Women's History Month features lectures, performances
Contact: Christina Chapple
2/24/06
Rep. Diane Winston Sen. Julie Quinn
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University will celebrate March as Women’s History Month a lively series of lectures, performances and workshops presented by faculty, students and special guests such as State Sen. Julie Quinn and State Rep. Diane Winston.
The heart of the celebration, hosted by the Southeastern Women’s Coalition and campus partners, is a series of daily lunch time lectures and panels on topics ranging from women’s roles in science, higher education administration, student life, literature and war to body images and St. Joseph’s altars.
The free presentations – at noon on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday – are scheduled for the third floor of Sims Memorial Library.
As has become a Southeastern Women’s History Month tradition, Rep. Diane Winston of Covington will be one of the series’ first lecturers, presenting “The State of Women in Louisiana” at noon March 3 at the library. She is joined on the Women’s History Month schedule by her fellow state legislator Sen. Julie Quinn, who will speak on Thursday, March 23, at 12:30 p.m., also at the library.
A month-long Women’s History Month parking pass is available to area residents, said Southeastern English professor Carole McAllister of the Southeastern Women’s Coalition. She said the pass will be available at the University Police Department, located in Pride Hall adjacent to the library.
More than three dozen Southeastern administrators, faculty and students are participating in Women’s History Month. In addition to lectures, the campus contributions include “Faith’s Affair,” an original play by English professor Jayetta Slawson; readings by Southeastern authors Bev Marshall, Allison Pelegrin, Evelyne Bornier and Olympia Vernon; performances by soprano Scharmal Schrock and flutist Nicole McPherson, and “Delicious Collection,” a concert and original film directed by dance professor Martie Fellom.
Women’s History Month guests will include authors Patricia Brady and Christina Vella, who have written books on Martha Washington and the Baroness Pontalba, respectively; the Campus Activities Board-sponsored show “Great Jazz Divas”; and John Richard and the Déjà Vu Cajun Band, accompanied by Cajun dancers.
The schedule also includes two workshops, “Founding Mothers and Struggling Sisters: Women in United States and Louisiana History,” a special “Teaching American History” workshop for area teachers on Saturday, March 18, and the “Sofya Kovalevsky High School Mathematics Day” for women high school students on Friday, March 31.
Women’s History Month is also sponsored by the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Sims Memorial Library, the Center for Faculty Excellence, Student Government Association, and the departments of Communication, English, Foreign Languages and Literatures, and History and Political Science.
The Women’s History Month 2006 schedule includes:
Thursday, March 2
“Louisiana Women Authors in Fact and Fiction,” featuring authors Patricia Brady (“Martha Washington: An American Life”) and Bev Marshall (“Hot Fudge Sundae Blues”), 12:30 p.m., Sims Memorial Library, third floor.
Friday, March 3
State Rep. Diane Winston, “The State of Women in Louisiana,” noon; presentation to Officer Julie Downie, Southeastern Officer of the Year; Sims Memorial Library, third floor.
Monday, March 6
Annabel Servat, “Kitchen Stories: How We Learn What's Important, noon, Sims Memorial Library, third floor
Tuesday, March 7
Barbara Forrest, “'Evil, Evil Woman': What It Was Like to be the Only Female Witness in the Dover Intelligent Design Trial,” noon, Sims Memorial Library, third floor.
Nicole McPherson, lecture and performance, “Feminine Aesthetics in Music: Life Experiences and Musical Ideas of Female Composers, 2 p.m., Music Recital Hall.
Davis and Dow, “Great Jazz Divas,” 7 p.m., Student Union Theatre (Sponsored by Campus Activities Board, 985-549-2233.
Wednesday, March 8
“Women in Higher Education Administration,” featuring Southeastern administrators Barbara Allen, Diane Allen, Bea Baldwin, Donnie Booth, and Tammy Bourg; noon, Sims Memorial Library, third floor.
Thursday, March 9
“Women in Science,” featuring Kellen Gilbert (“Women Who Eat Dirt: Cultural and Scientific Reasons for Geophagy”) and Mary White (“Women: Mad Scientists, or just a little annoyed?”); 12:30 p.m. Sims Memorial Library, third floor.
Friday, March 10
John Richard and the DéJà Vu Cajun Band and the Cajun Dancers, noon, Student Union Theatre.
Monday, March 13
Ross Ettle, “Desperately Seeking Simonetta: Efforts to Identify Botticelli's Venus,” noon, Sims Memorial Library, third floor.
Tuesday, March 14
“Women and Literature Through the Ages,” featuring Ruth Caillouet, Katherine Kolb, Robin Norris, and Sarah Spence; 12:30 p.m., Sims Memorial Library, third floor
Wednesday, March 15
Lucia Harrison, “Keeping Up With Tradition: Louisiana Women and the St. Joseph's Altar,” noon, Sims Memorial Library, third floor
Lin Knutson and Jayetta Slawson, “Performing Mardi Gras,” 1 p.m., Southeastern Writing Center, D Vickers Hall, room 383.
Thursday, March 16
“Women and the Media,” featuring Betty Attaway-Fink, Carol Madere, and Cheryl Settoon; 12:30 p.m., Sims Memorial Library, third floor.
Friday, March 17
Christina Vella—“Intimate Enemies: The Two Worlds of the Baroness Pontalba,” noon, Sims Memorial Library, third floor.
Saturday, March 18
Teaching American History Teachers Workshop--“Founding Mothers and Struggling Sisters: Women in United States and Louisiana History,” 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Location TBA. Registration required, (985) 549-2109.
Monday, March 20
Celina Echols and Martis Jones, “Creating a Healthy Psychophysical Disposition in the Midst of Challenge,” noon, Sims Memorial Library, third floor.
Scharmal Schrock, “Her Inner Voice: Songs by Women Composers,” 7:30 p.m., Pottle Music Building Auditorium.
Tuesday, March 21
“Louisiana Women Authors in Poetry and Prose,” featuring Evelyne Bornier, Allison Pelegrin and Olympia Vernon, 12:30 p.m., Sims Memorial Library, third floor.
Wednesday, March 22
“Transcending Hegemony: Migrant Women Becoming Visible in U.S. Society,” featuring Ann Carruth, Claudia McCalman, and Stuart Stewart; noon, Sims Memorial Library, third floor.
Elena Cecconi, flute recital, 7:30 p.m., Pottle Music Building Auditorium.
Friday, March 24
Barbara Moffett, “Hearing the Feminine Voice in Health Policy Decisions,” noon, Student Union Theatre.
Monday, March 27
“Female Campus Leaders: Building a Better Southeastern,” featuring Panhellenic President Ashley Tarver, “Lion’s Roar” editor Lorraine Favre, and Miss Southeastern Blair Abene; noon, Sims Memorial Library, third floor.
Tuesday, March 28
“Women and War,” featuring Judith Fai-Podlipnik (“Women in the French Resistance”) and Margaret Gonzalez-Perez (“Female Suicide Bombers”), 12:30 p.m. Sims Memorial Library, third floor
“Faith’s Affair,” directed by Jayetta Slawson, 7 p.m., Vonnie Borden Theatre.
Wednesday, March 29
Lyceum Lights, featuring poet Allison Pelegrin, noon, Twelve Oaks. Reservations: (985) 549-5791.
State Sen. Julie Quinn, 12:30 p.m., Sims Memorial Library, third floor.
Thursday, March 30
“Not Just Another Pretty Face: Women and Body Image,” featuring Jeanne Dubino, Karen Fontenot, Paula Varnado-Sullivan, William Robison; 12:30 p.m., Sims Memorial Library, third floor
“Delicious Collection,” multi-media concert featuring dance and film, directed by Martie Fellom; 7:30 p.m., Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts.
Friday, March 31
“Sofya Kovalevsky High School Mathematics Day,” time and location TBA.
“Hungarian Dancers, noon, Pottle Music Building Auditorium.
For additional information, contact McAllister, (985) 549-2100 or cmcallister@selu.edu.
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