Monday, February 27, 2017

Women's History Month 2017 Calendar of Events



February 26, 2:00-3:30, February 27 and 28, 7:00-8:30. Bonnie Auditorium, Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues. Directed by Dr. David Beach


March 1-31, Cyberspace, Her-Story 2017. Erin Webster-Garrett


March 1, 12:00-1:00, Heth 157 (CDI), Dine on Diversity Panel: The Women’s March


March 1, 2:00-3:30, Heth 14, Writing Virginia Women Back Into History. Mary Ferrari, Angela Scott, and Virginia Secretary of Administration, Nancy Rodrigues


March 1, 3:30-4:30, Heth 43, Women’s History Month Opening Reception


March 1, 5:00-6:30, Peters, Young 302, What Does Betsy DeVos’ Confirmation as Education Secretary Mean? Kristan Morrison


March 1, 7:30-9:00, Peters B112, Paradigm Shift: An Evening of Women’s Work 10th Anniversary Performance. Radford University Department of Dance


March 2, 2:00-3:30, Heth 22, Reasons to Leverage Your ACE Virginia Women’s Network. Laura Turk, Theresa Burriss, Erin Webster-Garrett, Melissa Grim, Pat Shoemaker, Stephanie Ballein


March 2, 6:00-7:30, Heth 43, How to Get Out of Your Own Way: Creating Success on Your Own Terms. RU Career Center


March 13, 10:00-10:50am, Heth 16, Women’s Empowerment: Through the Eyes of China. Morgan Burchett and Alicia Harris


March 14, 11:00-11:50am, Covington Performance Hall, unCONVENTional: 17th Century Italian Music written by Women. Meredith Bowen and the Women of Radford Singers


March 15, 1:00-1:50, The Bonnie 249/250, Circle of Life Intergenerational Dialogue: Women 50+. Sarah Hastings.


March 15, 3:00-3:50, McConnell Library ILC A, Sexism and Search Engines: Exploring Dr. Safiya Noble’s Work on Algorithms of Oppression.” Alyssa Archer and Liz Bellamy


March 15, 7:00-9:30, 13th (documentary film) Screening and Discussion, The Bonnie Auditorium. Sponsored by Showing Up for Racial Justice, New River Valley Chapter.


March 16, 5:30-7:00, Heth 14, Reflecting on a Princess and a General: Carrie Fisher and the History of Women and the Moving Image. Michael J. Meindl, James Collier, Twange Kasoma, Molly Hood, Sean Kotz, Jodie McKaughan


March 16, 7:00-8:30, Bonnie Auditorium, No I Am Not A Terrorist. Zohra Sarwari. Sponsored by R-Space.


March 17, 12:00-12:50, Kyle 137. Autumn’s Story: Surviving and Thriving Following Intimate Partner Violence. Corey Cassidy


March 18, 9:00-4:30, Lower Level Heth, Diversity Conference: Social Justice and Leadership In Action. Center for

Diversity and Inclusion. Register at https://tinyurl.com/diversity25


March 20, 6:30-7:30, Young 221, The Chronicles of Contraception. Jordan McCann


March 21, 3:30-4:30, Heth 22, You Can Have it All! Balancing a Teaching Career and Family. Sharon Jones, Nadine Hartig, Lauren Ermann


March 21, 6:00-7:00, Heth 14, The F-Word: Feminism with DAP


March 22, 1:00-1:50, The Bonnie 249/250, Circle of Life Intergenerational Dialogue: 30s/40s. Sarah Hastings.


March 22, 6:30-8:30, Center for the Sciences M73, Exploring Issues Impacting the Success of Women in Science. Sara O’Brien


March 23, 1:00-5:00, McConnell Library. Women’s History Month Symposium. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Barbara Perry, Carter Glass Professor of Government, University of Virginia Miller Center.



March 23, 5:00-6:30, Heth 22, Women in the CIA. RU Career Center


March 23, 7:00-9:00, Bonnie Dining Area Stage, Spoken Word Poetry Event: Ashlee Haze. Sponsored by R-Space.


March 24, 10:00-3:30, McConnell Library. Women’s History Month Symposium, day 2.



March 27, 3:00-5:00, Heth 22, Safe Zone Training. Sharon Jones, Caitlyn Parker and Michele Ren


March 28, 3:30-4:45, Heth 14, No Holds Bard: Shakespeare’s Dynamite Women. David Beach, Robyn Berg, Molly Hood and Amanda Kellogg

March 28, 5:00-7:00, Kyle Hall 320, She Started It: A Documentary on Women Tech Founders. Sponsored by The COBE Center for Innovation and Analytics.

March 29, 1:00-1:50, The Bonnie 249/250, Circle of Life Intergenerational Dialogue: teens and twenties. Sarah Hastings.


March 29, 4:00-5:15,McGuffey 203, Fangirls Unite: Depictions of Women in 'Geek Culture' and Issues Facing Women in the Fanbase. Scott McDarmont, Dixie Seitz, Laurie Cubbison, Matt Smith, Jazz Jackson, Jodie McKaughan


March 29, 6:00-9:00, Women’s History Month Film and Discussion. A League of Their Own Special 25th anniversary showing. Sponsored by R-Space.


March 30, 7:00-8:30, Bonnie Dining Area Stage, Tinder Live! With Comedian Lane Moore. Sponsored by R-Space.


March 31, 3:00-4:00, CHBS 3rd floor Atrium, Women’s History Month Closing Reception with Dr. Marisela Rosas Hemphill




Tuesday, February 21, 2017

VDay RU 2017: The Vagina Monologues



The Radford University Scholar-Citizen Initiative, Women's & Gender Studies Program, and the Women's Studies Club present The 8th Annual Vagina Monologues.


Back after a 1 year hiatus, Eve Ensler’s powerful play calling for an end to violence against women and girls will be directed by Dr. David Beach (English). The Women’s Studies Club has raised thousands of dollars for the Women’s Resource Center of the New River Valley in conjunction with these performances and the VDay movement.



This year's cast members are Madailein Adams, Robyn Berg, Caitlyn Busser, KiSha Donaldson, Sadie Friend, Robin McGrath, and Ciera Rawlings.


Performances are scheduled for Sunday, February 26, 2:00-3:30 and on Monday & Tuesday, February 27 & 28, 7:00-8:30. All are in the Hurlburt Student Center ("The Bonnie") Auditorium.

The event is free and open to the public, though we do encourage donations to our beneficiary, The Women's Resource Center of the New River Valley. You may order your tickets at VDayRU2017.eventbrite.com 


RU audiences LOVE The Vagina Monologues!