Ruthe Boyea  Women's Center

 

 

Ruthe Boyea Women's Center - Fall 2008 Programming

For more information about these events: 860-832-1655

Telling HerStory: Dr. Laura Tordenti

Date: September 10, 2008      Time: 12:00 noon      Location: Women's Center Lounge

Telling Her Story provides an opportunity for CCSU female students, staff, faculty and administrators to meet once a month to share their personal and professional successes.

Each month, a female member of the campus community is selected to speak about her work, her life and her challenges in an informal setting among fellow female students, faculty, staff and administrators. The goal of the series is to develop a supportive community for females on campus as well as develop mentoring relationships for new female students, staff, faculty and administrators.

 

Historically Black and Latino Sororities and Fraternities

Date: September 10, 2008  Time: 7:00pm                  Location: Semesters, Student Center

This event will introduce CCSU's minority women and men to sororities and fraternities that address their concerns. It will focus on the effect of these organizations on the lives of minority women and men.

 

Health Talk for College Women          Topic: STDs, Birth Control & Contraceptives: All You Need To Know

Date: September 11, 2008      Time: 12:30pm      Location: Women's Center Lounge

This informal monthly lunch hour discussion serves to educate college women on making choices to benefit their health. Topics will vary to cover relevant topics pertaining to women's health. This is a collaboration with the Hartford GYN.

Girls Night Out! The Musical

Date: October 2, 2008                  Time: 7pm              Location: Bushnell Theatre

Show You Care, Be Aware: Breast Cancer Awareness and Prevention Event                        Hosted by Aleesha Chaney, WFSB Channel Reporter 

 Date: October 8, 2008         Time: 6pm-7pm          Location: Memorial Hall, Constitution Rm

Guest Speakers, Dr. Lori Wilson, MD, UCONN Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgical Oncologist and Barbara Smith, Outreach Educator for St. Francis Hospital's Connecticut Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (CBCCEDP)will discuss prevention and services available in addressing breast cancer.   Free and open to the public.  A light reception and free "goodie bags" and raffle tickets to the first 100 attendees.                                                                               Sponsors: Visiting Nurse Association of Central CT, African American Affairs Commission and CCSU Ruthe Boyea Women's Center

 

Reflections on Chishawasha An Orphanage and School in Zambia
Date: October 9, 2008           Time: 12:30pm             Location: Marcus WhiteLiving Room
Speaker: Kathe Padilla, Founder of the Zambian Children's Fund
Bring your lunch! Sponsored by The Africana Center and co-sponsored by Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, the History Dept. and International Studies

 

Expanding the Boundaries of Sport Media Research                                                         Date: October 14, 2008      Time: 4pm                  Location: Vance 105           

Dr. Mary Jo Kane, Director, Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, University of Minnesota discusses, "Expanding the Boundaries of Sport Media Research: An Exploration of Consumer Responses to Representations of Women's Sports."   Kane Bio here; Example of Representations of Women's Sports here. For more information please contact Heather Prescott, 860-832-2809, prescott@ccsu.edu. Sponsor: Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies.

 

Telling HerStory: Dr. Cora Marshall, Chair, Department of Fine Arts                                  Date: October 15, 2008      Time: 12:00 noon      Location: Women's Center Lounge

Telling Her Story provides an opportunity for CCSU female students, staff, faculty and administrators to meet once a month to share their personal and professional successes. Each month, a female member of the campus community is selected to speak about her work, her life and her challenges. The goal of the series is to develop a supportive community for females on campus as well as develop mentoring relationships for new female students, staff, faculty and administrators.

 

Dating Violence: When Love Turns to Abuse                                                                    Date: October 15, 2008           Time: 2:00pm              Location: Women's Center Lounge  Speaker: Donna West of Prudence Crandall will discuss the signs associated with dating violence and the signs of abuse in college relationships.

 

Health Talk for College Women                           Topic: TBA                                            Date: October 16, 2008            Time: 12:30PM            Location: Women's Center Lounge

This informal monthly lunch hour discussion serves to educate college women on making choices to benefit their health. Topics will vary to cover relevant topics pertaining to women's health.

Doris Honig-Guenter Women and Film Festival                                                                         Date: Date: October 21-22 --  Time/Location: Please visit the following website. www.communication.ccsu.edu/WomenFilmFestival/default.html

Feminist Critique of the Porn Industry                                                                                  Date: November 5, 2008             Time: 2pm               Location: Philbrick Camp Room                Speaker: Estella Lopez of Stop Porn Culture, will discuss how the pornography industry grew to the astronomical figure of eight to ten billion dollars a year. This is more than Hollywood's domestic box office receipts and more than twice as much as major league baseball. (Federal Bureau of Investigation, reported in Hancock, Sharon. "Women Fight Back Against Abuse,")  Pornography is the third largest revenue for organized crime in the United States just behind drugs and gambling. (Federal Bureau of Investigation, reported in "Talking Points: Important Facts About Pornography, Take Action Manual, National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families)                      Co-sponsor: Intro to WGSS.

Telling HerStory: Myrna Garcia-Bowen                                                                             Date: November 12, 2008      Time: 12:00 noon      Location: Women's Center Lounge

Telling Her Story provides an opportunity for CCSU female students, staff, faculty and administrators to meet once a month to share their personal and professional successes.

Each month, a female member of the campus community is selected to speak about her work, her life and her challenges in an informal setting among fellow female students, faculty, staff and administrators. The goal of the series is to develop a supportive community for females on campus as well as develop mentoring relationships for new female students, staff, faculty and administrators.

 

Health Talk for College Women                           Topic: Choices

Date: November (TBA) , 2008      Time: 12:30PM       Location: Women's Center Lounge

This informal monthly lunch hour discussion serves to educate college women on making choices to benefit their health. Topics will vary to cover relevant topics pertaining to women's health. This is a collaboration with the Hartford GYN.

 

Sheryl Lee Ralph                                                                                                                   Social Justice, Women of Color and the HIV/AIDS Crisis                                                        Monday, December 1, 2008   Time: 2:00 PM  Location: Vance Academic, Room 105

Award-winning actress, singer, and producer Sheryl Lee Ralph has made an indelible mark on the Broadway stage, television, and the big screen. Voted one of TV's Favorite Moms for her portrayal of step mom Dee on the number-one rated television series Moesha.

For some, that would be enough but with her passion for life and deep sense of commitment to others, she has also embraced the role of AIDS activist. Ms. Ralph who created the role of Deena Jones in the land mark Broadway musical, Dreamgirls, (a role that garnered her both Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations), was never content to rest on her well-deserved laurels.

For the past seventeen years, Sheryl Lee has directed her considerable energy and used her celebrity to heightening the public's awareness of the devastating impact HIV/AIDS has had, and continues to have globally.

 

Honorable Madeleine Kunin: Pearls, Politics and Power                                           Wednesday, December 3, 2008        Time: 2:00 PM       Location: Davidson Hall, Torp Theatre         

The Honorable Madeleine Kunin, former governor of VT, former US ambassador to Switzerland, "Pearls, Politics & Power: How Women Can Win & Lead." Response panel: The Honorable Julie Belaga, former gubernatorial candidate in CT and Regional EPA Director and Import Export Bank Director, a CCSU Professor, and a CCSU Student .  Sponsored by the Governor William A. O'Neill Endowed Chair and Center for Public Policy and Practical Politics, Political Science Department, Ruth Boyea Women's Center, and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Contact:  Pauline@Kezerconsulting.com  (860) 388-5633

 

Women's Soccer Team Reception:

Wednesday, December 3, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Kaiser Hall Lobby. Reception to honor Women's Soccer Team 2008 Northeast Conference Champions.  Refreshments will be provided.