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March 2013 Newsletter Available
The March 2013 issue of the Women's Resource Center newsletter is available online. Click the link above or the image below to access the newsletter.
Additional Lunch Break Seminar scheduled for May 2013.
A Personal Finance Series Lunch Break Seminar
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On Tuesday, May 21, 2013, Joseph Holified, financial planner with Edward Jones Investments in Johnson City, Tenn., will present "Outlook and Opportunities - Preparing for the Road Ahead" for the Personal Finance Lunch Break Series. Location is the East Tennessee Room, D.P. Culp University Center, at noon. Holifield will address investor concerns surrounding the slow pace of economic recovery, inflation and interest rates, rising deficits and debt.
For more information about the Holified Personal Finance Seminar, contact the Women's Resource Center at (423) 439-5772.
Love to Read? So do we!
Join us for the next Book Review Group!
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Join us on Wednesday, May 15th Book Review Group meets to discuss The Roots of the Olive Tree: A Novel by Courtney Miller Santo.
The Women's Resource Center's Book Review Group meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month at Noon. Location is the Women's Resource Center conference room, Campus Center Building, Room 220. We provide drinks and snacks - feel free to bring your lunch and join us! New readers always welcome!
For more information, contact the Women's Resource Center at (423) 439-5772 or email wrcetsu@etsu.edu . (If you're joining us from off-campus and would like a Visitor Parking Pass, please contact us. We will be happy to email you a pass that you can print and place in your vehicle to avoid a parking ticket.)
Book Review Group Selects New Titles
The
Women's Resource Center's Book Review Group
has selected the new titles for discussion for December 2012 through May 2013:
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The Book Review Group meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month at noon in the Women's Resource Center's conference room, Campus Center Building, Room 220. We provide drinks and snacks - bring your lunch and join us! New readers always welcome!
For more information, contact us at (423) 439-5772 or email wrcetsu@etsu.edu.
Programs & Services
The Women's Resource Center facilitates programming dealing with an extensive variety of issues and concerns affecting women. Our goal is to enrich and enlighten women on the issues confronting them. The Center is dedicated to providing seminar and lectures series that explore a wide spectrum of concerns.
Although programs are designed to enrich and enlighten women, they are not limited to this group. Many seminars and lectures will interest the entire campus, community, and regional populations.
Core Programs
- Women's Health Series
- Women's Personal Enrichment Series
- Women's Personal Finance Series
- Women's Professional Enrichment Series
- Women's Resource Center Book Review Group
Signature Programs
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Women's History Month
Nationally designated as Women's History Month, the month of March is dedicated to keynote lectures and programs highlighting the accomplishments of women, both regionally and nationally.
Best-selling author and artist, SARK, is keynote speaker during ETSU's 2011 Women's History Month. -
Women Making History Lecture Series
This lecture series, held annually in March, is designed to highlight regional women who have made significant contributions to the region through their respective careers, along with personal and community accomplishments.
Past guest speakers include:
Penny White, ETSU alumna and associate professor of law at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville
The Honorable Jean Stanley, First Judicial District Circuit Court judge
Anne Darden, local author and editor
Dr. Susan Gentry Williams, ETSU alumna and Belmont University professor of management
Dr. Wilsie S. Bishop, ETSU vice president for Health Affairs and university chief operating officer
Karen J. Kemp, former Lady Buccaneers head basketball coach at East Tennessee State University -
Take Back the Night
Take Back the Night Candlelight Vigil and Take Back the Night 5K Road Race/Walk are nationally recognized programs the Women's Resource Center co-sponsors with the Counseling Center at ETSU. Both programs highlight and provide insight on the domestic and sexual violence issues surrounding women today. These programs are scheduled for March of each year.
