Calendar of Events
January 2012
- 1/17 First Tuesday Book Club Meeting
11-1150 in the Women's Center
11-1150 in the Women's Center
Attend this term’s inaugural meeting of our book club. This is your chance to meet other readers and discuss books and issues of interest. Members will choose one common title to read this term and discuss books that they are interested in or currently reading. All students are welcome.
- 1/21 Bully-free Tennessee Conference
8 am -6pm in the Roaden University Center
This student-organized event will bring together educators, parents, students, legislators and activists to focus on bullying in public schools that is based on race, disability, social class, and sexual orientation. This gathering will feature speakers and workshops as well as updates on anti-bullying legislation. Online registration for this free conference can be found at http://www.bullyfreetn.org/index.html. The deadline for registration is Friday, January 20th, 2012 at 12:00 noon.
- 1/24 Women's Center Welcome Back Volunteer Work Party
Past volunteers are invited to assist with brochure labeling, nibble on treats, and discuss upcoming programs and campus needs. Participation is by invitation only, but if you are interested, please contact us via email.
February
We’ll begin the discussion of this term's common read. Haven't started it yet? No problem. BYOB - Bring Your Own Book. Bring the book you are currently reading or one that you have read recently for discussion. All students are encouraged to attend and new members are welcome to join the fun.
11-1150 in the Women's Center
Are you a person who likes to write and express themselves? Do you have a lot on your mind or want to open a dialogue on gender issues? Consider contributing a piece to the Women’s Center and Commission on the Status of Women newsletter. Click “newsletter” at left to see the current edition. Women’s Center In this update of her pioneering film series, Jean Kilbourne takes a fresh look at how advertising traffics in distorted and destructive ideals of femininity. The film marshals a range of new print and television advertisements to lay bare a stunning pattern of damaging gender stereotypes--images and messages that too often reinforce unrealistic, and unhealthy, perceptions of beauty, perfection, and sexuality. Contains nudity and sexual themes. Look for our display tables in the RUC throughout the month or drop by the center to pick up awareness materials. Stop by and find out how you can get involved.
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6:30 pm in the Media Services Screening Room
March
- National Women's History Month
This year marks 32 years since the National Women’s History Project initiated National Women's History Week, now a month long affair which they continue to coordinate. Join us as we celebrate Women’s Education- Women’s Empowerment.
We’ll continue the discussion of this term's common read. Haven't started it yet? No problem. BYOB - Bring Your Own Book. Bring the book you are currently reading or one that you have read recently for discussion. All students are encouraged to attend and new members are welcome to join the fun. Students volunteering with the TTU Women’s Center will be present at the Roaden University Center’s first floor lobby from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Featured will be a large and interesting collection of Women’s History posters and information. Take fifteen minutes to browse and to enjoy the quizzes, pamphlets and other goodies promoting the awareness of and some particulars of Women’s History. Dr. Maya Angelou is a celebrated poet, memoirist, novelist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Best known for her auto biographical work I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, she has authored more than 30 bestselling titles. A Center Stage event hosted by the Commission on the Status of Women. Andrea Moore-Emmett is an award-winning journalist and birthright Mormon who later left the church and authored the book God's Brothel: The Extortion of Sex For Salvation in Contemporary Mormon and Christian Fundamentalist Polygamy and the Stories of 18 Women Who Escaped. In addition to the stories of these women, Moore-Emmett discusses the history of polygamy in America and explains the current breakdown of the major contemporary polygamist groups. A Center Stage event hosted by the Women’s Center.
11-1150 in the Women's Center
11am – 1pm in the RUC first floor lobby
7pm in Derryberry Hall Auditorium
7pm in Derryberry Hall Auditorium
April
Look for our display tables in the RUC throughout the month or drop by the center to pick up awareness materials. Stop by and find out how you can get involved. Witness and applaud these visual testimonies by survivors of violence created by campus and local community members. Design your own shirt at the display or anytime at the Women’s Center. Hope and healing hang on the clothesline. BYOB - Bring Your Own Book. Bring the book you are currently reading or one that you have read recently for discussion. We’ll also finish the discussion of this term's common read. All students are encouraged to attend and new members are welcome to join the fun. Stop by our table at the Health Fair to meet some of our student staff and pick up some goodies.
10am – 2pm & 5pm – 8pm in the RUC Tech Pride Room
11-1150 in the Women's Center
8am - 4pm at the Fitness Center
Equal Pay Day
