Women at Noon
discussions and presentations are at no charge and open to everyone.
They take place between 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm on Wednesdays during
the semester. All video presentations will be projected on a large
screen. All rooms located in the Lory Student Center.
Sign Language
Interpreters for Hearing Impaired/Deaf Persons available upon
request.
Standing
on my Sister's Shoulders (video)
Wednesday, February 9, 12 noon - 1:00 p.m. 228 Lory Student Center
In 1965, three women walked into the US House
of Representatives in Washington D.C. They weren't lawyers or
politicians. They were not rich. They were women from Mississippi
who were descendants of African slaves who had worked the cotton
fields in Mississippi. They were the first black women to be allowed
in the senate chambers in nearly 100 years and came to seek their
civil rights.
STANDING ON MY SISTER'S SHOULDERS is the award-winning
documentary that tells this grassroots history of the Mississippi
women who played a crucial role in the US Civil Rights movement.
These living legends give their firsthand testimony and capture
a piece of history that is often overlooked in history books.
Their achievements go beyond the cotton fields of Mississippi
or even the coasts of America. These are true grassroots heroines,
in the most oppressive of societies, who proved that anyone can
take a stand and fight for human rights.
*Reaching
for the Stars-or the Finish Line
Presented by Susan Williams
Wednesday, February 16, 12 noon - 1:00 p.m. 228 Lory Student Center
Have you had
a dream that was just beyond your reach? Join us as Susan Williams
recounts what it took for her to become the first triathlete from
the United States to win an Olympic medal. Ranked 33rd in the
world going into the 2004 Summer Olympics, she was not considered
a likely medal prospect. However, the sacrifices she made, including
sidelining her dream of becoming an astronaut, paid off. Susan
will share her amazing story, infusing success tips that will
inspire all of us to reach for our dreams.
*Reconciling
our Relationship with Body Image, Food & Eating
Presented by Jane Welzel, M.Ed., LPC
Wednesday, February 23, 12 noon - 1:00 p.m. 228 Lory Student Center
The majority of women in this country are dissatisfied
with their bodies. Most women and girls believe that their size
and/or weight is a significant factor in how they feel about themselves
and how they define themselves. The "ideal" woman's
body created by our culture is a limited ideal that cramps the
individual in us all and stunts our personal growth. The next
generation will base who they are on what we tell them. What is
our message to them about what it means to be a woman?
My
Long Journey to Healing
Presented by Eva Kor
Wednesday, March 2, 12 noon - 1:00 p.m. 230 Lory Student Center
In honor of Holocaust Awareness Week, Eva Kor
will share a firsthand account about a child's emotional trauma
endured in the Auschwitz death camp, the emotional struggle after
liberation, and the meeting and friendship with a Nazi doctor
that brought about forgiveness, ultimately leading to self-healing.
This event is co-sponsored by Colorado State University Hillel.
Sojourner
Truth- Ain't I A Woman
Presented by Wallace Yvonne Tollette.
Wednesday, March 9, 12noon - 1:00 p.m. 228 Lory Student Center
Take a step back into history and observe an historical
interpretation of abolitionist Sojourner Truth, who dedicated
her life to ending slavery and was a tireless supporter of women's
rights. Performed by Wallace Yvonne Tollette, a self-described
"good news" speaker, this presentation promises to entertain,
inform and inspire.
*Dancing
in Combat Boots-Women of World War II
Presented by Teresa Funke.
Wednesday, March 23, 12 noon-1:00 p.m. 230 Lory Student Center
Teresa R. Funke will discuss her upcoming short
story collection tentatively titled, Dancing in Combat Boots.
This collection of thirteen stories is based on the WWII experiences
of women whose unusual contributions to the war effort take us
beyond the well-known stories of Rosie the Riveters and Army nurses.
Teresa will talk about the joys and challenges of turning true
stories into fiction and of creating voices for characters who
represent a variety of ethnic and socio-economic groups. She will
explain how this collection sprang out of research for her novel,
Remember Wake, which marked the first time the women's story of
the Battle of Wake Island had ever been told. Teresa will read
one of her stories which took place in Colorado at the POW camp
outside of Greeley. She will also talk about her experience as
an author and writer's coach and offer suggestions to aspiring
writers and anyone interested in preserving women's stories.
*Unleashing
the Limits: The Future of Women in Higher Education
Presented by: Donna Shavlik.
Wednesday, March 30, 12 noon - 1:00 p.m., 228 Lory Student Center
This program will explore the current status of
women in higher education as seen through the eyes of Donna Shavlik.
Ms. Shavlik recently completed a term as a Senior Fellow with
the American Council on Education (ACE), and spent most of her
career as the Director of the ACE Office of Women in Higher Education.
She is a founding member of the National Council for Research
on Women and of the National Coalition for Women and Girls in
Education which was founded to work on Title IX and other educational
issues affecting women and girls. Join us in welcoming Donna Shavlik
back to Colorado State where she received a bachelor's degree
in Horticulture and Ornamental Floriculture.
Wayward
Girls (video)
Wednesday, April 6, 12 noon - 1:00 p.m., 228 Lory Student Center
This documentary explores the female juvenile
justice system over a period of three decades, comparing existing
programs to those of the 1960-70's, asking and answering questions
about what programming does and does not work, and why gender-specific
programs are critical to the success of at-risk/delinquent female
youth. Wayward Girls draws attention to the alarming evidence
and statistics on the cause and affect relationship between child
abuse and female delinquency.
*Susan
Glaspell, Her Life and Times
Presented by: Linda Ben-Zvi
Wednesday, April 13, 12 noon - 1:00 p.m., 228 Lory Student Center
Join us as Professor Ben-Zvi recounts her experiences
researching and writing about Susan Glaspell, America's first
modern woman playwright, winner of the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for
drama, and one of the most respected novelists and short story
writers of her time. In Dr. Ben-Zvi's forthcoming biography, she
describes how Glaspell broke new ground for women; and how she
created undaunted women characters whose struggles for self definition
and a more egalitarian America are still pertinent today.
"If Susan Glaspell has said it for women, Linda Ben-Zvi has
said it for Glaspell. What she has said, through a virtual travelogue
of fastidious research, impelled by the persistence of unaccountable
neglect, is a kind of poetic justice." ~Herbert Blau, University
of Washington
*Celebrating
You…In Your Relationships
Presented by Cindy Wasko
Wednesday, April 20, 12 noon - 1:00 p.m., 228 Lory Student Center
How do you honor yourself within a relationship?
Do you consider your needs? Cindy Wasko, Director of Education
for CHAI, Colorado's Jewish Community Resource on Domestic Violence,
will explore with the audience the importance of self-esteem in
building healthy relationships. In addition, she will discuss
some behaviors that promote healthy relationships and provide
some guidelines to help determine if our relationships are healthy.
This event is co-sponsored by Colorado State University Hillel.
*Finding
Inner Peace in the Turbulance of our Lives
Presented by Gen Kelsang Losel, Teacher of Buddhism and Meditation,
Heruka Buddhist Center, Fort Collins, and the Avalokiteshvara Center, Denver
Wednesday, April 27, 12 noon - 1:00 p.m., 228 Lory Student Center
Drawing upon her many years of experience as a
Buddhist nun and teacher, Gen Losel will give a personal perspective
on the value of meditation and how it can help us focus the mind
and find inner strength in the face of adversity.
*These programs are sponsored by the KATHRYN T. BOHANNON WOMEN'S
PROGRAM FUND which was established in 1993 by Mr. David J. Folkes
in memory of his wife, Kathryn, who was a graduate student at
Colorado State University in the Department of Design and Merchandising
and Consumer Sciences in 1991. Prior to her return to school,
Kathryn was an Environmental Consultant in Denver and an Environmental
Engineer with Eastman Kodak in Windsor, Colorado and Rochester,
New York. A member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi, Kathryn
graduated Cum Laude from Kansas State University in 1974. Kathryn
had a committed interest in developing self-esteem in women.
