Women’s History Month Events---March 2016

Feb. 27, 2:00, Bonnie Auditorium, Aiden James Kozciesza (Transgender Writer and Activist), “Plastic Boy: Transgender Identity Unpacked.” Bridge event with LGBTQ+ Month

Feb 29, 4:00, Muse Banquet Hall, “Diversity in Comics” (Jeremy Whitley). Bridge event with Black History Month

March 1, 7:00, Bondurant Auditorium, “Reimaging Consent: How Healthy Masculinity Can Prevent Rape,” Men Can Stop Rape Organization (Washington, DC)

March 2, 9:00, Heth 22, Dr. I-Ping Fu and CCST 103 students (Foreign Languages): “Holding Up More than Half the Sky: Stories of Chinese Women”

March 14, 4:00, McGuffey 203, Dr. April Herndon (Associate Professor of English, Winona State University): “Women and Children First: Fat Blame in the ‘War on Obesity’”

March 15, 2:00-2:50, Heth 22, Professors Robyn Berg and Jennifer Juul with Grace Ellinghaus and Miranda Roberts (Theatre); Professors Moira Baker and Amanda Kellogg (English) and Students from ENGL 472, THEA 425, and THEA 297: “No Holds Bard: Shakespeare’s Dynamite Women”

March 16, 2:00, Heth 16, Circle of Life Intergenerational Dialogue (50s+ in inner circle), Dr. Sarah Hastings (Director of PSY D Program)

March 16, 6:00, Hurlburt Dining Area Stage, Poetry Slam, Loren Phillips (Design) and Anna Vandevender (Psy D Program)

March 16, 7:30, Albig Studio Theatre, Paradigm Shift: Emerging Radford University Women Choreographers (Dance Department)

March 17, 3:30, Heth 22, Shannon Knuston, Anna Nicholas, Adrianne Reeder (Core 201): “Superwomen: The Evolving Representation of Women in Super(s)hero Comics”

March 21, 3:00, Heth 22, Ariel Hylton and Justine Jackson (English): “Trans-forming Justice: Transgender Issues in the U. S.”

March 22, 12:30, Heth 22, Dr. Amy Rubens (English): “Performing the Mother Instinct: S. Josephine Baker's Radical Vision of Public Health Nursing”

March 23, 2:00, Heth 16, Circle of Life Intergenerational Dialogue (30s and 40s in inner circle), Dr. Sarah Hastings (Director of PSY D Program)

March 23, 5:30, McGuffey 206, Drs. Jennifer Jones Powell, Patricia A. Talbot and Ann Mary Roberts (School of Teacher Education & Leadership), “Exploring the Warm Heart of Africa: Ten Years of Engaging Heads, Hands, and Hearts with RU’s Malawi Study Abroad Program”

March 24, 5:30, Heth 14, Dr. Thelathia “Nikki” Young (Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, Bucknell University), “Imagining New Relationships through Ethics, Queerness, and Intersectionality”

March 25, Noon, Library Conference Room, Dr. Thelathia “Nikki” Young, Discussion and Workshop: “Socially Engaged Pedagogies, Being an Activist-Scholar, and Student Activism.” All faculty and students are invited to participate. BRING YOUR IDEAS.

March 28, 4:00, Heth 22, Michelle Muttart (Certified Therapeutic Yoga Instructor): Yoga Workshop—”Balancing the Chakras and Your Life”

March 29, 2:00, Heth 22, Dr. Theresa Schroeder, “Fortifying the Glass Ceiling: National Security Threats as a Barrier for Female Political Candidates"

March 30, 2:00, Heth 16, Circle of Life Intergenerational Dialogue (20s & teens in inner circle), Dr. Sarah Hastings (Director of PSY D Program)

March 30, 4:00, Covington Foyer, Closing Reception, President Penelope W. Kyle, “Reflections on Women and Women’s History Month” The entire University community is cordially invited to join us for refreshments, live music, and conviviality.

March 30, 7:00, Bondurant Auditorium, “Speaking of Sex …”. Dramatized reflective scenarios concerning sex, relationships, communications, & consent

On-Going Annual Events

Her-Story Celebration:   For each day during the month of March, subscribers to the Her-Story Project Listserv will receive an essay character sketch, photo journal, or poem submitted by one of the members of the listserv, reflecting on specific women or aspects of womanhood.  Our celebration is unique in that each day’s tribute is composed by an RU student, staff member, administrator or faculty member.

Circle of Life / Intergenerational Dialogue:  On Wednesdays during March, an inner circle of women from one generation will speak to an outer circle of participants from other generations about their life experiences and what it is like to be a woman in a particular age group.  Participation is open to all members of the RU community.

Paradigm Shift:  Each year this concert celebrates Women’s History Month by featuring original creative dance works by emerging female choreographers from the RU Department of Dance.

The Women’s Studies Program and Advisory Committee extend a  special thanks for their support to:  President Penelope Kyle, Dean Katherine Hawkins, Vice-President for Student Affairs Mark Shanley, Associate Vice-President for Student Affairs & Dean of Students Irvin Clark, Assistant Director of Student Activities for Greek Life Robert Marias, National Panhellenic Council, Interfraternity Council, Office of Residential Life, Professor Erin Webster-Garrett and the Scholar-Citizen Initiative, Ms. Crasha Townsend and the Center for Diversity and Inclusion, Club Programming Committee, Dean of McConnell Library Steve Helm, Women’s Studies Club, Sociology Club, Ms. Sally Cox (without whom we’d be lost), and all the participants who gave so generously of their time and talents.