What: University System of Maryland Women's Forum annual fall conference When: Friday, October 20, 2017 Where: The Universities at Shady Grove - Rockville, MD
For more information on the USMWF, check out their newsletter here.
ILA: Women and Leadership Conference
The program for ILA's Womena nd LEadership Conference has been released, and may be accessed here.
Registration is still open! Prices go up after May 15, so register quickly!
SUWF International Women's Day Conference - "Hearing Women's Voices"
Since the early 1900s, International Women's Day has been commemorated around the world each year on March 8 as a global celebration and call to action on the rights of women and girls. Join us at Salisbury University for our first IWD conference on “Hearing Women’s Voices.”
To Register: Free and open to the public, but RSVP needed. SU campus members register online: http://www.salisbury.edu/equity/programs/rsvp/. Community members call the Office of Institutional Equity at 410-543-6426.
The Program:
Welcome – Elsie Walker, Chair of Salisbury University Women’s Forum
President Dudley-Eshbach: "Have We Truly Broken through the 'Glass Ceiling'?"
Grace Clement: "Is that a promise or a threat? The meanings of feminism"
Diane Illig: “Expanding the circle -- bringing our Trans*sisters in”
Eileen Gilheany: “Macro social work: empowering women to change and improve their communities”
Kara French: "The Feminist Classroom: Teaching Activism Through Civic Engagement"
Elsie Walker: “Seeing Women’s Images, Hearing Their Voices: applying feminist film theory in the classroom and beyond”
Jim Burton: "Countering the masculine bias of serialized television"
Tara Gladden: “Evening the Score: Representing Women in Contemporary Art”
Liz Kaufman: “10 Steps (not to take) To Be a Successful Female Artist”
Vicky Pass: "Research in Fashion and Visual Culture as Feminist Practice"
Mou Chakraborty: “Being a Woman, from India and America”
Louise Detwiler: "Shocking my Mother: Re-membering Memory"
Reception and Discussion
Women's Circle of Salisbury - 2017 Spring Events
The Women's Circle of Salisbury University has announced their list of events for the 2017 Spring semester. What: Creating a Vision for Your Life When & Where: Thursday, February 16 • SU, Commons, Worcester Room • Breakfast 7:30 a.m & Power Hour Workshop 8:00-9:00 a.m.
What: SU Women's Forum International Women's Day Conference When & Where: Wednesday, March 8 • SU, Commons, Worcester Room • 2:00-5:30 p.m.
What:Annual Celebration Luncheon When & Where: Thursday, April 20 • SU, Commons, Worcester Room • Noon Cost: $15.00 per person includes lunch
Time to save the date! The International Leadership Association's Women and Leadership Conference has announced its 3rd biennial conference. Our very own Chrys Egan tells us more, available on page 7 of the ILA newsletter below. The conference theme this year is Advancing Women in Leadership: Cultivating Our Whole Selves.
Call for Papers: June 2016 Deadline for Online Submissions: September 2016 Submissions Reviewed and Selected: late September/early October 2016 Registration Open to All: December 2016 Conference: June 11-14, 2017
The Women's Circle of Salisbury University has announced their list of events for the 2016 Spring semester. What: HE NAMED ME MALALA: Film & Roundtable Discussion When & Where: Monday, March 7 • SU, Fulton Hall 111 • 7 p.m.
What: ANNUAL CELEBRATION LUNCHEON When & Where: Thursday, March 24 • SU, Commons, Worcester Room • Noon
What:WOMEN’S CIRCLE POWER HOUR When & Where: Friday, April 22 • SU, Commons, Worcester Room • 7:30 a.m.
What:PIG ROAST FUNDRAISER When & Where: Sunday, June 5 • Hosted by Mark and Hala McIver • 4-7 p.m.
Salisbury University received submissions from 97 artists nationwide in response to the description of this upcoming feminist exhibition, as composed by Tara Gladden and Victoria Pass. In response to the overwhelming number of submissions, a jury comprised of six members made their selections. The jury considered how best to use the gallery space at SU, as well as how best to incorporate a range of feminist perspectives. The jury members are Kara French (Assistant Professor of History), Tara Gladden (Galleries Manager), Kira Nam Greene (The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts), Elizabeth Kauffman (Gallery Director/Assistant Professor of Art), Victoria Pass (Assistant Professor of Art History), and Elsie Walker (Associate Professor of Cinema Studies).
Exhibit: January 25 – March 26, 2016 , University Gallery Panel: Thursday, February 11, 5:30, TETC 153 Performance & Party: Thursday March 3, 5-8pm, University Gallery
Women's self defense seminar for faculty
SUWF is partnering with the SU Police Department to provide a self-defense seminar. According to Officer Tina Russell, who will be leading the training, "S.A.F.E. is a 2- hour program that focuses on educational awareness and crime prevention techniques for teenaged and adult women with information that may reduce their risk of exposure to violence and introduces the physical aspects of self- defense."
There are 20 seats, available on a first come-first serve basis. When: Friday, February 26, 12.30-2.30 Where: Sea Gull Square Classroom (SG 131 LLC) How: email Elsie Walker to reserve a spot.
"Every Choice” bystander intervention training program to be offered for Salisbury University students
Bystander Intervention against Stalking, Sexual Assault, and Relational Violence Chrys Egan, CMAT Department at SU, and SUWF Advocate* Young women during high school and college years, ages 16-24, experience the highest rates of dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. In April 2014, the White House issued “Not Alone: The First Report of the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault,” highlighting steps that school administrators must take to honor their obligation to protect all students from these crimes. Kathy Scott, Director of SU’s Counseling Center, and I received a $5,000 grant from the Avon Foundation for Women through its “Speak Out Against Domestic Violence” initiative, to purchase the “Every Choice” bystander intervention training program for Salisbury University students. The nationally competitive grant was awarded to 30 colleges, including SU, to fund programs focused on preventive education and the promotion of healthy relationships. The training is only for SU students so that program impact can be measured. By the December 15th deadline, please encourage students to visit the site: https://www.studentsuccess.org/salu14/everyChoice/login and use Access Code: 14725. Students must be part of the solution to help prevent violence perpetrated against and by their peers. The Every Choice training offers simple, safe, effective bystander intervention techniques to create greater awareness, recognize the warning signs of abuse, and encourage intervention. Every choice that we make matters. Every choice.
*This article was written by Chrys Egan for the Fulton Exchange.
The University System of Maryland (USM) Women's Forum Annual Conference
This year the USM Women's Forum annual conference, Women Navigating Leadership, is being held here at Salisbury University! It will be Friday, October 23rd 10:00am-3:00pm. The USM Women's Forum says, "this will be a great opportunity for interested students, faculty and staff to engage in professional and personal development." To learn more, check out their website.
Graduation and Alice Hamilton
As an introduction and a reminder about the issues women still face in academia, even in a place with as many women in administration as Salisbury University, we handed out cards and ribbons telling the story of Alice Hamilton, the first female faculty member at Harvard University.
Our Founding
Pictured are: (back) Angeline Prichard, Paula Morris, Carolina Bown, (front) Moushumi Chakraborty, Chrys Egan, and Elsie Walker
In the fall 2014 semester....."Introducing the Women’s Forum of Salisbury University!The University System of Maryland Women’s Forum Executive Council has decided to create independent campus chapters. Diane Illig, Tina Reid, and Debra Truitt are Salisbury University campus representatives on this Women’s Forum. They recently hosted an interest meeting for the establishment of our own chapter here at SU. Our new chapter has already met a couple of times, and devised short and long-term goals in accordance with a collective vision, mission, and charge, as noted below. We hope you’ll start to see evidence of our work at Salisbury University soon."
--Text is from the March 2015 Fulton Exchange newsletter, introducing the new SUWF. The article also included the SUWF mission, vision, and charge, which were created during a strategic planning session led by the incredibly talented Paula Morris, without whom this initiative would have struggled to get off the ground.