Women at Noon discussions and presentations are at no charge and open to everyone. They take place between 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm on Wednesdays during the semester. All video presentations will be projected on a large screen. All rooms are located in the Lory Student Center. Sign Language Interpreters for Hearing Impaired/Deaf Persons available upon request.
These programs are sponsored by the KATHRYN T. BOHANNON WOMEN'S PROGRAM FUND which was established in 1993 by Mr. David J. Folkes in memory of his wife, Kathryn, who was a graduate student at Colorado State University in the Department of Design and Merchandising and Consumer Sciences in 1991. Prior to her return to school, Kathryn was an Environmental Consultant in Denver and an Environmental Engineer with Eastman Kodak in Windsor, Colorado and Rochester, New York. A member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi, Kathryn graduated Cum Laude from Kansas State University in 1974. Kathryn had a committed interest in developing self-esteem in women.
Women at Noon Fall 2009 Schedule
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September 30
214-16 LSC
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Women Empowering Women: Learn How Sometimes Life’s Most Horrible Tragedies are What Make Us the Strongest
Have you ever wondered how your grandmother, mother, and other women survived certain tragedies? Do you ever think about how you have been empowered by these wonderful women in your life? Sometimes it’s during the horrific times that we discover how heroic we are as women. A group of three women will share their stories and will engage the audience to share their stories as well. This session is designed to contribute and celebrate the women in our lives who have empowered us. Please come and join us and share your resilient story. Co-sponsored with El Centro for Hispanic Heritage Month
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Guadalupe Salazar, MS
Director, El Centro
Colorado State University
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October 7
220-22 LSC
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Our Newest Neighbors: Single Mothers from Central America and Mexico
Single mothers are the new face of migrants coming to the U.S. Millions, faced with grinding poverty, must choose: stay at home and watch as their children go hungry, or leave their children to come to the U.S. Pulitzer Prize Winner Sonia Nazario will discuss how her own trek atop freight trains through Mexico, following the migrant trail, led her to some surprising discoveries and the constant question: What choice would I make if I were in their shoes? Co-sponsored with Diversity and Social Justice Programs in Campus Activities.
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Sonia Nazario
2003 Pulitzer Prize Winner
Author, Enrique’s Journey
Writer for Los Angeles Times
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October 14
224-26 LSC
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Feminist Student Panel
What does feminism mean to CSU students? How do current students engage in activism? Students’ personal experiences and social identities impact the ways they engage in activism. Join us as current CSU undergraduate and graduate students share their experiences with activism and what feminism means to them.
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Hannah Retzkin, Moderator
Senior, Colorado State University
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October 21
214-16 LSC
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Speaking Out from Jail: The Power of Writing for Incarcerated Women
The United States imprisons more than 2 million people, more than any other nation in the world; women are the fastest growing segment of that population. Increasingly, incarcerated women are speaking out by sharing stories that are riveting, heartbreaking, and provoking through writing workshops. Critical and activist pedagogues argue that such programs and narratives have democratizing potential; yet in the conflicted terrain of jails and prisons, no story is told without risk and none can avoid the rhetoric of individual responsibility vs. social justice. We will grapple with the problems and possibilities of making incarcerated women's words public by examining examples from contemporary U.S. workshops and documentary representations.
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Tobi Jacobi, PhD
Assistant Professor of English
Co-Director, Community Literacy Center
Coordinator, Rhetoric and Composition MA Program
Colorado State University
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October 28
214-16 LSC
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LGBTQ Family Panel
Lambda Community Center of Fort Collins will present a panel designed to examine the multitude of ways in which the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer community constructs family. This panel will address assisted reproduction, “natural” reproduction, adoption, second-parent adoption, divorce and mixed sexuality families. We hope attendees will come away with a better understanding of the obstacles and the successes in constructing LGBTQ families.
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Andy Stoll
Executive Director
Lindsay Melsen
Director of Adult Programs and Education
Lambda Community Center
Fort Collins, CO
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November 4
214-16 LSC
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Women and Children’s Health in Southern Sudan
Sudan, the largest country in Africa, is the home of the most diverse population on this continent, with over 99 languages spoken there. Sudan faces the challenge of having its country’s resources inequitably distributed, leaving those in agricultural communities, especially in the south, without access to basic services, such as potable water, food, and health care. Diseases such as malaria, cholera and malnutrition are rampant, prenatal and post-natal care are almost non-existent, and international coordination of assistance from government and non-government organizations is challenging.
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Rhonda R. Parmley, PhD
Psychotherapist
Fort Collins, CO
Kuier Atem
Denver, CO
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November 11
214-16 LSC
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CSU Women in the Military
A panel of CSU students who are military veterans or currently serving our nation in the military, from a variety of branches, will talk about their experiences being women in the military as well as the transition between military and college life. One of the facilitators, Ann Ingala, is also an Army veteran from the first Gulf War. Co-sponsored with Adult Learner and Veteran Services
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Ann Ingala
Assistant Director, Veteran Services
Jan Rastall
Director, Adult Learner and Veteran Services
Colorado State University
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November 18
214-16 LSC
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Healing Touch
Have you ever wished for a tool or technique that will help you re-energize in as little as 10-15 minutes, costs nothing, and can be done almost anywhere? Please join us for a fun hour of experiential learning of Healing Touch. You will be shown how to help yourself de-stress and re-energize using specific techniques that are a part of the Healing Touch curriculum. Healing Touch is an energy- based therapy that is accepted, validated, and utilized in hospitals, hospice, long-term care, integrative health centers, private practices, and clinics. It is a compassionate energy therapy in which practitioners use their hands in a heart-centered and intentional way to support and facilitate your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health and self-healing.
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Tanja Andreas, FNP
CSU Health Network
Sharon Myrah, HTCPI
Fort Collins, CO
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December 2
220-22 LSC
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Heathers, Queen Bees, and Mean Girls: Female Hidden Aggression
This presentation is about the dark side of female friendship rivalry - when competition is healthy and when it isn't. This session will expand on the concept behind the "Mean Girls" theory and provide useful strategies for women to stop their unhealthy competition and forge a new kind of relationship with other women.
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Joslyn McGriff
Residence Director
Housing and Dining Services
Colorado State University
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