Non-Traditional Student and Family Welcome Carnival
For all students who are either over 25, have children/dependants, or are married/in a long term relationship

Date: Saturday, September 23rd
Time: 10am-2pm
Place: Science Lawn
Admission: Free!

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Description: Play games and enjoy the entertainment for FREE!!Corndogs, chips, soda, popcorn and cotton candy will also be available. There will be fun activities for ALL AGES to enjoy! You are welcome to attend whether you are an incoming CWU student or a Grad Student.

Games include: ring toss, bean bag toss, fishing, sack race, playdoh modeling, and horse shoe toss!!

Entertainment includes: professional juggling and comedy team Brothers From Different Mothers, Nextwave DJ and Karaoke, balloon artist Hugh Wilder, and face painting by Renea Knibbe!

Many clubs and CWU departments will be running the activity stations, so don't forget to introduce yourself. You never know who you might meet.

For more information contact The Center for Student Empowerment in SUB Room 218, or call at 963-2127.

In Her Shoes
Challenges faced by battered women

Date: Friday, October 13 & Tuesday, October 17
Time: Friday: 10am-12pm Tuesday: 6pm-8pm
Place: Friday: SURC 135 Tuesday: SURC 140
Admission: Free!

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Description: A learning activity in which participants assume and experience the roles of diverse battered women as they seek assistance from a variety of resources (set up as 'stations'). In Her Shoes demonstrates that an individual woman's escape from abuse is complicated, unpredictable, and sometimes impossible. It is the experiential nature of In Her Shoes that allows participants to understand the severe challenges faced by battered women and to answer for themselves that enduring question: "Why doesn't she just leave?"

For more information call The Center for Student Empowerment at 963-2127.

*New* Bra Drive
ASPEN Donations

Date: Monday, October 16 - Friday, October 20
Time: 11am-2pm
Place: SURC, food court
Admission: n/a

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Description: Collecting new bras for donation to the ASPEN (Abuse Support, Prevention, and Education Now) Domestic Violence Shelter.

For more information call The Center for Student Empowerment at 963-2127.

Women's Experience
Green Hall-LLC

Date: October-November
Time: Listed Below
Place: Green Hall
Admission: FREE!

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Description:

October:
Monday, October 2- Six Week Experience- 7pm
Sexual Assault/Healthy Relationships.

Wednesday, October 4- Judy Shepard- 7pm
A mother's perspective on violence and violence prevention.

Thursday, October 19- Chuck "D" and MC Lyte- 7pm
MC Lyte's experience as a female in a male dominated field.

Monday, October 29- Movie Night- 6:30pm
Watch a movie and eat pizza. Follow with a discussion on image and characteristics and stereotypes that affect women.

For more information call The Center for Student Empowerment at 963-2127.

Date: Monday, October 16
Time: 12pm
Place: SURC Rm. 135
Admission: FREE!

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Description:

For more information call The Center for Student Empowerment at 963-2127.

Date: Tuesday, October 24 - Thursday, October 26
Time: 11am-2pm
Place: Downstairs sub/rec at table near food court
Admission: n/a

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Description: For more information call The Center for Student Empowerment at 963-2127.

Date: Wednesday, October 25
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Place: SURC 135
Admission: Free!

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Description: Donna Kramer lectures about non-violent communication in relationships and educates about the new Ombuds program at CWU.

For more information call The Center for Student Empowerment at 963-2127.

Date: Thursday, October 26
Time: 5pm-7pm
Place: Rec Rock wall
Admission: Free!

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Description: Come climb and have the time of your life!

For more information call The Center for Student Empowerment at 963-2127.

Date: Wednesday, November 8th
Time: 12:00pm
Place: SURC Rm 135
Admission: Free!

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Description: Speaker Kent Davault! Come to Student Union room 135 at Noon to hear Mr. Davault lecture on "Knowing Who You Are and Where You are Going". Experience his motivational story about being a married father of 6 and choosing to continue his education. Hear his theory on why he succeeded and how you can too!

For more information call The Center for Student Empowerment at 963-2127.

Date: Thursday, November 9
Time: 6:30pm
Place: SURC Theatre
Admission: Free!

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Description: Widowed at 35, after a surviving a near-fatal suicide attempt, Terry Wise spent the next several years in treatment. A former trial attorney she now travels to speak to the general public and professionals on topics related to depression, grief, suicide prevention, and long-term care giving. Wise is the author of Waking Up: Climbing Through the Darkness, a highly acclaimed book that provides a roadmap for the restoration of emotional health.

Copies of Terry Wise's book can be purchased at the event for $20.

Gender Symposium
A Global Perspective of Gender and Religion

Date: Thursday, November 9th
Time: 10am-2pm
Place: SURC Ballroom A
Admission: FREE!

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Description: This year's gender symposium will focus on gender and religion on a global level.

The subtle patterns and dynamics of gender pervade all areas of religion, both explicitly and implicitly, whether fully recognized or unacknowledged. Widely debated and often misunderstood, gender concerns have immense significance in contemporary culture as they are part of the international political and social agenda of most countries in the world.

The gender symposium will seek to aid in providing participants with a sense of the roles gender has played in diverse religions over time and space; with an appreciation of the critical uses the category "gender" has in the study of religion; with and understanding of the role of gender in religions across the globe and its effects on our current perception of gender in western society.

Four hour long presentations will be given:

10:00
Karen Turcotte
"Ruth and Ananda: Kenotic Images in Judaism and Buddhism"

A comparative analysis of the concept of emptiness and self-emptying in Buddhism and Judaism. It will focus on the figures of Ruth in Judaism and Ananda in Buddhism and the ways in which gender and culture come together to produce exemplary images of the self-emptying nature of spirituality and interpersonal commitment.

11:00
Lene Pedersen and Jaime Rain Wells
"Beyond Gender Hierarchy"

A discussion on gender complementarity in Animist society, and gender in WICCA.

12:00
Lynda Sexson, Montana State University in Bozeman
"Gender and Disguise: Deception as the Sacred"

Disscussion on how the fluid gendered experiences of human beings give body to the gods. Religions use the language of gender to describe the ineffable, and sacred stories abound with grotesque bodies. The primal metaphorical quality of religion is disguise; the primal disguise is gender.

1:00
Dr. Cynthia D. Coe
"Women's Rights and World Religions"

Date: November 6-10
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
Admission: Free!

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Description: If you are Non-Traditional Student this is YOUR week

Recognition Central - Thursday, 9
9:00AM-2:00PM - Located in SURC 140

For more information call The Center for Student Empowerment at 963-2127.

Date: Saturday, December 9th
Time: 3pm-7pm
Place: SURC Ballroom
Admission: Dinner is $1 per child and $3 per adult

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Description: Tis the season for Operation E.L.F, an annual holiday event for non-traditional students and their families. This evening will consist of a traditional turkey dinner, music, activities for all ages, and a chance for children to meet Santa.

Cost for dinner or $1 per child and $3 per adult and must be paid at The Center for Student Empowerment, Student Union room 250 by November 22.

For more information call The Center for Student Empowerment at 963-2127.