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Past Events



Winter 2009

January 21: "Wrestling with Manhood," a film by Jackson Katz, 8:00 p.m., SURC Theatre

January 28: Jackson Katz’s lecture, 6:30 p.m., SURC Theatre

Throughout the month of February: Sexual Assault Awareness Month There will be silhouettes featuring the narratives of sexual assault survivors placed in the SURC, and the Wellness Center will have a display on "Breaking the Silence," which invites CWU students to share their experiences and thoughts on the issue of sexual violence.

February 28: National Girls and Women in Sports Day, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Rec Center

March 3: LUNAFest 6:30 p.m., SURC Theatre

March 4: Women’s Achievement Celebration, 6-8 p.m., Sue Lombard Dining Room

Fall 2008

October: Domestic Violence Awareness Month (events TBA)

October 14: Delores Huerta (close associate of Cesar Chavez in the United Farmworkers Association), 7pm, McConnell Auditorium

October 29: Jennifer Pozner, "When Anchormen Attack: Gender, Race and Media in the 2008 Elections" 6:30 p.m., Location TBA

Nov. 5-6: 4th Annual Gender Symposium: Law, Justice, and the Politics of Gender SURC Ballroom

Spring 2008

Thursday, March 27th: Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards (co-authors of Manifesta), "Can I be a Feminist and . . . (Shave, Eat Meat, Be Religious, Be Pro-Life)?" SURC Ballroom, 7 p.m.

Monday, April 7th: Ellen Dubois (History, UCLA), "Women's Rights on the International Stage: An Historic Perspective" Black 151, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, April 8th: Women Studies Forum: Women in the Arts -- Creative
Process and Inspiration
Faculty Research Panel: Maya Chachava, Donna Stack, Shari Stoddard (all from the Art Dept.)
SURC 135, 12 p.m.

Monday, April 14th: Women Studies Forum: How Gender Shapes Our Lives
Faculty Research Panel: Sarah Britto (Law and Justice), Judy Hennessy (Sociology), and Jennifer Krafchick (Family and Consumer Sciences)
SURC 135, 12 p.m.

Monday, April 21st: Women Studies Forum: History of Women at CWU
Faculty Research Panel: Karen Blair (History), Joan Cawley Crane (Art),
Staci Sleigh-Layman (OEO)
Grupe Center, 3:30 p.m.

Monday, April 28th: Women Studies Form: Women in the Sciences
Faculty Research Panel: Holly Pinkart (Biology), Anne Johansen (Chemistry), Carey Gazis (Geology), Kathy Temple (Math)
SURC 135, 12 p.m.

Monday, April 28th: Wangari Maathai, SURC Ballroom, 4 p.m.

Thursday, May 1st : Melissa Wilcox (Whitman College), Religious Studies and Queer Theory
Science 147, 4 p.m.

May 22: Pepper Schwarz (University of Washington), "Why Are We Still Afraid of Sex?" Science 147, 4 p.m.

Winter 2008

January 17th
Byron Hurt, Beyond Beats and Rhymes (Images of Masculinity in Hip-Hop Culture)
6:30 p.m., SURC Pit
http://www.cwu.edu/~ecenter/winterevents2008.html

February 1st-29th:
Sexual Assault Awareness Month - Events TBA
Thursdays in Black
February 7: Sexual Assault Awareness Panel
February 28: "Searching for Angela Shelton"
Film webpage: http://www.searchingforangelashelton.com/
http://www.cwu.edu/~hcws/wellness/index.html

Feb. 23rd
National Girls and Women in Sports Day
9 a.m. - 1 p.m., CWU recreation Center

Mar. 5th
Women's Achievement Celebration
6 p.m., SURC Ballroom

Mar. 6th
LUNAFEST
7 p.m., SURC Theater
http://www.cwu.edu/~ecenter/winterevents2008.html

Study Abroad
Central students can study women/gender issues (in English) at the following universities abroad:

  • Laurentian University (Sudbury, Canada)
  • Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia)
  • University of Hull (Kingston-Upon-Hull, United Kingdom)
  • University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand)
  • University of Waikato (Hamilton, New Zealand)

If you speak another language, there are lots of other possibilities -- contact the Director of Women Studies or the Study Abroad and Exchange Program for more information.



Fall 2007
Oct. 2-11: Injustice Exposed film/lecture series

Tuesday, Oct. 2 from 7-8:30pm in the SURC Theater: Lori Cress,
International Justice Mission (IJM) Justice Advocate
Monday, Oct. 8 from 7-10pm in the SURC Theater: Amistad (film)
Tuesday, Oct. 9 from 7-8:30pm in the SURC Theater: Detective Harvey
Sloan, Seattle Police Department: Vice, Human Trafficking Unit
Wednesday Oct. 10 from 7-10pm in the SURC Theater: Human Trafficking (film)
Thursday Oct. 11 from 7-8:30pm in the SURC Theater: Daryl Bursch, Director of Rescue Thailand


Oct. 18th: Pornography Debate 7 p.m. SURC Ballroom

Oct. 19-23: Domestic Violence Awareness Week (events TBA)

Oct. 23-25: Margaret Mead Traveling Film Festival, SURC Theatre

Oct. 29: Women in the Middle East lecture, Barbara Flanagan (Political Science), Science 203, 4 p.m.

Nov. 8-9: Gender Symposium SURC Ballroom


Contact Information

Women's Studies Program
Central Washington University
400 E. University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7423
(509) 963-3208
Email: womenst@cwu.edu Phone: (509) 963-2488
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