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UW-Eau Claire to Host Events
For Women's History Month

MAILED: Feb. 25, 2003

         EAU CLAIRE — In honor of National Women's History Month, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire will host a series of events in March. This year's theme is "Pioneering Women in the Past, Present and Future." All events are free and open to the public.
      Saturday and Sunday, March 1 and 2

• 6 and 8:30 p.m. — Film: "The Color Purple." Davies Theatre.

      Monday, March 3

• 7 p.m. — Speaker/Poet: Alix Olson. Schofield Auditorium.

      Tuesday, March 4

• 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. — Film: "A Passion for Justice: Feminism in the 21st Century." Davies Theatre.

        Wednesday, March 5

• 3:30 to 5 p.m. — Panel: "Women in the Business World: Opportunities and Challenges." Moderated by UW-Eau Claire assistant professor of marketing, Rama Yelkur. Reception to follow. Presidents Room, Davies Center.

        Thursday, March 6

• 4 to 5:30 p.m. — Women's Studies Awards Night. Davies Theatre. Reception to follow in Skylight Lounge

                   Friday, March 7

• 7 p.m. — Women's Night In. Student programming: guest speaker, films and discussion. Towers Hall.

        Saturday, March 8 — Films played on TV-10

• 10:30 a.m. to noon. — Women's History Tape 1, including "Women in American Life: 1880-1920" at 10:30 a.m.; "Women in American Life: 1917-1942" at 10:46 a.m.; "Women in American Life: 1942-1955" at 11:03 a.m.; "Votes for Women" at 11:18 a.m.; and "The Equal Rights Amendment," at 11:38 a.m.
• 1 to 2 p.m. — Women's History Tape 2, including "Equality: A History of the Women's Movement in America" at 1 p.m. and "Adelante Mujeres" at 1:30 p.m. (Repeated 10:30 a.m. March 9.)
• 3 to 4:37 p.m. — "If These Walls Could Talk." (Repeated 5:05 p.m. March 9 and 13, 7 p.m. March 10, 10:09 pm. March 11 and 3 p.m. March 12.)
• 4:37 to 7 p.m. — "Riding in Cars with Boys." (Repeated 6:42 p.m. March 9 and 13, 10 p.m. March 10, 3 p.m. March 11 and 4:37 p.m. March 12.)
• 7 to 9 p.m. — "Beautiful." (Repeated 10 p.m. March 9 and 13, 3 p.m. March 10, 5:12 p.m. March 11 and 7 p.m. March 12.)
• 10 p.m. to 12:05 a.m. — "Elizabeth." (Repeated 3 p.m., March 9 and 13, 4:52 p.m. March 10, 7:04 p.m. March 11 and 10 p.m. March 12.)

        Sunday, March 9

• 10:30 a.m. to noon — Women's History Tape 2.
• 3 p.m. to midnight — Films played on TV-10

                 Monday, March 10

• 3 p.m. to 12:12 a.m. — Films played on TV-10.
• 4 to 6 p.m. — Guest Speaker/Panel: "Women and Science Education." Heidi Fencl, assistant professor of physics from UW-Green Bay. Hibbard Hall Penthouse.

        Tuesday, March 11

• 3 p.m. to midnight — Films played on TV-10.
• 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. — Film: "Black Women on: the Light, Dark Thang." Davies Theatre.

        Wednesday, March 12

• Noon to 1:30 p.m. — Book Discussion and Reading: "Sharpening Shadows." Local author Nancy Clark-Scobie will read from her book. Davies Theatre.
• 2 p.m. — Student Senate Open Forum on the development of UW-Eau Claire's Women's Center. Alumni Room, Davies Center.
• 3 p.m. — Guest Speaker: "Welfare to Work: Farwell to Families?" Randy Albelda, professor of economics from the University of Massachusetts at Boston. Davies Theatre. Reception to follow in Skylight Lounge.
• 3 p.m. to 12:05 a.m. — Films played on TV-10.

        Thursday, March 13

• 10 a.m. — Women in the Media. Arrowhead Room, Davies Center.
• Noon to 1:30 p.m. — Guest Speaker: "The High Costs of Fear: Women and the Negotiation of Public Space." Kristen Day, associate professor of psychology and urban planning, University of California, Irvine. Arrowhead Room, Davies Center.
• 1:30 p.m. — "The F Word." Arrowhead Room, Davies Center.
• 3 p.m. to midnight — Films played on TV-10.
• 4 p.m. — Panel: Feminism Across Generations. Arrowhead Room, Davies Center.
• 5 p.m. — Movie/Discussion: "If These Walls Could Talk." Discussion following the movie. Food will be provided. Towers TV Lounge.
• 6 p.m. — Nicaraguan Theater Group: "Ocho de Marzo." Davies Theatre.

       Tuesday, March 25

• 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. — Film: "Daring to Resist. Three Women Face the Holocaust." Davies Theatre.
• 7:30 p.m. — Book Discussion: "Lovely Bones." L.E. Phillips Memorial Library.

       Wednesday, March 26

• 8 to 9:30 a.m. — Film: "Rosie the Riveter." Hibbard Hall Room 102.
• 3:30 to 5 p.m. — WOW Book Discussion: "Lovely Bones." Led by Susan Turell. The Cabin, Davies Center.
• 7:30 p.m. — The Forum Series: Candice DeLong. "Special Agent: My Life on the Front Lines as a Woman in the FBI." Zorn Arena

                  Friday, March 28

• 7 p.m. — "Dinner Party." Art show, music, costume party and movie on Judy Chicago's "Dinner Party." Eau Claire Room, L.E. Phillips Memorial Library.

         National Women's History Month events are sponsored by the UW-Eau Claire Professional Development Program; Activities and Programs; College Feminists; College of Arts and Sciences; College of Business; departments of English, history, mathematics, physics and astronomy, economics, and foreign languages; Housing and Residence Life; Student Senate; Black and Latino Student Association; Women's Studies program; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center of the Chippewa Valley; Multicultural Women's Association; and L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library.
         For more information, contact Teresa Sanislo at 836-4318 or send e-mail to sanisltm@uwec.edu.
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Judy Berthiaume
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Updated: February 27, 2003