Spring 2008 Events

 

 

Wear red day tables

Contribute $5 or more to the American Heart Association to receive your red dress pin:

Wednesday, January 30

12:00 - 1:30, Student Center Food Court

Thursday, January 31

 11:00 - 2:00, Engleman Rotunda

Monday and Tuesday, February 4 and 5

Student Center 2nd floor

WITH A PIN, FACULTY & STAFF CAN WEAR RED & WEAR JEANS ON 2/6!

Check with your supervisor 1st!

 

 

 

WEAR RED DAY

Wednesday, February 6th

11am-2pm

Student Center Food Court

WEAR RED TO WIN!

Visit the Wear Red Day event & enter to win fitness & health related gift baskets, books, & apparel.

BODY FAT TESTING

Find out how your body fat percentage & distribution can contribute to heart disease & other conditions.  Get advice on how to improve your numbers!  

WEAR RED TO WORKOUT
Wear red to our event & receive a 7 day pass to the SCSU Fitness Center-- start improving your heart health today!

WEAR RED JEANS DAY (faculty & staff)

Contribute $5 and receive a Red Dress Pin on 2/4 or 2/5: You can Wear Red & Jeans on 2/6.  All funds go to the American Heart Association.

MEMBERS: WEAR RED TO WIN!
HOW: Wear Red to the Fitness Center this day, and enter to win a personal locker for the Spring '08 semester!

$1 Off Soup & Salad

Stop by the Wear Red Day Tables to get your voucher for $1 off heart healthy Soup & Salad bar 2/6 only- Thank you Chartwells!

Heart Healthy Eating
Gather great information from Health Services Dietician Doreen Kordorsky about eating heart healthy and how eating can play a role in preventing disease.

Heart Healthy Living

Women's Center staff will give you tips on heart healthy living and how it can reduce your risk of heart disease!

Co-Sponsored by SCSU Fitness Center, Programs Council, Health Services, the Wellness Center, Women's Center, Chartwells, Human Resources, & the American Heart Association.

 

 

 

Make It/Take It: Crafting with the Women of the Village of Power

Tuesday, February 12th

6:30 PM

West Campus Residence Hall

Join the women of the Village of Power, a local organization that provides African American women who are homeless, unemployed and in recovery with comprehensive services that are designed to heal their life issues. Women will assist students in crafting items such as key chains, jewelry, and scarves. All crafts are free of charge. Co-sponsored by the Women's Center, West Campus Hall Council, and the Village of Power.

 

 

 

Risky Behaviors:

Unhealthy Dieting and Exercise

 

Tuesday, February 19th

7:00 PM

Wilkinson Hall, Lower Level

Join Gina McDonald from the Renfrew Center for a discussion on eating disorders. The Renfrew Center is a women's mental health center as well as a nationwide professional resource network. They specialize in the treatment of eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder), trauma, anxiety, depression, and other women's issues. Gina Macdonald, M. A., LPC., is a licensed professional counselor who has 16 years of experience working in hospital and treatment centers in Eating Disorder Programs. Her area of focus while attending Lesley College Graduate School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was the treatment of body-image dissatisfaction and distortion through expressive therapy (an area of focus while attending Lesley College Graduate School, Cambridge Massachusetts) along with Cognitive/Behavioral Therapy is the approach she provides in her private practice here in Branford, CT.  Co-sponsored by the Women's Center, the Drug and Alcohol Center, the Fitness Center, and the Renfrew Center.

 

Women of Black History Month

Information Tables

 

Wednesday, February 13th, 20th, and 27th

All tables are from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

February 13th - Conn Hall
February 20th - Engleman Rotunda
February 27th - Wilkinson Residence Hall

 

Visit our information tables to celebrate the women of Black History Month and play Women's Center Jeopardy for a chance to win prizes!

 

 

 

 

Eating Disorders Awareness Week Information Tables: SCALE OF FORTUNE

 

Monday, February 25th

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Engleman Rotunda

Visit an informational table, where educational materials as well as free coffee and tea will be available. Get your free reading on the "scale of fortune" and receive positive affirmation buttons. Cosponsored by Counseling Services and the Women's Center. For more information, please contact Denise Zack at (203) 392-5475 or zackd1@southernct.edu.

 

 

Eating Disorders Awareness Week Information Tables: Polaroid Body pride

 

Tuesday, February 26th

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Engleman Rotunda

Visit an informational table, where educational materials as well as free coffee and tea will be available. Have your picture taken in the "Polaroid Body Pride" activity, and write something positive about your body on the bottom. Pictures will be posted together on a bulletin board for others to see. Cosponsored by Counseling Services and the Women's Center. For more information, please contact Denise Zack at (203) 392-5475 or zackd1@southernct.edu.

 

 

Risky Behaviors: Unhealthy Dieting and Exercise

 

Monday, February 25th

7:30 pm

West Campus, Second Floor

Gina Macdonald, M.A., LPC will present a workshop on eating disorders and body image, focusing on the need for self-acceptance in staying mentally healthy. Cosponsored by Counseling Services and the Women's Center. For more information, please contact Denise Zack at (203) 392-5475 or zackd1@southernct.edu.

 

 

Bulimia and Women's Health:
A Qualitative Research Study of Recovery Across the Lifespan

 

Wednesday, February 27th

1:00 pm -2:00 pm

Engleman B 121-B

Join Dr. Patricia DeBarbieri from the Counseling and School Psychology Department as she shares her groundbreaking research findings on recovery from bulimia across the lifespan. She will also be discussing a landmark assessment tool to help track recovery.  Special emphasis will be on reflective thinking, connection to others and the role of relapse in the recovery process. Refreshments will be provided. Cosponsored by Counseling Services and the Women's Center. For more information, please contact Denise Zack at (203) 392-5475 or zackd1@southernct.edu.

 

Cyber Harassment, Cyber Stalking and Cyber Bullying

 

Thursday, February 28th

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Adanti Student Center Theater

Join Chris Piscitelli, SCSU Director of Judicial Affairs and University Police Officer Ivan Torres, Jr. for a discussion on cyber harassment, stalking, and bullying awareness and prevention, and the potential dangers of facebook, myspace.com and other cyber-social networking sites.

 

 

 

Yoga Class

Thursday, February 28th

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Adanti Student Center Fitness Center

Eating disorder specialist and yoga instructor Gina Macdonald will lead students,
faculty, and staff in a FREE YOGA class incorporating elements of self-acceptance throughout the class.  What a great way to relax for FREE!!!!! Space is limited - first come, first serve! For more information, please contact Denise Zack at (203) 392-5475 or zackd1@southernct.edu.

 

 

 

My Gun's Bigger Than Yours: Images of Manhood and Violence in the Media

Tuesday, March 4th

7:30 PM

Adanti Student Center Theater

Jackson Katz, one of America's leading anti-sexist male activists will present this slide-lecture which is regularly updated with images from popular culture. It is presented in an interactive style where the audience has the opportunity to participate in dialogue about the images presented. Subjects covered include professional wrestling, sports, Hollywood film, advertising, and music videos.

An educator, author and filmmaker, Katz is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking work in the field of gender violence prevention education with men and boys, particularly in the sports culture and the military. He has lectured on hundreds of college and high school campuses and has conducted hundreds of professional trainings, seminars, and workshops in the U.S., Canada, Australia and Japan. He is the co-founder of the Mentors In Violence Prevention (MVP) Program, the leading gender violence prevention initiative in professional and college athletics. He is the director of the first worldwide domestic and sexual violence prevention program in the United States Marine Corps. He is also the creator and co-creator of educational videos for college and high school students, including Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and the Crisis in Masculinity (2000), Wrestling With Manhood (2002) and Spin the Bottle: Sex, Lies and Alcohol (2004). His new book, The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help, was published by Sourcebooks in 2006.

 

 

The Dangers of Fashion:

A History of Fashion Display

March 5th and 6th

Wednesday, March 5th  and Thursday, March 6th

Wednesday, 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM, Engleman Rotunda
Thursday, 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM, Connecticut Hall

Did you know that high heels can lead to stress factures in the foot and a shortening of the Achilles tendon? Join us at our informational table on the history of fashion, and learn how today's beauty standards and fashion trends can be dangerous for women. Tickets will be available for Fashionable Fundraiser: The Feminist Way, a feminist fashion show designed to inspire positive self and body images among women and girls while raising funds for the American Cancer Society for Breast Cancer Research.

 

 

 

Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame

Open House Reception

Wednesday, March 5th

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Office of the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame, Schwartz Hall

Katherine Wiltshire, Executive Director of the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame, welcomes the SCSU community to an Open House Reception at the CWHF's Schwartz Hall Office.  The CWHF recently relocated to the Southern Connecticut State University campus from the University of Hartford to continue its research and educational mission on the lives of Connecticut women of historical accomplishment. All are welcome! Light refreshments served. For more information, contact the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame at 203-392-9007.

 

 

Vagina Monologues

Friday and Saturday, March 7th and 8th

Engleman A 120
Time TBA

Southern Connecticut State University's Iota Iota Iota, Kappa Chapter of the National Women Studies Honor Society will present a benefit production of Eve Ensler's award-winning play, "The Vagina Monologues." This benefit production is co-sponsored by the Women's Studies Program and the Women's Center. The performances are part of V-DAY SCSU, Southern's participation in the V-Day 2007 College Campaign, the global effort to stop violence against women and girls. For more information and to audition for a part, please contact Erica Greco at ravenmoonbeam@hotmail.com or Bernice Morales at moralesb2@southernct.edu.

 

 

Beauty is in the Eyeliner of the Beholder

 

Thursday, March 13th

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Adanti Student Center Theater

SCSU Senior and Resident Advisor Meghan Marino examines socially constructed standards of femininity in this power point presentation, submitted as her Honors Thesis in Photography and Media Studies. Through the visual exploration of women's physical appearance in contemporary American society, Meghan Marino tries to clarify for herself and the viewers the ideas and rituals of female beautification today.

 

 

Pimps and Hos: Gender Positioning in Club Land

Thursday, March 13th

5:00 pm - 6:00 PM

Adanti Student Center Theater

Professor Ro Conforti, Chairperson of the SCSU Media Studies Department, shares her current research on sexually exploitative images of women used in local club card advertisements and raises questions about the media message of those cards regarding young women's social, sexual and personal identity.

 

Healthy Relationships Information Table

Tuesday, March 25th, 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM, Connecticut Hall

Wednesday, March 26th, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM, Engleman Rotunda

The Women's Center has invited the Purple People back to campus to ask you two questions: 1) What is most important to you in a relationship? 2) What do you dislike most in a relationship? There will be cutouts of the Purple People on which students can share their answers. Students may sign their names or remain anonymous. The Purple People will then be displayed across campus in order to create awareness on healthy relationships. Information on healthy and unhealthy relationships will be available.

 

 

 

Healthy Heart Luncheon

Wednesday, March 26th

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Adanti Student Center, Room 301

Lunch will be available beginning at 12:45

Please call Aimee Bonn in Human Resources at (203) 392-8848 to reserve your space by Tuesday, March 25th. Space is limited!

Panelists include:
 
Topic: Signs and Symptoms of heart problems

Beth A. Moller, MSN, FNP, APRN-BC, SCSU Health Services

 

Topic: The importance of exercise as it relates to heart  health, blood  pressure and stress management

April Chevalier, BS, ACSM-HFI, SCSU Fitness Center, Graduate Intern
Doreen Kordorsky, RD, CD-N, CDE

 

Topic: Promote heart health through nutrition. Learn what to eat  & what not  to eat!

SCSU Nutritionist, Health Services

Co-Sponsored by The SCSU Fitness Center, Wellness Center,
Women's Center, Health Services and Human Resources

 

 

 

Language, Images, Exclusions, and White Supremacy

Thursday, March 27th

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Adanti Student Center Theater

A panel discussion on the experience of being marginalized, featuring Bea Dozier-Taylor, community leader and owner of "A Walk in Truth" bookstore, Dawn Stanton Holmes, SCSU Assistant Director of the Adanti Student Center, Gary Holder-Winfield, SCSU-AAUP Staff, and student panelists.

 

 

Iota Iota Iota and Community Outreach: Professional Clothing Drive for Women

March 1st - March 31st

Spring Cleaning? Have extra professional clothing? Donate it! SCSU's KAPPA Chapter of Iota Iota Iota (Triota), the Women's Studies National Honor Society is holding a professional clothing drive. We are asking for COMPLETE women's outfits* (e.g. jacket, pants, shoes, scarf) all sizes, all seasons, to give to women who need professional work clothing. *All clothing must be dry cleaned and presented on hangers, shoes must be polished and placed in a bag or shoe box. This spring, we will invite women from New Haven to receive the donated outfits, work on resume skills, and build community with the Triota group. Co-sponsored by Career Services. Please contact Stacey Cypher, President of Triota at cyphers1@southernct.edu to drop off any donations. Thank you for your support.

 

 

The Essence of Beauty Focus Group Discussion; and
Harriet Tubman: Her Life, Works and Contributions

Monday, March 31st

Group Discussion - 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Harriet Tubman Program - 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Adanti Student Center Ballroom

A panel of women from diverse backgrounds, and students from area schools and the SCSU community will discuss the Essence of Beauty. Following the panel presentation there will be a program on the life, works and contributions of Harriet Tubman. Sponsored by the SCSU Office of Diversity and Equity. Free admission. All are welcome. Light refreshments served.

 

 

 

 

Erica Upshaw: Keep Friendship Alive

 

Wednesday, April 2nd

7:00 PM

Adanti Student Center Theater

A multi-media program that empowers students to talk to each other and question the abuse of alcohol and drugs in their campus community. Erica Upshaw openly shares how alcohol and other drugs affected her life, her family, and the university community after her brother Joey Upshaw died of a lethal dose of the drug GHB and alcohol. Cosponsored by the Drug and Alcohol Resource Center, the Women's Center, and Greek Life Council. For more information, contact Cathy Christy at 203-392-6946 or womenscenter@southernct.edu.

 

 

 

The ABC's and STDs

of Women's Reproductive Health

 

Thursday, April 3rd

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Adanti Student Center Theater
              
Join us for a Lecture and Q & A discussion by local obstetrician-gynecologist, Susan Richman, M.D. on reproductive health and sexually transmitted diseases. Light refreshments served.

 

 

Sexual Diversity Panel

Thursday, April 10th

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Adanti Student Center Theater

The Sexuality and Gender Equality (SAGE) Center and PRISM will present a panel discussion on issues of sexual diversity. For more information, contact the SAGE Center at 203-392-8989 or sagecenter@southernct.edu.

 

 

Clothesline Project

Tuesday, April 1st - Tuesday, April 15th

Lyman Center

The Clothesline Project displays shirts from the Connecticut Coalition against Domestic Violence that were designed by survivors of violence, and their families and friends. The shirts hang side-by-side to "Break the Silence" and to bear witness to violence against women. For more information, contact Cathy Christy at 203-392-6946 or womenscenter@southernct.edu.

 

 

Take Back the Night

Wednesday, April 16th

7:00 PM

Wilkinson Hall, Main Lobby

Featuring keynote speaker, State Representative Deborah Heinrich, Take Back the Night is an annual international rally and march that is organized in local communities across the country with the purpose of unifying women and men against sexual assault and violence against women, men and children. Take Back the Night began in England as a protest against the fear of violence that women experience when walking the streets at night. The first Take Back the Night in the United States occurred in San Francisco in 1978. For more information about this event, please contact Cathy Christy, Women's Center Coordinator at x26946.

 

The Truth About Anxiety Disorders and Women: Learn the Facts

Thursday, April 17th

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Adanti Student Center Theater

Join us for a program about anxiety disorders among women, preventative strategies, treatment programs and  resources available, presented by Kelly O'Brien Mann, M.A., Assistant Coordinator/Disability Specialist, SCSU Disability Resource Office, Denise Zack, M.S., LCP, NCC, Counselor, SCSU Counseling Center, and a panel of students who will share their personal stories of dealing with anxiety. For more information, contact Kelly Mann at 203-392-6828.

 

 

Fashionable Fundraiser: The Feminist Way

Friday, April 18th

7:30 pm

Engleman C112

The Southern Connecticut State University Women's Studies Program, the Women's Center, Omega Zeta Pi Sorority and Iota Iota Iota, the Kappa Chapter of the National Women's Studies Honor Society will host a feminist fashion show designed to inspire positive self and body images among women and girls while raising funds for the American Cancer Society for breast cancer research.

Ms. Jill L. Bassett, Women's Studies MA candidate, has created an innovative feminist fashion show which will feature more than 40 women and girls as positive subjects rather than one-dimensional objects for the fashion industry. The fashion show is a creative way for the community to see how the fashion industry is constructed by commercial values and patriarchal standards and will be accompanied by a slideshow demonstration of some of the unhealthy and impractical fashion standards placed on women.  In contrast, the women and girls will model their most comfortable attire while photos of their personal life journey will be projected as the models are introduced for their accomplishments and beauty regardless of race, size, age, sexuality and background.

The tickets for this event are $10 and all proceeds go the American Cancer Society for Breast Cancer Research. Tickets will be sold at the SCSU Women's Studies Office and the SCSU Women's Center. Please call (203) 392-6133 or (203) 392-6946 for more information.

 

Postponed until further notice:

 

Bulimia and Women's Health:
A Qualitative Research Study of Recovery Across the Lifespan

Thursday, April 24th

5:00 PM- 6:00 PM

Adanti Student Center Theater

Dr. Patricia De Barbieri, Associate Professor in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology, will discuss her research about the facilitators and impediments to recovery from bulimia as voiced by 20 women that she interviewed in various stages of the recovery process.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Women's Day of Celebration

Monday, May 5th

 

(RAINED out on Monday, April 28th)

 

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

 

Campus Mall (In front of Buley Library)

 

Join us for a day of celebration! Visit the information tables of several local women-empowering organizations to learn about their community involvement, volunteer opportunities, and current agenda. Free food and refreshments! Girl Scouts cookies will be sold, and giveaways will be available. Raffle items!!!! Free tote for the first 100 people to visit all of the tables.