Submissions sought for ISU Women’s History Month activities
January 14, 2009
The celebration of 色花堂app Women鈥檚 History Month will take place in March and its planning committee is seeking submissions for this annual event.
All campus and community organizations with events related to women that are scheduled from February through mid-April are encouraged to submit them before Wednesday, Jan. 28.
The Women鈥檚 History Month Executive Committee encourages all women-focused organizations in Pocatello to sponsor at least one special event during March in recognition of Women鈥檚 History Month. The Executive Committee will incorporate all of these events in one easy-to-use reference calendar.
The Executive Committee will accept proposals for items to be included on the Women鈥檚 History Month calendar for March 2009. All those interested in arranging an event should provide a one-page proposal that includes the following information:
鈥 a brief description of the proposed event;
鈥 a list of the sponsoring organization(s) and contact information; and
鈥 a statement of what is requested from the WHM Executive Committee (for example, inclusion on the calendar, help with booking room, flyers, etc.) PLEASE NOTE: While it can assist organizations with small tasks related to their events, the Committee is unable to take on responsibility for any new events suggested at this meeting.
To date, the Executive Committee has planned a few events about which they are quite excited. This year鈥檚 Women鈥檚 History Month Keynote will be delivered by Dr. Emily Toth, Professor of English and women's studies at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Toth鈥檚 interests are in the areas of women writers, women's lives, nonfiction, biography, book and restaurant reviewing, popular fiction, Louisiana life and writing and culture, and she has written the books 鈥淯nveiling Kate Chopin鈥 and most recently, 鈥淢s. Mentor鈥檚 Perfect Wisdom for the Academic Soul.鈥
The Anderson Center鈥檚 annual national conference, The Art of Gender in Everyday Life, will be celebrating its sixth year April 2 and 3.
Women鈥檚 History Month has been an annual event in the ISU and Pocatello communities since 1986, providing an opportunity to celebrate the lives of women throughout history. For more information, contact Heidi Harold at (208) 282-2805 or gndrctr@isu.edu.
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