Mind,
Body, and Spirit: Celebrating a Decade of
Women’s Studies at
Millersville
University
Women's
Studies 10th Anniversary Banquet
The Women's
Studies
program will be hosting a banquet to celebrate our 10th anniversary on
20
March from 1 - 3 pm in Lehr Dining Room, Bolger Conferece Center.
Unfortunately,
this banquet must be by invitation only, but please join us for our
other
celebratory events listed below! For alumni planning to attend
the
banquet, consider staying at Best Western's The Inn At
Millersville
Best Western - The Inn At Millersville
Shenks Lane,
Millersville,
Pennsylvania, United States, 17551
Phone: 717-872-4600 Fax: 717-872-8050 |
Women’s Bodies
Events
Public Lecture
From
Cinderella to
Barbie:
Women and Mobility Cross-Culturally by Dr. Farzaneh
Milani,
Director of Studies in Women and Gender at the University of Virginia
Tuesday, March 16, 7 p.m., Ford Atrium, McComsey Hall.
Co-sponsored with International Studies Program
and the Office of International Affairs.
Representation of
Women's
Bodies in Advertising and Sports.
Wednesday, March
17
4-6 p.m., McComsey 204.
Video clips on the
topic
of women’s bodies in advertising and sports. Discussion
will follow the video presentation and center on media representations
of
the idealized, yet impossible female body, the effects of this image on
female
psyche and nutrition, and the reception of female bodies into the
masculine
space of sports.
Representation of
Women’s
Bodies in Music.
Thursday, March
18,
6-8 p.m., McComsey 204.
Panel discussion
and
video presentation on representations of the female body in the music
industry.
We will ponder such questions as “Would Ella Fitzgerald have a career
in
today’s body image conscious music industry?” and “What role does the
female
body provide in music video narratives?”
Women’s
Spiritualities Events
Labryinth Walk
Tuesday, March 16,
3
- 7 p.m. and Wednesday, March 17 - 11a.m. – 1 p.m.
SMC Multi-Purpose
Room.
The labyrinth is a walking meditation - the path guides you; it is not
a
maze, but a path into the center and out
again. As your conscious mind is released,
spiritual awareness
is increased, and insights may occur.
SMC Multi-Purpose
Room. The
labyrinth is
a walking meditation - the path guides you; it is not a maze,
but
a path into the center and out again. As your conscious mind is released, spiritual
awareness
is increased, and insights may occur.
Lunchtime Events
on
Wednesday, March 17 in the SMC Multi-Purpose Room:
- Beaded Prayer
Project, introduction and
presentation,
12-12:30,
- Peace Initiatives
in
the Middle East, 12:30-1:15, Presented
by Grace Lynn Rieth, Student Lancaster
Theological Seminary
- Interactive Women
Centered
Spiritual Rite, 1:20-1:30. Conducted by
Reverend
Susan Minasian, Director of Admissions, Lancaster Theological Seminary
Displays
and Exhibits
·
Scholarly
achievements
of MU Women’s Studies faculty in Ganser Library Lobby
- Women in Black and
other
community organizations will have table displays in the SMC MPR lobby
on
Wednesday, March 17, over the lunch hour.
- Laura Burns, Goucher College Art
Department, will be exhibiting her photographs on the
Women of
Juarez in the SMC MPR lobby on Wednesday, March 17, over the lunch hour.
