The Women's Center hosts a variety of events, speakers, seminars, and workshops that the entire MSU community are welcome to attend. The best way to stay informed of these events is by sending an email to wcenter@mnsu.edu to recieve e-newsletters, follow us on Twitter, or by becoming a fan on Facebook!
We always welcome your suggestions for programs. If you want to plan an event yourself, consider volunteering for our events. See the Women's Center for more information.
Scroll down to see all of our upcoming events!
Movie Mondays! All Day LongEvery 1st Monday of the month is Women in Movies day! Join us to watch and discuss movies surrounding women's issues, empowerment, addiction, health, and maybe a little orgasm too!
Take a break from the day in the Women's Center and watch some powerful women movies.
We are bringing back the BBL! Get ready to bring your lunch to the Women's Center for a fun and informational lunch every 3rd Thursday of the month.
February 1 from 11:00 am -1:00 pm in the Women's Center CSU 218
Check out the newly painted Women's Center, meet our staff, and learn more about this semster's fantastic Women's Center programs and events! Cake, coffee, and fruit will be served.
February 3 - Join us to celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports day by cheering on our own MSU Women's Basketball Game at 6:00pm. Wear your Purple and Gold to cheer on our women!
I Heart Female Orgasm - Are you Coming?February 6 at 7pm in the CSU Ballroom
Come and learn about the "big O"! Orgasm aficionados and beginners of all genders and identities are welcome to come and learn about everything from multiple orgasms to that myserious G-Spot. Are you coming?
Vagina MonologuesEve Ensler's award winning play, The Vagina Monolouges is returning to MSU this February as a part of the V-Day campaign, a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls by increasing awareness.
Tickets sales start January 2012 $5 for MSU students, staff, and faculty $8 for community members.
February 21 at 7:30pm in Ostrander
An interactive play addressing social victimization, sexual and relatinoship violence, intervention and risk management in an environment that challenges audience members to think for themselves, become aware of the reality of abuse, and start asking..... "When?"
February 29 at 7pm in the Ballroom
The Women's Center will be hosting Stacy Nadeau, one of Dove's campaign's "Real Women" models and emerging spokesperson for healthy body image. Stacy Nadeau is a brave Dove "Real Women" who stood proudly along with 5 other women in her underware int he summer of 2005 as part of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty. This campaign and the "Real Women" ads which celebrated the diversity of body shapes and sizes generated natinoal attention whtn they hit billboards from coast to coast. Stacy and the other women truly brought the mission of the campaign for Real Beauty to life which is to make women feel beautiful everyday!
For more information about Stacy visit her website http://www.stacynadeau.com/
March 13 at 12pm in CSU 285
Are you a Feminist? Are you a Mom or thinking about having kids? Join us and bring your lunch to a special extra Brown Bag Lunch for a fun and informational lunch to discuss how to be a Feminist and a Mom.
March 20 from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm in the CSU Flexibel Programming Space Get ready to strut your stuff and love your body!
March 21 in the CSU Hearth Lounge Take some time out of your busy day to see amazing works of art all created by women.
March 27 from 3:00 - 4:30pm in the CSU Ballroom
Each year the MSU Women's Center, the Commission on the Status of Women and the Panhellenic Council celebrate women of courage and vision with a reception in their honor
Nominate a Women of Courage and Vision by going to www.mnsu.edu/csw/womencouragevision/
For more information, contact Sophie Slater (sophie.slater@mnsu.edu) in the Women's Center, CSU 218, or 507-389-2486.
GWS 260/460/560 (1 cr) Women & Money: Achieving Financial Success in Any Economy
Instructor: Sophia Bera, certified financial planner & GWS alumna
Description: You¹re in college. You¹re juggling school, a job, homework, and extracurricular activities; you don¹t have time to worry about money right? Wrong! Now is a great time to take steps to get out of debt and in control of your financial life before you graduate. Women still earn 78 cents on the man¹s dollar. That means we earn less over our lifetime (plus we live longer). Therefore, our financial needs are different.
This class is designed to help you get fiscally fit before you graduate. Learn money concepts you can immediately implement. Learn how your FICO score is like your financial GPA and the differences between a regular IRA and a Roth IRA. Topics covered include: budgeting, banking, debt, saving, homeownership, taxes, investing, retirement and giving! Sign up now and find out why compound interest rocks and how you can be a millionaire by the time you retire!
This class takes place over two Saturdays: 02/18/12 & 02/25/12, plus online activity to be announced by the instructor
All students welcome!
