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| Past Programs |
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programs presented by the JHI Women's Studies Center are on
campus, free, and open to the public unless specified otherwise.
For more information on any of these programs please call
the JHI Women's Studies Center at (616) 632-2979. |
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| Fall 2009 |
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Monday, September 21
“Women in the Balance: Four Professionals Juggle Career and Family”
Featuring panelists: Beth Sanders, EA, MAAA Deloitte Consulting; Linda M. Stotenbur, CFP, Associate Financial Advisor, Ameriprise Financial; Kelly Smallegan-Maas, Lambert, Edwards & Associates, Director of PR; Rita Grant, Professor of Accounting, School of (Seidman College of Business) GVSU
Co-Sponsored by the School of Management
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Wege Center Loutit Room |
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CANCELED - Wednesday, October 7
"Strong Women: Stories of Incarcerated Women"
By: The Still Point Theatre Collective, Chicago
Time: 5 to 6 p.m.
Location: Wege Center Ballroom |
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Thursday, November 5
“Local Women in Music”
Panelists: Kathy Wagner, Mary Rademacher and Edye Evans Hyde; Facilitator: Francine Paolini
Time:
12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Loutit Room, Third Floor Wege Center |
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Wednesday, November 11
GET (Girls Empowering Together) College Day
AQ Students mentor Grand Rapids Public School teen girls through the GET program
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Location:
Donelly Center |
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| Spring 2009 |
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Tuesday, January 27
In Celebration of St. Thomas Aquinas Week
Panelists: Dominican Sisters and Facilitator, Sister Maureen Geary
“Answering the Call to Do Justice: Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids”
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Wege Center Loutit Room
Free and open to the public |
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Tuesday, February 3
Speaker: Kathleen Hall Jamison
"Gender, Power, Politics and the Media in the 2008 Presidential Election"
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Fountain Street Church, 24 Fountain St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by the West Michigan Women’s Studies Council
Ms. Jamieson is a Professor of Communication and Director of the Annenberg
Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Her work is devoted to finding accurate facts within
US political campaigns and advertisments.
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Thursday, February 12
"Equality Bake Sale: Highlighting the Continuing Gender Income Gap”
Time: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Location: Academic Building Lobby
*All proceeds go to a local women’s organization |
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Monday, February 9 through Friday, February 20
Exhibit: “The Clothesline Project: Bearing Witness to Domestic Violence”
Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Wege Center, Lower Level Lobby
Free and open to the public
The Clothesline Project (CLP) is a program started on Cape Cod, MA, in 1990 to address the issue of violence against women. It is a vehicle for women affected by violence to express their emotions by decorating a shirt. They then hang the shirt on a clothesline to be viewed by others as testimony to the problem of violence against women. |
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Tuesday, February 24
Speaker: Bena' Burda
"Leading Change Through Commerce: Bena Burda and Maggie's Organics."
Time: 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Donnelly Center
Free and open to the public |
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Thursday, March 4
Appreciation Luncheon in Honor of International Women’s Day
With its beginnings in Copenhagen, nearly 90 years ago, women’s groups around the world celebrate International Women’s Day.
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Wege Center Loutit Room
Free and open to the public |
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Friday, March 6: Deadline
Student Creative Writing Contest
In celebration of Women’s History Month, Aquinas students will submit their poetry, creative non-fiction, or fiction celebrating women or issues related to women.
Winners will read their work at the “A Night of Celebrating Women’s Voices” event.
Entry forms available in the Women’s Studies Center, Mail Room, and Library
Please have all submissions/forms to the Women’s Studies Center or the mailbox of Pamela Dail-Whiting by 5 p.m. |
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Thursday, March 19
Speaker: Sandi Wisenberg
“Was That a He or a She and Why Does it Matter?: A Reading of Creative Nonfiction ”
(From her forthcoming book on her experiences with cancer)
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Wege Center Loutit Room
Free and open to the public |
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Monday, March 23
Speaker:
Jessica Valenti, author of "Full Frontal Feminism"
Time:
7 p.m.
Location:
Kirkhoff Center, Allendale Campus at GVSU
Sponsored by the Women and Gender Studies Program. |
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Thursday, March 26
“A Night of Celebrating Women’s Voices”
Readings from the winners of the Women’s History Month Creative Writing Contest and
From the Women and Journals Class
Time: 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: The Moose Café, Cook Carriage House
Free and open to the public |
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Wednesday, April 8
The Annual “Outstanding AQ Woman Awards”
As the academic year draws to an end, the Jane Hibbard Idema Women’s Studies Center is honored to acknowledge the hard work, dedication and commitment of the women of Aquinas College. An outstanding faculty, staff, student, and alumni are selected based upon nominations, by a special committee to win these awards and they will be honored at this award ceremony.
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Wege Center Loutit Room |
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Thursday, April 16
Speaker: Susan Stall
"Women-Centered Organizing: A Form of Resistance."
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Wege Center Loutit Room
Free and open to the public |
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| Monday, October 6
“In a time of moral crisis, we could not be silent!”
Speakers: Dominican Sisters Carol Gilbert & Ardeth Platte
There will also be a viewing of “Conviction.”
Time: 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Location: Wege Center Loutit Room
Free and open to the public
Three Dominican Sisters are featured in the film "Conviction"(43 min.) produced by Brenda Truelson Fox. It relates the story of their nonviolent civil resistance plowshare action, their trial, sentencing and incarceration in a Citizen's Weapons Inspection of a Minuteman III nuclear weapon on October 6, 2002 |
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| Wednesday, October 8
Speaker: Maria Schneider, internationally renowned jazz composer
“How Does a Woman Make Her Place in the Jazz World?”
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: Loutit Room
Free and open to the public |
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Thursday, October 9
Speaker: Maria Schneider, jazz composer and conductor
“An Evening Concert with Maria Schneider & the Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra.”
Time: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Location: Wege Center Ballroom
Free and open to the public.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event. Must have ticket to attend. |
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Wednesday, October 15
Speaker: Martha Burk, political psychologist and women’s equity expert
“The High Stakes in 2008: Issues, The Women's Vote, and You.”
Time: 7 p.m.
Location:
Eberhard Center, GVSU,
301 W. Fulton St., Grand Rapids
Free and open to the publi.
Parking available in the Conference Services/Fulton Street Lot.
Sponsored by the West Michigan Women’s Studies Council |
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October - This event has been canceled and will not be rescheduled.
Speaker: Naomi Klein, author of “Shock Doctrine” and “No Logo.”
Location: Fountain Street Church, 24 Fountain St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Sponsored by the West Michigan Women’s Studies Council
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Tuesday, November 11
Speaker: Judy Whipps
"Jane Addams: Connecting Passivism to Feminism"
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Wege Center Loutit Room
Free and open to the public |
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| Friday, December 5
“Sister Santa’s comin’ to town…”
What if Santa was a Woman? How would things be different if Saint Nick was a chic?
This annual holiday celebration has a lot to offer. Sister Santa will listen to the holiday wishes of Aquinas faculty, staff, and students, as well as pass out special gifts from her sack. There will also be plenty of food and fun for all!
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Wege Cafeteria |
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| Spring 2008 |
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Tuesday, January 29
In Celebration of St. Thomas Aquinas Week: The Twelfth Annual Jane Hibbard Idema Women's Studies Center Tea and Lecture
Topic: "Women Writers in the Middle Ages"
Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Coogan, Associate Professor of English, and Aquinas College
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Loutit Room
Free and open to the public |
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February 1 through 15
"The Clothesline Project: Bearing Witness to Domestic Violence"
Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location:
Lower Level Wege Mall |
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Thursday, February 7
"An Evening with Eve Ensler: Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of V-Day."
Speaker: Eve Ensler, Playwright, Performer and Activist
Ensler, award-winning author of The Vagina Monologues, has just completed a
tour of 20 North American cities with her newest play, The Good Body, following engagements on Broadway in NYC and ACT in San Francisco.
Time: 7 p.m.
Location:
Fountain St. Church, 24 Fountain St. NE,
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Sponsored by the West Michigan Women’s Studies Council
Free and open to the public |
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**This Event Has Been CANCELED. It will be rescheduled for a later date.**
Thursday, February 7
"The Faith of Our Mothers: Black Women’s Jesus, White Women’s Christ"
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Michelle R. Loyd-Paige, Interim Dean for Multicultural Affairs at Calvin College and Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work. She has a research interest in African-American clergywomen. She holds Master and Doctorate Degrees from Purdue University and joined the Department of Sociology at Calvin College in 1985. She is also an ordained minister of the Gospel and serves as a pasturing elder in Muskegon, Michigan. In addition, she is the founder of Preach Sista!, Inc., a non-profit organization which “Embraces, Encourages, and Equips Women for Ministry."
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Loutit Room
Free and open to the public |
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Tuesday, February 12
Equality Bake Sale: "Highlighting the Continuing Gender Gap Income"
Women currently make 77cents for every dollar men make. The Equality Bake
Sale adjusts prices accordingly for a taste of what inequality means.
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location:
Academic Building Lobby
All proceeds go to a local women’s organization. |
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Friday, February 22
Student Creative Writing Contest
In Celebration of Women’s History Month, the Women's Studies Center will accept poetry, creative non-fiction, or fiction celebrating women or issues relating to women. Submissions will be accepted Jan. 11 through Friday, Feb. 22. Winners will read their work at the Women’s History Creative Writing Reading with a Sabbatical Reading by Professor Pamela Dail Whiting, Assistant Professor of English. |
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Wednesday, March 12
International Women's Day Celebration
We will view a short film, The Kingdom of Women, with discussion to follow.
Dr. Katharina Häusler-Gross, AQ Associate Professor of German, will present the film and facilitate discussion.
Light refreshments will also be served.
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location:
Loutit Room
Free and open to the public |
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Thursday, March 13
"Women's History Creative Writing Reading "
Creative writing readings by the winners of the Student Creative Writing Contest with a sabbatical reading by Professor Pamela Dail-Whiting, Assistant Professor of English.
Time: 7 p.m.
Location:
TBA
Free and open to the public |
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Tuesday, March 25
"Sustain Your Brain: A hands-on demonstration about what individuals can do for sustainability."
Brown Bag Lecture Series
Speaker: Dr. Deborah Steketee, Assistant Professor for Sustainable Business,
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Albertus Hall - Rm. 111
Free and open to the public |
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Wednesday, April 2
The Annual "Outstanding AQ Woman Awards"
As the academic year draws to an end, the Jane Hibbard Idema Women’s Studies Center is honored to acknowledge the hard work, dedication and commitment of the women of Aquinas College. An outstanding faculty, staff, student and alumni are selected, based upon nominations, by a special committee to win these awards and they will be honored at this award ceremony.
Nominations are due March 21 by 5 p.m.
Time: Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Grace Hauenstein Library Lobby |
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Saturday, April 12
Eighth Annual Resourceful Women’s Conference
This conference is held in order to help students develop skills that allow them to become critical thinkers, effective communicators, and advocates for gender equality.
Keynote: "Your Very Best"
Speaker: Shirley O. Corriher, a food scientist and author of "Cookwise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Cooking." Shirley O. Corriher is a food writer and culinary food sleuth. She is a contributing editor to Fine Cooking and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location:
Wege Center Ballroom |
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Monday, April 21
"STI’s (Sexually Transmitted Infections): what, how, where and the HPV vaccine"
Speaker: Kim Quigg, RNC, NP
Time:
12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Loutit Room
Free and open to the public |
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Thursday, September 6
"Asking for Help: Putting on Your Air Mask or You Can’t Give What You Don’t Have"
Speaker: Tim Cusack, Laughter That Matters
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Loutit Room
Free and open to the public |
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Monday, September 17
"Breast Health and How You Can Help With the Susan G. Koman Foundation"
Speaker: Kim Quigg, RNC, NP and Veronica Beitner of the Aquinas College Health Center
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Loutit Room
Free and open to the public |
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Thursday, September 27
"Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity"
Speaker: Robert Jensen, Professor of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin.
Robert Jensen’s new book launches a powerful critique of mainstream pornography
that promises to reignite one of the fiercest debates in contemporary feminism.
In Getting Off Jensen asks tough, but crucial questions about pornography, manhood,
and paths toward genuine social justice.
Time: 7 p.m.
Location:
Donnelly Center
Co-sponsored with the Community Media Center
Free and open to the public |
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Thursday, October 4
“Adam and Eve and the Serpent”
Speaker: Elaine Pagels writer, professor, Biblical scholar, and feminist.
Elaine Pagels is a preeminent figure in the theological community whose impressive scholarship has earned her international respect. The Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University, Pagels was awarded the Rockefeller, Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellowships in three consecutive years. Works of Pagels include Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas, The Gnostic Gospel, Adam, Eve and the Serpent, The Origin of Satan and Reading Judas.
Time: 7 p.m.,
Location:
Fountain Street Church, 24 Fountain St. NE,
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Sponsored by the West Michigan Women's Studies Council
Free and open to the public |
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Tuesday, October 9
"Eating Disorders: A Crisis in Eating and Weight"
Speaker: Barbara Homrich, Clinical Psychologist and Substance Abuse Program Director at Claystone Clinical Associates
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Loutit Room
Free and open to the public |
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Thursday, November 1
"Does Depression Really Hurt... Facing It Head On"
Speakers: Christy Buck, RSW Executive Director and Susan Meekhof, Education Coordinator from the Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Loutit Room
Free and open to the public |
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Thursday, November 15
"Rock the Boat, but Don't be Surprised if You Get Wet"
Speaker: Roxanne Walker, radio activist, has been honored by the Greenville Chapter of Women in Communications with three Matrix Awards for her political opinion column in MetroBEAT, an alternative news weekly. She will be speaking about one woman's lonely war against a giant media company and how her antiwar views affected her career.
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Loutit Room
Free and open to the public |
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Monday, November 19
"This Land Was Their Land..." Native-American spiritual land-blessing ceremony
Presenters: Dr. Sara Leeland, Adjunct Associate Professor of Philosophy, and Dr. Paul M. Bienemann, Professor of Geography, Aquinas College
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location:
Mary’s Shrine in front of Holmdene
Free and open to the public |
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Friday, December 7
"Sister Santa’s comin’ to town..."
What if Santa was a Woman? How would things be different if jolly old Saint Nick was a chick?
This annual holiday celebration has a lot to offer. Sister Santa will listen to the holiday wishes of Aquinas faculty, staff and students, pass out special gifts from her sack, and lead participants in traditional carols with a twist! There will be food and fun for all, you can even get your picture taken on her lap!
Time: 12:30 to 2 p.m.
Location:
Lower Wege Center Lounge |
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Thursday, January 18
"Sexual Assault: Viewed Through Two Professions"
Helen Brinkman , Kent County Prosecutor
& Linda Rossman, YWCA Nurse Examiner
Nurse Examiner Rossman and Prosecutor Brinkman will discuss their differing, but equally important, roles in assisting survivors of sexual assault and raising awareness about this important issue. Sexual assault information and resources will be available.
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Wege Center Loutit Room
Cost: Free and open to the public. |
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Monday, January 29 through Friday, February 9
The Clothesline Project:
Bearing Witness to Domestic Violence
Time: Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Lower Wege Lounge
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Co-sponsored by the Grand Rapids YWCA. |
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Tuesday, January 23
10 th Annual St. Thomas Aquinas Week Tea & Lecture
Sister Mary Navarre, O.P. Aquinas Professor of Education
discusses her experiences on a recent trip to France and what she learned about St. Dominic.
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Wege Center Loutit Room
Cost: Free and open to the public. |
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Monday, January 29
Wangari Maathai,
2004 Nobel Peace Prize reciptient for her environmental activism in Africa.
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Fountain Street Church, 24 Fountain St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the West Michigan Women's Studies Council. |
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Thursday, February 1
In Celebration of Black History Month
"Sensuality or Eroticism? Female Rappers on Sex, Gender, and Subjectivity"
Jennifer Young, Assistant Professor of English at Hope College
explores the strategies female rappers use to claim space, proclaim their femininity, and attain respect in a music world plagued by stigma and commercialism.
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Wege Center Loutit Room
Cost: Free and open to the public. |
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Tuesday, February 13
Equality Bake Sale - Highlighting the Continuing Gender Income Gap
Women make 69 cents to every dollar men make in Kent County- 2000 US Census. The Equality Bake sale adjusts prices accordingly for a taste of what this inequality means.
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Academic Building lobby |
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Thursday,
March 1
International
Women's Day: Women's History Month Kick-off
International
Women's Day is celebrated by women's groups around the world
with its beginnings in Copenhagen, nearly 90 years ago. Professor
Katharina Gross will present its history and offer bread and
roses, inspired by James Oppenheim's famous poem.
Time:
12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Wege Center Loutit Room
Cost:
Free |
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Monday,
March 5
Student
Creative Writing Contest
Deadline for Submissions: Thursday, March 15 by 5 p.m.
In
Celebration of Women's History Month.
Aquinas students submit their poetry, creative non-fiction,
or fiction celebrating women or issues particular to women.
Winners will read their work at the Aquinas Faculty Tandem
Poetry. |
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Thursday,
March 15
“Dilemmas of Feminist Work in Political Science”
Molly
Patterson, AQ Political Scientist
Molly Patterson, AQ Political Scientist, will share the findings of her dissertation research related to democratic theory.
Time:
12:30 to 1:30p.m.
Location:
Wege Center Loutit Room
Cost:
Free |
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Thursday,
March 22
Faculty
Tandem Poetry Reading
Featuring
Aquinas' own published poets: Michaleen
Kelly; Professor of Philosophy, Vicki McMillan; Assistant
Professor of English, and Miriam Pederson; Associate Professor
of English.
Time:
7 p.m.
Location:
Cook Carriage House, Moose Cafe
Cost: Free |
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Friday, March 30
Fifth
Annual Outstanding AQ Woman Awards Reception
Deadline
for Nominations: Tuesday, March 20 by 5 p.m.
Time:
12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Holmdene Board Room |
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Monday, April 9
"More than a Cure: Examining the Politics of Breast Health and the Environment"
Julia Mason, Professor of Women and Gender Studies at Grand Valley State University
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Wege Center Loutit Room
Cost: Free and open to the public. |
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| Fall 2006 |
Thursday,
August 31
Gender Studies
Club at "Clubs and Orgs Day"
Time: 10:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m.
Location: Wege Mall |
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Thursday, September 7
Jean Doss, Representative, One United Michigan
One United Michigan is a non-partisan group that is currently working to inform voters about the so-called Michigan Civil Rights Initiative which will appear on the ballot in November.
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Wege Center Loutit Room
Cost: Free and open to the public. |
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Saturday, September
9
2006 Coalition
Conference
Grassroots peace and
social justice activists and organizations based in Western
Michigan will present literature, information, and resources.
The West
Michigan Peace and Justice Coalition's some thirty member
groups will be among those represented.
Time: 1p.m.
Location: Wege Center Ball Room
Cost: Free and open
to the public.
Presented by the West
Michigan Justice and Peace Coalition. |
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Monday,
September 25
"Activism
for a New Millennium"
A panel discussion featuring Dotti Clune; activist, organizer, and local
freelance writer, Paula Melin; Muskegon school teacher, Doris
Rucks; retired professor of Women's Studies and African American
Studies at GVSU.
Time: 7 to 8 p.m. panel,
8 to 9 p.m. breakout sessions
Location: Wege Center
Loutit Room |
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Monday, October 2
Bell Hooks:
"The Positive Power of Feminism"
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Fountain
Street Church, 24 Fountain St NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Cost: Free and open
to the public.
Sponsored by The
West Michigan Women's Studies Council. |
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Tuesday,
October 24
"Women Make a Difference: An Hour with Diane Rehm at Aquinas College"
Host of the National Public Radio Diane
Rehm Show.
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location: Performing
Arts Center, Aquinas College.
Free and open to the public.
Major Event Sponsor, Founders Bank and Trust |
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Tuesday,
October 24
"A Conversation with Diane Rehm"
Dinner fundraiser celebrating the
Jane Hibbard Idema's Women's Studies Center's 20th anniversary.
Tickets are $150 per person. Seating is limited.
A special thanks to Founders Bank and Trust for being our major event sponsor. |
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Thursday, November 9
"Make Your International Dream a Reality"
Dr. Mary Anne E. Walsh
Time: 6 to 8 p.m.
Location: Donnelly Center |
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Thursday,
November 16
"Anishinabekwewok:
The Strength of the People"
Debra Muller,
Project Manager, Grand Rapids
Public Museum
In her work in the
Museum's Curatorial Division, Deb focuses on the Norton Land
Group National Historic Landmark along the Grand River. Her
talk will cover Grand Rapids Native American culture and Native
women's influence on the community.
Time: 12:30 to 1:30
p.m.
Location: Wege Center
Loutit Room
Cost: Free and open
to the public. |
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Friday,
December 1
Sister
Santa Visits Aquinas
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Wege Center Cafeteria |
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Saturday, December 2
"Reproducing Inequities: Poverty and the Politics of Population in Haiti"
Residents of Haiti - one of the poorest and most unstable countries in the world--face a grim reality of starvation, violence, lack of economic opportunity, and minimal health care. For years, aid organizations have sought to alleviate the problems by creating health and family planning clinics. Why did this initiative fail so spectacularly despite surveys finding that residents would like to have fewer children? Why don't poor women heed the message of family planning when smaller families seem to be in their best interests? M. Catherine Maternowska, professor at the University of California, San Francisco, will give a talk addressing these and other issues from her book Reproducing Inequities.
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Schuler Books and Music, 3165 Alpine Ave. NW, Walker, MI 49544
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Tuesday, January
24
"Stalking
the Divine" By author Kristin Ohlson
In
Celebration of St. Thomas Aquinas Week
Time:
12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Wege Center Loutit Room |
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Monday,
January 30 through Monday, February 6
The
Clothesline Project:
Bearing
Witness to Domestic Violence
Location:
On display in Lower Wege Lounge |
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Tuesday,
February 7
Grand
Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID) presents
"Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide"
Andrea Smith,
Native American scholar, activist and co-founder of INCITE!
Women of Color Against Violence, the largest grassroots, multi-racial
feminist organization in the U.S.
Time:
7 p.m.
Location:
Wealthy Street Theatre |
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Tuesday,
February 14
Equality
Bake Sale
Highlighting
the Continuing Gender Income Gap
According
to the U.S. Women's Bureau and the National Committee on Pay
Equity, a woman made an average of 75.5 cents for every dollar
a man made in 2003.
Time:
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location:
Academic Building Lobby
All
proceeds are donated to the Women's Resource Center. |
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Tuesday,
February 21
Mira
Nair Film Festival
Showing
of "Salaam Bombay!"
To
be followed by a panel discussion.
Time:
7p.m.
Location:
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) |
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Wednesday,
February 22
Mira
Nair Film Festival
Showing
of "Hysterical Blindness" and "Laughing Club
of India "
Time:
7p.m
Location:
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) |
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Wednesday,
February 22
Black
History Month Films
Featuring
"Bamboozled" and "Diary of a Mad Black Woman."
Discussion
to follow facilitated by Dr. Michael Cushion; Aquinas Assistant
Professor of Sociology and Sharon Smith; Aquinas Director
of Career and Counseling Services.
Time:
6 to 10:30 p.m.
Location:
Moose Cafe, Cook Carriage House. |
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Wednesday,
February 22
Grand
Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID) presents
"Is the U.S. Military Liberating Iraq?"
A critique
of US Policy through a Gender and Anti-Imperialist Lens
Lecture
by Stan Goff, soldier, teacher, and author of "Sex and
War."
Time:
7 p.m.
Location:
Wealthy Street Theatre |
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Thursday,
February 23
The
Nokomis Foundation Lecture Series and
West
Michigan Women's Studies Council Presents
Between
Two Worlds: An Evening with Mira Nair
Time:
7 p.m.
Location:
Gezon Auditorium, Calvin College |
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Thursday,
February 23
The
Gender Studies Club Presents,
Bleached
Out! Dioxins and You
AQ
Nurse Kim Texley Quigg will be presenting on the harmful effects
that bleached tampons have on the female body. Free samples
of organic tampons and information will be handed out to the
public. Organic tampons will be on sale in the health center
located in lower Wege starting February 20, 2006 .
Time:
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Wege Center Loutit Room |
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February
Black
History Month
African
American Women Authors Book Display
Location:
Woodhouse Library |
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Thursday,
March 2
International
Women's Day Celebration
By
Kati Gross, Aquinas German Professor
International
Women's Day is celebrated by women's groups around the world
with its beginnings in Copenhagen , nearly 90 years ago. Professor
Gross will present its history and offer bread and roses,
inspired by James Oppenheim's famous poem.
Time:
12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Wege Center Foyer |
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March
2006
Student Creative Writing Contest
In Celebration of
Women's History Month.
Aquinas students
submit their poetry, creative non-fiction, or fiction celebrating
women or issues particular to women. Winners will read their
work at the Aquinas Faculty Tandem Poetry Reading.
Deadline: March
1, 2006
Winners: Julie Coyne and Rickie-Ann Legleitner |
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Saturday,
March 18
March Madness Costume Ball **POSTPONED**
Fundraiser for AIDS Orphans in Malawi
Time: 8 p.m. to Midnight
Cost: $20 per person.
Location: Wege Center Ballroom |
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Wednesday, March
22
Aquinas
Faculty Tandem Poetry Reading
In
celebration of Women's History Month.
Featuring
Aquinas' own published poets Michelle DeRose, Associate Professor
of English; Vicki McMillan, Assistant Professor of English;
Pamela Waterbury, Assistant Professor of English; and Miriam
Pederson, Associate Professor of English. Winners of the Student
Creative Writing Contest will also present their works.
Time:
7 p.m.
Location:
Moose Café, Cook Carriage House. |
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Friday,
March 24
Seventh
Annual Resourceful Women Conference
"Four
Women from Egypt " A film by Tahani Rached
Deb
Wickering, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Aquinas
College will lead a discussion following the film.
Time:
7 p.m.
Location:
Kretschmer Recital Hall
Free
and open to the public.
"Riveting
in its veracity, deeply moving in its humanity, this brilliant
film captures how women's lives can be tied to national dreams
and how a nation can be built out of friendship and difference.
These four compelling women - intellectuals, activists, and
friends - will open your eyes to politics, religion, and gender
in Egypt . They will also make you laugh and cry."
--Lila
Abu-Lughod |
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Saturday,
March 25
Seventh
Annual Resourceful Women Conference
A conference
of student works about women.
Time:
Student presentations 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location:
Wege Ballroom & Academic Bldg. Classrooms
Keynote
speaker: Dr. Lila Abu-Lughod, Professor of Anthropology
and Director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender
at Columbia University . Dr. Abu-Lughod will be speaking on
"The Muslim Woman: The Power of Images and the Dangers
of Pity."
Her
lecture will take place from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the Wege
Student Center Ballroom.
Middle
Eastern lunch will be served at 11:45 a.m. , with a special
performance by the Dark Flowered Gypsies dance troupe.
Reservations
and prepayment are required for lunch by March 22 by 5 p.m.
(extended). Lunch is $8 general public and $4 students with
ID.
Contact the Women's Studies Center at (616) 632-2979 to
make a reservation. |
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Tuesday,
March 28
"Women
Entrepreneurs: Their Green Side"
Presented
by the Jane Hibbard Idema Women's Studies Center and the Sustainable
Business Department.
A
panel featuring Janine Benyus; author of "Biomimicry:
Innovation Inspired by Nature," international lecturer
and consultant, Anja VanderBrug Mast; co-owner of Trillium
Haven Farm, an organic, community-supported farm in Michigan,
Gayle DeBruyn; Designer and owner of Lake Affect Studio, and
Mary Ellen Mika; Manager of Strategic Sourcing Services, Steelcase,
Inc.
Time:
7 p.m.
Location:
Wege Ballroom
Free and open to the public |
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Thursday,
March 30
4th
Annual Outstanding Aquinas Woman Award Reception
Time:
12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Holmdene Board Room
Deadline
for Nominations: Wednesday, March 15 by 5 p.m. |
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| Fall 2005 |
Thursday,
September 29
"Expedition Medic"
By Kate Dernocoeur, local writer
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Wege Center Loutit Room |
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Monday, October
3
"Margaret
Atwood as a Feminist Writer"
by
Jennifer Dawson, Aquinas Assistant Professor of English
Time:
7 p.m.
Location:
Wege Center Loutit Room
Refreshments
provided. |
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Monday,
October 3 through Friday, October 14
Faith Ringgold's work on exhibit
Location: Art
and Music Center Gallery |
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Thursday
October 6, 2005
West Michigan Women's Studies Council presents
Author Margaret Atwood
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Fountain Street Church, 24 Fountain St NE, Grand
Rapids, MI 49503 |
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Wednesday,
October 12
"Quilts as Art & Story: The Works of Faith
Ringgold" (Lecture & Slide Presentation)
Time: Noon and 7 p.m.
Location: Aquinas Performing Arts Center
Tickets: $10 general public. Call (616) 632-2449 for tickets.
Student tickets
for the noon-time lecture, and limited seating
for the evening
lecture, available for $5 at the PAC box office with a student
ID.
Book signing to follow. |
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Thursday,
November 17
"Leadership Roles of Native American Women"
By Sharon Detz, Former Director of Native American Ministry
Discussion on the definition of leadership,
Native American
women in leadership roles, and a short film.
Time: 12:30-1:30
p.m.
Location: Wege Center
Loutit Room |
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