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News and Views
Fall 1999 Volume 10, Issue 1
From the Director
It has been a year of transitions in the University and once again I find myself as the Interim Director of Women's Studies. Despite the changes, it has been an active Fall at our Center. We have had many events and colloquia celebrated with considerable enthusiasm and with the support of faculty, students, and friends. We have several new members in our executive committee who bring with them many strengths and perspectives. Our office has also been invigorated with the energy brought in by Dr. Milagros Pena (Sociology and Women's Studies) who is with us this year. Carol Murphy, our new Associate Dean in CLAS and Dean Harrison have been extraordinarily supportive of our programs. Above all, there is a renewed and sustained effort by the Dean, the foundation, and alumni, to raise funds for our new home--the Women's Gym. The details for this new, exciting fund raising program will be available soon and we look forward to working with the Dean's office and the Foundation on this exciting campaign.
We have continued our endeavors to maintain both intellectually stimulating programs and activities which inform the rest of the university about our mission. We have had several colloquia, co-sponsored talks and seminars and have collaborated with other departments and programs in supporting scholarship. We also hosted our annual opening reception which featured many speakers, and an opening reception to celebrate a terrific art exhibit. It was gratifying to see so many people turn up for both events to support our program.
We have a new curriculum committee in place this year to review the existing program, to study programs in other universities, and to make recommendations based on our existing strengths. We have many new activities planned for Spring 2000 and will be letting you soon about these dates. A lot of our efforts will go towards recruiting a new director for the Center. There is tremendous work being done by the search committee and we have spread the word through advertisements, announcements in list servs and scholarly fora. I hope you can participate in this process and give us your viewpoint.
Finally, a great big "thank you" for the many people who help run the Center and make it a great place--Paula Palmer, Aline Gubrium, Cindy Roberts, Danielle Chicerchia, and Jessica Kennedy.
Thank you and Happy Holidays!
Vasudha Narayanan
Photos
Dr. Carol Murphy speaking at the
Fall 1999 CWSGR Opening Reception
