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Fall 2004
| September |
| 1-3 | IDP Course Planning Workshops: Getting Students Involved, Testing & Grading, Meeting the First Class. To register, email Bette_Erickson@uri.edu |
| 10 | ADVANCE Leadership Team Meeting, 10-12 pm, ADVANCE REsource Center |
| 10 | ADVANCE New Faculty Lunch Reception, 12-2 pm |
| 15 | South County Women’s Networking Social;4:15-6:15 pm, Caylily’s, Wakefield. RSVP (401)789-8062 |
| 22 | ADVANCE Topical Lunch: ADVANCE One Year Later. 12:00 UClub. RSVP 874-9422 or silver@uri.edu |
| 30 | Women in Science Lunch: Bring Your Graduate Student to Lunch Day. UClub, 12:00. RSVP 874-2288 or frenzel@uri.edu |
| 30 | ADVANCE Negotiation Workshop for Faculty. 2:30-5:00 UClub. RSVP 874-9422 orsilver@uri.edu |
| October |
| 15 | ADVANCE Mentor Training Workshop. 2-4 pm, UClub. RSVP 874-9422 |
| 17 | Rose Weaver: Menopause Mama! 2:00 pm, Memorial Union. Panel discussion on Aging in America to follow. Call 874-9422 for complimentary ticket info |
| 22 | ADVANCE Topical Lunch: Discussion of Virginia Valian’s “Why So Slow: The Advancement of Women” 12:00 UClub. RSVP 874-9422 or silver@uri.edu |
| 27 | Women in Science Lunch: Saran Twombly speaks about her time at NSF. UClub, 12:00. RSVP 874-2288 or frenzel@uri.edu |
| November |
| 3 | South County Women’s Networking Social;5-7 pm, Amalfi’s, Narragansett. RSVP (401)789-8062 |
| 5 | Virginia Valian visits URI. 2 pm, Galanti Lounge. Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. |
| 5 | ADVANCE Topical Lunch: Lunch with Virginia Valian. 12:00 UClub. RSVP 874-9422 orsilver@uri.edu |
| 15 | Women in Science Lunch: Helen Mederer speaks about family & career issues. UClub, 12:00. RSVP 874-2288 or frenzel@uri.edu |
| 18 | Creating the Business Model, featuring Cheryl Watkins Snead. UClub 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.,reception to follow. RSVP: www.brownforum.org |
| December |
| 3 | ADVANCE Topical Lunch: What the New Family Leave Policy Means to URI. 12:00 UClub. RSVP 874-9422 or advance1@etal.uri.edu |
| 8 | President’s Commission on Women Holiday Party for all URI women – faculty and staff. 4:30-5:30 – UClub |
| 10 | The Quest for Peace and Justice: Dr. King’s World House Vision. A public reading of King’s Nobel lecture by Dr. Dorothy Cotton |
| 14 | Women in Science Lunch: Follow up discussion on family and career issues. UClub, 12:00. RSVP 874-2288 or frenzel@uri.edu |
| 17 | Holiday Lunch celebration at the ADVANCE Resource Center. 12:00. RSVP 874-9422 or advance1@etal.uri.edu |
Spring 2005
| February |
| 1 | Dana Shugar Women’s Studies Spring Colloquium: Oppression Embodied: Women, Ethnicity, Class & HIV/AIDS. A presentation by Lisa Bowleg, Assoc. Prof. of Psychology. 5:00-6:30 pm. Galanti Lounge, URI Library. |
| 3-5 | The Vagina Monologues, Memorial Union Ballroom, 7:30 pm. Call 874-9293 for tickets or purchase at the door. |
| 15 | Women in Transportation: Scholarship Opportunities and Career Paths. Seminar sponsored by WTS and the URI Transportation Center. Memorial Union Gallery, 5:30 – 8:00. |
| 17 | ADVANCE Topical Lunch: Publishing a Paper – Secrets Revealed! 12:00 noon UClub. RSVP to 874-9422 or advance1@etal.uri.edu |
| 23 | Search Workshop: Best Practices in Recruiting. Sponsored by AAEOD office. RSVP to 874-2442 |
| 23 | “Take Heart! True Stories of Life, Love, Laughter”, Rudy Wilson Galdonik’s debut essay collection. 12-1pm. CCE, Room 261, Providence Campus. Contact CCE: 277-5000 |
| 24 | Dana Shugar Women’s Studies Spring Colloquium: The Spaces Between: Transforming Hereonormativity with the Indigo Girls. A presentation by Kathleen Torrens, Ass’t Prof. of Communication Studies. 5:00-6:30 pm. Women’s Center, Upper College Rd. |
| 28 | Women in Science Lunch. Lynn Pasquerella: “Promoting Research Ethics.” 12:00 noon UClub. RSVP 874-2288 or frenzel@uri.edu |
| March |
| 2 | “Women Building Peace”, presented by Pam Steager of the Providence Phoenix. 12-1pm. CCE, Room 261, Providence Campus. For more info contact: 277-5000 |
| 15 | Search Workshop: Best Practices in Recruiting. Sponsored by AAEOD office. To register, call 874-2442 |
| 16 | Channel 36, Rhode Island’s Amazing Women: Women in Science – Why Not? featuring women in STEM from URI. 7:30 – 8:00 pm. Tune in! |
| 21 | ADVANCE Topical Lunch: Dual Career Couples at URI: Navigating the System and Policy Update. 12:00 noon UClub. RSVP to advance1@etal.uri.edu or 874-9422 |
| 21 | ENRE Seminar Series: Presentation by Dawn Parker. Implications for Organic Farming Landscapes 3:30pm, Kirk Auditorium, Coastal Institute, Kingston. contact: 874-2471 |
| 23 | 25th Annual Fredrika Schweers Memorial Lecture on Women & Health, featuring Judy Norsigian of “Our Bodies, Ourselves: The Media & Women’s Health: Sorting Fact from Fiction”. 7:30pm, White Hall Auditorium, Kingston Campus. |
| 31 | Women in Science Lunch. 12:00 noon, UClub. RSVP to 874-2288 or frenzel@uri.edu |
| April |
| 11 | Dana Shugar Women’s Studies Spring Colloquium: Shameful People, Shameful Punishments: Law & the Production of Disgust. A presentation by Valerie Karno, Ass’t Prof. of English. 5:00-6:30 pm. Women’s Center, Upper College Rd |
| 13 | Society of Women Engineers sponsors: Earthquakes & Tsunamis, presented by Michele Fitzpatrick. Wed. April 13, 6:30 – 9:00; Women at Work Museum, Attleboro, MA. khoney@comcast.net or 508-222-4430 |
| 16 | Women’s Studies Department 25th Anniversary Celebration Dinner. 4:30 Women’s Center, then UClub. RSVP to wmsdir@etal.uri.edu |
| 19 | Women in Science Lunch. Lisa Harlow, Psychology: Multivariate Methods. 12:00 noon, UClub. RSVP to 874-2288 or frenzel@uri.edu |
| 19 | 17th Annual Women of Color Conference: Design of the Decades, The Progress of Women of Color in the Past 50 Years. 5:30pm, URI Memorial Union Ballroom. Free for URI students, donations accepted. |
| 20 | MadCat Women’s International Film Festival. 4:00 PM Chafee, Room 271. Titled “The Truth of the Matter”, the program features artists from Germany, Japan, and the U.S. who challenge their governments actions and policies. |
| 22 | ADVANCE Topical Lunch: Women of Wisdom: Strategies for Senior Faculty. 12:00 noon UClub. RSVP to advance1@etal.uri.edu or 874-9422 |
| 26 | Diversity Award Announcements for Students, Faculty, & Staff.6:30-8:30 pm. Memorial Union Ballroom, URI. Free and open to the public. |
| May |
| 12 | ADVANCE & RESEARCH OFFICE WORKSHOP: Securing Funding. 9:30-noon. Call 4-5576 or email tberan@uri.edu. |
| 19-20 | National ADVANCE PI Meeting. NSF, Arlington,VA |
| 19 | ADVANCE & RESEARCH OFFICE WORKSHOP: Collaborative Proposals. 9:30-noon. Call 4-5576 or email tberan@uri.edu. |
| 20 | APAW Woman of the Year Celebration Honoring Grace Frenzel, 3-5 pm, UClub. (Click on date for RSVP info) |
Summer 2005
| June |
| 23-24 | AWIS National Conference, Smith College. Keynote Speakers: Rita Colwell & Shirley Ann Jackson. For information and to register: www.awis.org |
| 28 | WRITING WORKSHOP for Women Faculty in STEM with writing consultant Lisa Tener, 9:30am-2:30pm, UClub |
| September | |
| July |
| 14-16 | UMBC-ADVANCE Faculty Horizons Workshop. 2-day workshop for aspiring STEM faculty. U. Maryland, Baltimore. Funds are available. |
| 28-29 | UW-ADVANCE Summer Leadership Workshop. 2-day professional development workshop for science and engineering department chairs. Seattle, Washington. |
