Novice or pro, all are welcome! Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet or other craftiness. We'll be glad to see you. Wednesdays at 5 p.m. at the Women's Center (CSU 218). For more information contact Deirdre at rosenfeld@mnsu.edu.
For more information contact Felicia Baptiste at felicia.baptiste@mnsu.edu or 507-389-1771
Join filmmaker Helen De Michiel for conversation after watching her documentary about young women training in college for careers in the high stakes professions of science, math, engineering and technology. For more on this project, the documentary or the filmmaker, visit the Gender Chip Project website. Free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the College of Science, Engineering & Technology, the Minnesota Center for Engineering & Manufacturing Excellence, the Department of Women's Studies, the Women's Center and supported by Student Activity Fees. For more information or to request an accommodation contact Deirdre at rosenfeld@mnsu.edu
For more information about the presenter or this conference, please visit Asian Pacific American Conference. Sponsored by the office of Asian American Affairs, the Women's Center and supported by Student Activity Fees. For more information or to request an accommodation contact Deirdre at rosenfeld@mnsu.edu.
Minnesota State University, Mankato's Asian American Affairs Program presents its Annual Asian Pacific American Conference. The conference will be held on October 20-21, 2006 in its Centennial Student Union.
This year's theme of "Sharing Our Stories, Uniting our Communities " features keynote speakers: Dr. H. L. Tran, CEO & President of Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum; Dr. Erika Lee, historian, immigration specialist and author of "At America's Gates: Chinese Immigration During the Exclusion Era" and Chong Kim, Survivor, Educator and Advocate for ending human trafficking.
For more information or to register, visit the Asian American Affairs website or contact Penh Lo, Asian American Affairs, Centennial Student Union 243, Mankato, MN 56001 at 507-389-2799, 800-722-0544 or penh.lo@mnsu.edu.
Talk and Book Signing: Daughters of the Game, The First Era of Minnesota Girls High School Basketball 1891-1942 with authors Marian Bemis Johnson and Dorothy McIntyre
There's a new feminist group on campus! Join the members of Feminism in Action for their meeting next Monday to discuss semester activism ideas! We will be reviewing a list of ideas developed at our first meeting, ranging from an all-size swim event (focus on body image) to a protest at the Mankato Birthright clinic (focus on pro-choice); bring your thoughts and opinions to help us narrow our list. Everyone is welcome. Monday's (Oct 23) Feminism in Action meeting will take place at 8 p.m. in the Women's Center. Please join us for fun and innovation. Please contact Katie at katherine.bowman@mnsu.edu.
The Women's Center and the Department of Women's Studies are pleased to announce that the third annual Carol Ortman Perkins Lectureship will be "An Evening with Chief Wilma Mankiller."
For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, please contact Deirdre at 507-389-6146 (V), 800-627-3529 or 711 (MRS/TTY) or deirdre.rosenfeld@mnsu.edu.
October 26th, 2006 at 12:00 p.m. in Armstrong 325 Joseph Kunkel will be speaking on "How to Vote." It will be a basic introduction to learn how to register as a voter, where you should vote, and how to get a ballot for absentees. It is a great experience for anyone who wants to vote on November 7th or anyone who may be confused on the process.
For more information contact Kimberly Maas at topazcenta@yahoo.com
The Conference has been initiated by Vicki Hunter's students in the Sociology department. The students are facilitating important panel-driven discussions on several topics that are critical to the current family violence discourse. There will be a noon Keynote speaker, Shawn MacRae, domestic violence advocate and professor of Sociology. We will be providing food during the noon Keynote for those who wish to eat lunch. For those who want lunch, you must register and pay the $5.00 lunch fee (registration is available 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at a table in the CSU lobby area near Ostrander, Monday-Wednesday of this week; otherwise you may register in the Women's Center). Registration deadline is Wednesday, Oct 11. For more information, please contact Katie: katherine.bowman@mnsu.edu.
2 Tics for sale for Indigo girls Oct. 30 Mankato show!!! great seats, 2nd row center. $55 for 2 tickets...no Ticketmaster or other fees. Contact Pam in the Career Development Center ASAP at pamela.weller-dengel@mnsu.edu
Anybody can be on our V-Crew! V-Crew Positions:
1st V-Crew Meeting: Wednesday, Nov. 1 (Time and Room TBA)
If you are interested in participating in the V-Crew for this year's exciting performances of The Vagina Monologues, please contact Katie in the Women's Center at: katherine.bowman@mnsu.edu
MSU's V-Day College Campaign 2007 presents: The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler AUDITIONS!
You don't have to be experienced to try out!
Any interested women are encouraged to join the cast: students, staff, and faculty!
Join us at one of the following audition times:
Contact Katie in the Women's Center at katherine.bowman@mnsu.edu if you have any questions; or if you absolutely cannot make auditions, we will make individual accommodations.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006, 2:00-4:00 p.m. in Memorial Library rooms 45 and 47.
All faculty and students are invited to attend and participate in the International Poetry Recital that will take place on November 14, as part of Diversity - International Education Week. We are especially encouraging faculty and students from other countries to recite poems in their native language. If you are interested in participating, please e-mail Enrique Torner at enrique.torner@mnsu.edu the following information:
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