Spring 2009 Calendar of Events
January
WRC & LGBT Open House
Thursday, January 22, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Please plan to join us for refreshments, a tour of the offices, and a peek of what we have in store for the spring semester!
February
National Girls and Women in Sports Day Luncheon
Wednesday, February 4, Terrace Room, 11:45am - 1:00pm
February 2009 marks the 23rd annual celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day! This year’s theme: "Look Who's Playing”. Contact: Athletics & Recreation
Feminist Friday (discussion topic to be announced)
Friday, February 6, Walls Lounge, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Contact: Rudo Mawema ‘09 or Sara Jenks '10
Mirror, Mirror
Tuesday, February 10, Tustin Theatre, 7:00pm
An ensemble-created piece by a cast of college and high school students that looks with compassion and humor at the “tyranny of the media towards women's bodies, the struggles young women have with this issue and their attempts to see themselves and others in a different, more empowered way”. Contact: Department of Theater and Dance.
RAD - Rape Agression Defense, February 10, 11, 17 & 18, Larison Dining Hall, 6:00pm-9:00pm
A program of self-defense tactics and techniques for women. Free to women on campus and in the greater Lewisburg community. Provided each semester by certified instructors from the Department of Public Safety. Contact: Lisa Lapp at 577-3333
Go Red for Women Day!
Tuesday, February 17
Show your support for women with heart disease and help to raise awareness by wearing red! A faculty/staff luncheon is scheduled from 11:45 to 1:00pm in Hunt Formal.
Hooking Up: Sex, Dating and Relationships on Campus
Monday, February 23, Trout Auditorium, 7:30pm
Dr. Kathleen Bogle, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
February 23-27
Love Your Body Fair
Tuesday, February 24, Terrace Room, 6:00pm - 7:30 pm
Co-sponsored by Athletics & Recreation, Community Health Promotion, Psychological Services and Student Health Services.
Feminist Friday (discussion topic to be announced)
Friday, February 27, Walls Lounge, 12:00 pm - 1:00pm
Contact: Rudo Mawema ‘09
March – Women’s History Month
Spring Break
March 7-15
International Women’s Day Luncheon
Wednesday, March 18, Hunt Formal, 11:45am - 1:00pm
Co-sponsored with International Student Services
Women of War Panel Discussion
Thursday, March 19, Trout Auditorium, 7:00pm
A panel of Bucknell international students will talk about how war has affected women in their home countries. Other panelists to include American female students/staff who served or had family serve in the military during war time. This event will help kick-off three days of global awareness activities with social justice student groups on-campus. Co-sponsored with International Student Services. Contact: Rudo Mawema ‘09
April – National Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Feminist Friday (discussion topic to be announced)
Friday, April 3, Walls Lounge, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Contact: Rudo Mawema ‘09
Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide
Monday, April 6, LC Forum, 7:00pm
Author Sara Laschever will be on campus to discuss the negotiating habits of women and men, and to explore personal and societal reasons women may not ask for what they need, want and deserve at home and at work.
Take Back the Night March
Tuesday, April 7 (Time: TBA)
Join us as we march from campus to
