
Program.
LOCATION &
TIME:
Charles C. Sherrod
Library, Fred Borchuck
Plaza, 7:30 p.m.
LINK:
http://www.etsu.edu/etsu/calendars_text.asp?Action=ListEvent&EventID=6757
Saturday, March
29
TAKE BACK THE
NIGHT
5K
Race/Walk.
The fifth annual
TAKE BACK THE
NIGHT
5K Race/Walk
is scheduled with all
proceeds donated to the local
programs committed to
eradicating sexual and
domestic violence. This
program is coordinated
through the ETSU Counseling
Center.
Course runs
through the Tree
Streets.
Pre-register at
www.runtricities.org
***A REGISTRATION
FEE IS REQUIRED FOR
THIS EVENT.***
REGISTRATION:
Old
College of Medicine
Building, Lobby Area, 7:30
a.m. – 8:30
a.m.
RACE START
TIME:
8:30
a.m.
LINK:
http://www.etsu.edu/etsu/calendars_text.asp?Action=ListEvent&EventID=6758
Thursday, April
3, and Thursday, April
10
“STOP:
Survival Tactics
for Ordinary
People”
-
– A
Women’s Personal
Enrichment Lunch Break
Series
.
Officer Steve
Hammonds,
a law enforcement
officer with the Kingsport
City Police Department,
and
Kathryn
McMurray
, a black belt
instructor, will cover
police strategies and
self-defense techniques,
with hands-on training, in
this two-part series.
Sponsored by the Counseling
Center, Campus Advocates
Against Sexual Violence
(CAASV), and the
Women’s Resource
Center.
LOCATION &
TIME:
D.P.
Culp University
Center
, East Tennessee
Room, noon.
LINK:
http://www.etsu.edu/etsu/calendars_text.asp?Action=ListEvent&EventID=6918
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