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

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

Thursday, February 3

Speaker: Kathleen Hall Jamison

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

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.

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

Tuesday, February 24

Speaker: 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

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

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.

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

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

Wednesday, April 1

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.

Nomination forms are available through the JHIWS Center and are due by Wednesday, March 25, by 5 p.m.

Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.,

Location: Wege Center Loutit Room

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