What
is the Women's Center?
The
MSU Women's Center is a department in the division of Student
Affairs and was created to promote greater responsiveness to the
needs of university women. The Center is open to all students, staff,
faculty, and community members, male and female. The Center is physically
accessible and a place for students to stop by, relax, and explore
their concerns, issues, and options through information and conversation.
Campus and community members are encouraged to become involved in
the Center through work-study, volunteer, and internship positions.
Hours
of operation are Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
during the academic year when classes are in session.
"Never
doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change
the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
-Margaret
Mead
How
can you become involved with the Women's Center?
Anyone
is welcome to volunteer at the Women's Center in a variety of
capacities. You can work with existing programs or coordinate new
ones.
Internship
opportunities and referrals are also available at the Center; just
stop in and talk to a staff member for additional information.
For
further information and specific details, contact the Women's
Center either by phone @ 994-3836, via email at danforth@montana.edu,
or by visiting our office in SUB room 372.
"If
you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it."
-Margaret
Fuller
Resources
The
staff at the Women's Center is prepared to answer questions
or make referrals in areas such as academics, career choices, child
care, counseling, crisis, employment, legal rights, re-entry, scholarships,
and more.
The
Geraldine Fenn Memorial Library is in the Women's Center and
contains a large variety of reference materials. These materials
can be checked out by students, staff, faculty and community members.
The Center also subscribes to a few major feminist periodicals and
alternative press publications.
The
"Womanifesto" is our newsletter which contains news,
herstory, book reviews, opinions, and calendars of events that are
of special interest to women. The "Womanifesto"
is published three or four times per year and is distributed on
and off campus at no charge to the reader. Articles, illustrations
and suggestions are welcomed and can be left at the Center.
Programs
Weekly
Sack Lunch Seminars feature local, state, and sometimes national
speakers. These informational seminars cover a wide variety of topics
and convene every Wednesday from Noon - 1:00 pm in the Strand Union.
The seminars are free, fun, and open to everyone!
The
Shannon Weatherly Memorial Lecture Series
is an annual event presented by the Women's Center in honor
of past MSU student and Women's Center board member, Shannon Weatherly.
An endowment was created by Shannon's family and friends to bring
nationally known feminist speakers to the campus. These lectures
are usually given during the fall semester; they are free and open
to the public. Past presenters have included singer/songwriter Holly
Near, psychologist and author Charlotte Davis Kasl, activist and
award winning film-maker Stacy Kabat, cartoonist Nicole Hollander,
scholar and author Dr. Juliet Schor, performance artist Alicia Quintano,
comedienne Maria Falzone, and scholar Dr. Diana Russell.
National
Women's History Month
is March, and we like to celebrate this event all month! Through
a variety of programs with guest speakers, films, displays, and
articles, we highlight notable women in history and look at the
latest focus among today's women historians.
The
Latin American Speaker
Series is an annual program co-sponsored with coomunity Action
for Justice in the Americas and the Montana Human Rights Network
each spring and features speakers who travel here from latin American
to discuss their activism fostering peace in war-torn communities.
