Westfield
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Women's Studies
Archive 1999 -
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March
26 - 30, 2001
A Week Celebrating Women
2001
Westfield State College conducted its annual Week
Celebrating Women from March 26th to 30th in cunjunction with National
Women's History Month. Faculty in related courses invited speakers
in, and scheduled other activities related to women while opening their
classes to the entire campus. The Clothesline Project, a poster display,
a campus march and candlelight vigil as well as a Health Fair, coffeehouse,
Recognition Banquet, were also scheduled. For details on where and
when the events took place, see the list below:
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10:00 - 2:00 Clothesline Project (Campus Green)
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10:00 - 2:00 Tee-Shirt Project (Ely 130)
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1:30-2:45 Open Class: Women Writers
of West Africa, Prof. Ohayon (Bates 111)
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1:30-2:45 Open Class: Politics and
"The Family", Prof. Marotta
Featured Speaker Jennifer Keller on Incest (Wilson 428)
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2:55 - 4:10 Open Class: Intro to Women's Studies,
Prof. Humphrey (Ely 303)
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4:30 - 5:30 Poster Display and Reception: Notable
Women (Ely Lounge)
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7:00 - 8:00 Self Defense Workshop (Davis Living
Room)
Tuesday, March 27
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10:00 - 2:00 Clothesline Project (Campus Green)
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10:00 - 2:00 Tee-Shirt Project (Ely 130)
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12:45-2:00 Open Class: Young Women and Their Mothers,
Prof. Pilver (Parenzo 202)
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12:45-2:00 Open Class: Women Writers, Prof. Roberts
(Bates 255)
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2:10 - 3:25 Open Class: Women Writers of West Africa,
Prof. Ohayon (Bates 111)
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2:10-3:25 Open Class: Intro to Women's Studies,
Prof. Humphrey
Featured Speaker Joan Konefal of New Beginnings (Wilson 403)
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2:10-3:25 Open Class: Women and Revolution,
Prof. Roberts (Bates 212)
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4:00 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Helen Heineman,
President of Framingham State College
"Women Who Have Influenced My Life--Real & Fictional" (Scanlon
Banquet Hall, Section C)
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7:00 - 7:30 Take Back the Night March (Ely Stairs)
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7:30 - 8:00 Candelight Vigil (Ely Stairs)
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8:00-10:00 Open Poetry Reading with Featured Guests (Ely
Main Lounge)
Wednesday, March 28
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10:00-2:00 Women's Health, Fitness & Community Fair
(Ely Main Lounge)
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12:30 - 1:20 Open Class: Issues in Reproductive Freedom, Prof. Humphrey
Featured Speaker Michelle Garrett of Planned Parenthood (Ely
303)
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12:30 - 1:20 Dance Club Perfomance (Ely Main Lounge)
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1:30 - 2:45 Open Class: Women Writers of West Africa,
Prof. Ohayon (Bates 111)
Thursday, March 29
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12:45-2:00 Open Class: Women and Health Care, Prof. Pilver
(Parenzo 202)
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12:45-2:00 Open Class: Women Writers, Prof. Roberts
(Bates 255)
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2:10 - 3:25 Open Class: Women Writers of West Africa,
Prof. Ohayon (Bates 111)
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2:10 - 3:25 Open Class: Women and Revolution, Prof.
Roberts (Bates 212)
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2:10-3:25 Open Class: Intro to Women's Studies,
Prof. Humphrey (Wilson 403)
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7:00 - 8:00 Open Class: 19th Century Women's Rhetoric,
Prof. Rothermel
Featured Speaker Jean Neinkamp on Women Rhetors & Rhetoricians
(Bates 203)
Friday, March 30
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6:00 - Recognition
Banquet: Honoring Women In Our Lives (Scanlon Living Room)
Saturday, March 31
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8:00 - 12:00 WSKB Saturday Night Live All Female DJ's (Ely
Main Lounge)
Thanks to:
The Student Organizing Committee
All the Faculty & Staff Who Helped
SGA, CAB & Academic Affairs
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March
27 - 31, 2000
A Week Celebrating Women
2000:
Women in the New Millennium
This was the theme for a week-long series of activities
related to women in the New millenium. Faculty in related courses
invited speakers in, showed films, and scheduled other activities related
to the theme. The AWCW Resource Committee met regularly in preparation
for the Week Celebrating Women and received suggestions from faculty and
students for events that were scheduled. Coordinator Brooks
Robards and members of the committee worked with the ideas generated to
schedule
the following events:
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12:30-1:20 Open Class: U.S. Women’s History
Film: Celluloid Closet (Bates 218)
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1:00-2:00 JESS TAYLOR EXHIBIT OPENING
UNSPOKEN TRUTHS (Ely Campus Ctr)
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1:30-2:45 Open Class: Utopia/Dystopia
(Wilson 328)
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1:30-2:45 Open Class: Status of World’s Women
Panel of Refugee Women from Vietnam, Russia & Bosnia (Wilson 127)
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1:30-2:45 Open Class: Women in the Americas
(Bates 123)
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4-5:15 Open Class:
Women in the Americas 002 (Bates 123)
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4-5:30 CJ Panel with
Francesca Bowman
(Former Federal Chief Probation Officer) (Scanlon Banquet BC)
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7:00-9:00 CO-ED VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
(Parenzo Gym)
Tuesday, March 28
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11:20-12:35 Open Class: Intro to Women's Studies (Parenzo 202)
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12:45-2:00 Open Class: South African Woman (Bates 210)
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2:10-3:25 Open Class: US Women’s History
002
Film: Celluloid Closet (Bates 223)
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2:10-3:25 Open Class: Issues: the Family
(Bates 111)
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2:10-3:25 Open Class: Women/Difference
(Bates 111)
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2:10-4:30 Open Class: Seminar in Women's
Studies
Film: Raise Red Lantern & Elly McLaughlin (Ely 307)
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4:30-6:30 FREE YOGA WORKSHOP (Parenzo Gym)
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7:00-9:00 “He Said-Said” Katie Koestner on Sexual
Assault & Date Rape
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9:00-10:00 OPEN POETRY READING (Courtney LR)
Wednesday, March 29
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10:00-2:00 HEALTH & FITNESS FAIR (Campus Center)
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1:30-2:45 Open Class: Intro to Women's Studies
(Ely 304)
Kathy Alexander, Northampton DA's Office: Victim Assistance
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1:30-4:00 Open Class: Intro to Women's Studies
(Bates 111)
P.Mitchell-Crump on Sexual Harassment
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4:00-5:30 KEYNOTE: GLASS CEILINGS, GLASS HOUSES:
Women in the New Millenium (Scanlon Banquet BC)
The Honorable Margaret H. Marshall, Chief Justice, Supreme Judicial
Court
Thursday, March 30
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9:55-11:10 Open Class: Stereotyping and the Media
Film: bell hooks & Stan Jackson (Ely 305)
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10:00-4:00 CLOTHESLINE PROJECT (Campus Center)
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6:30-7:30 Third World Organization: Women’s
Forum on Racism
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8:00-8:30 Take Back the Night March (Ely
Front Steps)
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8:30-9:00 Anti-Violence Candlelight Vigil
(Ely Lobby)
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9:00-12:00 MILLENNIUM MADNESS DANCE
Featuring Live D.J., Matt Fillmore & Dance Contest with Judges
Maddy Cahill and Joan Fuller (Scanlon Banquet Hall)
Friday, March 31
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10:00-4:00 Campus Center CLOTHESLINE PROJECT
| Buttons |
Movies |
| Free T-shirts |
Logo Contest |
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Speakout Wall
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Thanks to:
The Student Organizing Committee
All the Faculty & Staff Who Helped
Main Street Chandlery for candles
SGA, CAB & Academic Affairs
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Women's
Studies at
Massachusetts State Colleges
Conference 2000
This full day conference provided a forum for communication across State
Campuses about the Women's Studies programs offered state-wide. Organizers,
Brooks Robards and Ricki Kantrowitz, offered the following schedule for
Friday,
April 7th, 2000:
Conference Events
| 10:00 - 10:45 |
Introductions and Histories |
| 10:45 - 11:30 |
Program Logistics (staffing, load, release time, adjuncts,
funding) |
| 11:30 - 12:15 |
Curriculum Issues (course offerings, interdisciplinary issues) |
| 12:15 - 1:00 |
Lunch (Scanlon Living Room) |
| 1:00 - 2:15 |
Bridging the Gap: Scholarship & Activism (Research, Women's
Centers, Women's Events) |
| 2:15 - 2:45 |
Conclusions: Women's Studies & the Future |
Directions
to Westfield State College Campus
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March
22 - 26, 1999
A Week Celebrating Women
'99:
Women and Work
This was the theme for a week-long series of activities
related to women and their contributions which took place the week following
Spring Break. Faculty in related courses invited speakers in, showed
films, and scheduled other activities related to the theme. The AWCW
Resource Committee met regularly in preparation for the Week Celebrating
Women receiving suggestions from faculty and students for events that were
scheduled. Coordinator Brooks Robards and members of the committee
(Elena Wilson, Shannon Simmons, Shanlon Merriman, Melinda Dillon, Erika
Pratt, and Sarah Hodge) worked with the ideas generated to schedule
the following events:
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9:30 - 10:20 Open Class: Marriage in Literature/Society
Early Art Images of Male/Female Relationships (Bates
Seminar Room)
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1:30 - 2:45 Open Class: Women & Mythology
Barbara Becker Holstein on Women & Empowerment
(Lammers 400)
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3:00 - 4:30 Enchantment/Empowerment Workshop
(Ely 130)
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3:30 - 6:00 Open Class: Women & the Middle
East: Backbone of the Nation?
Women, Work & Middle East (Bates 221)
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4:00 - 5:30 Women in the Arts: Exhibit, Reception
& Panel
| Artemis Romell - Painter |
Elizabeth Hart - Choral Director |
| Dorothy Osterman - Painter |
Lucy White - Art Therapist |
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7:00 - 7:30 Alumna Poet Mary-Beth O'Shea Noonan
read from her work
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7:30 - 8:30 Open Poetry Reading
(Courtney Lounge)
Students brought poetry to read! All were invited.
Tuesday, March 23, 1999
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9:55 - 11:10 Open Class: Introduction to Women's
Studies
Meanette Vermes: Changing Women, Changing Springfield
(Lammers 400)
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3:00 - 4:30 Panel: Women Professionals
in Criminal Justice
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4:30 - 5:30 Courtney: A Play in One
Act (Ely Studio Theatre)
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5:30 - 7:00 Workshop: Developing Men's
Responses to Violence
(Ely 130)
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7:00 - 9:00 Co-ed Volleyball Tournament
(Gymnasium)
Wednesday, March 24, 1999
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11:00 - 2:00 Health & Work Fair: Food, Exhibits,
Music, Fun
(Campus Center Lounge)
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11:30 - 12:20 Open Class: Irish Women's History
(Bates 214)
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12:30 - 1:20 Open Class: Women & the Law
N.O.W.'s Sandra Larson on Sexual Harassment
(Ely 305)
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1:30 - 2:45 Open Class: Women &
Mythology
Sorting Seeds with Psyche
(Lammers 400)
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2:30 - 3:45 Open Class: Politics &
the Family
Andrea Lee on Women as Activists for Family
(Wilson 329)
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3:00 - 5:30 Open Class: Introduction
to Women's Studies
CJ Prof. Pam Clarke on Women & Law
(Bates 123)
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3:00 - 4:30 Guest Lecture Series:
Alan Blankstein: Creating a Community Circle of Caring
(Scanlon Banquet Hall)
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7:00 - 9:00 Movie: Waiting to Exhale
Screening & Panel: Battle of the Sexes
Thursday, March 25, 1999
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11:20 -12:25 Open Class: Film & Gender
Filmmaker Diane Garey talked about Film-making
(Ely 316)
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11:30 - 12:15 Workshop: Aerobics Boot Camp
(Wellness Center)
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12:45 - 2:00 Open Class: Introduction
to Women's Studies
Janet Aalfs: Martial Arts Demonstration
(Scanlon Living Room)
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3:30 - 5:00 Keynote Address:
Springfield
Police Chief Paula Meara
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5:00 - 5:30 March Against Violence
(Ely Steps)
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5:30 - 6:00 Candlelight Vigil
Against Violence (Ely Steps /
Lobby)
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7:00 - 8:30 Panel: Alumnae
Talked About Their Jobs (Scanlon Living Room)
Friday, March 26, 1999
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11:30 - 12:30 Workshop: Fitting Exercise into Your
Work Schedule (Ely 130)
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Other events:
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Pool Tournament
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Film Series
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Logo Contest ($100 prize!)
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T-shirt Raffle
Thanks to:
The Student Organizing Committee
All the Faculty & Staff Who Helped
Main Street Chandlery for candles
SGA, CAB & Academic Affairs
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Last update August
21, 2007