WEBER STATE WOMEN'S STUDIES NEWSLETTER

February 1996

VOL 2,NO 6

COORDINATOR'S CORNER

Our faculty profile for February features Dr. Bill McVaugh, Professor of Psychology, who is team-teaching Psychology of Women and Gender with Maria Parilla Vazquez-de-Kokal this quarter. We appreciate his continuing interest in the program.

Our winter quarter video series, co-sponsored with Services for Women Students, continues on Wednesdays throughout February, at 2 p.m. in SSC 154. Thanks to those who have attended and our apologies that Dr. Sharon Emerson, University of Utah, was snowbound the day of her "kick-off" presentation on 17 January. We will be rescheduling Dr. Emerson's presentation sometime during spring quarter; look for that announcement in the newsletter or call the office.

On 8 February, the review team for the Women's Studies Program five-year Regents' Review will be assembled for the purpose of sharing responses to our self-study and interviewing people associated with the program. I ask that students and faculty make themselves available on that day to provide input to the team members. We will coordinate specific "interview" times to facilitate the process.

The statewide meeting of Utah women's programs will be held at Utah State on 1 March. I encourage students, faculty and staff to attend if possible; call the office for more information (626-7632).

FACULTY PROFILE:

Dr. Bill McVaugh is a professor in the Department of Psychology and has been at Weber State since 1976. A gypsy who has left his footprints in Kansas, Arizona, and Nevada (among others), he did his undergraduate work in Geology and then experienced his 1960's "psychological enlightenment" at the University of California in Berkeley where he held a pre-doctoral fellowship while pursuing his PhD. A five-year stint in Virginia intervened between Berkeley and Weber State, during which time he taught and served as undergraduate psychology studies director at Norfolk's Old Dominion University, had a counseling practice, and directed psychological services for the Southeast Training Center for the Mentally Retarded in Chesapeake. His life-long learning quest has led him to continue coursework and workshop/conference attendance for the last twenty years, honing his knowledge and skills in psychological theory and practice as well as computer applications in education. Bill has taught a multitude of courses in the Psychology Department, as well as teaching for the Honours Programme and Women's Studies. He teaches Psychology of Women and Gender this quarter with Maria Parilla Vazquez-de-Kokal; they have taught "Class, Culture, and Gender" together also and plan to offer it as a seminar in Autumn quarter 1996. Bill has presented his research at scientific meetings and in refereed journals, focusing most recent studies on thought and conflict resolution. He has received several community service awards from the university and the state as well as the Service Award from the WSU Honours Programme in 1994, and he has acquired grant funding for his numerous projects from state and national agencies. Bill's interest in getting people together to talk about topics of mutual interest has resulted in his being involved with spear-heading both the WSU Undergraduate Social Sciences Research Conference and the Annual North American Interdisciplinary Wilderness Conference, held for the first few years on Weber's campus. He maintains membership in regional, national and international professional organizations. Besides psychology, his passions include wilderness and environmental concerns. He gathers inspiration from the distinguished service of his wife in education and from his four adult children.

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A hearty "Thank-you" is in order for those involved in helping to organize the 30-31 January visit by Namu Lwanga of Uganda, a featured performer for Diversity Month. Support for her visit came from the Diversity Month steering committee, the Diversity Standing Committee, Women's Studies and Broomstick, the Colleges of Arts and Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Utah State Office of Education.

CONGRATULATIONS (!!)

- to Dr. Forrest Crawford on national recognition for his "commitment to educate students and members of the community in principles of nonviolent social change." Forrest received a "Making of the King Holiday" Award from the Martin Luther King Federal Holiday Commission in Washington, DC.

- to Adele Smith for election to the national board of directors of Women in Municipal Government whose goal is to raise awareness about women's issues in the National League of Cities and to encourage women to seek public office.

REMEMBER: February is Black History Month. Activities planned for Emphasis Week by the Black Area Council include:

2/12 - Black History informational handouts (and cake for refreshment)

2/13 Music, Dancing, Contests in Gallery

2/14 Soul Food

2/15 Starletta DuBois of "Waiting to Exhale"

2/16 Luncheon honoring Black Community members

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Call the B.A.C. office (7334) for more information; attend and bring your friends.

CALENDAR

6 February - Executive Council meeting, SS137, 3:30 p.m.

7 February - An Evening of Student Poetry Reading. Sponsored by Broomstick, 7-9 p.m., Thought Continuum.

- Film Series: Room 154, Student Services Center, 2 p.m. "High Energy," Physicist, Melissa Franklin.

8 February - Informal meeting with members of Regents' Review team: 8 a.m.-noon, Room SS 137; 1:30 - 5 p.m., Sage Room, Education Building.

14 February - Film series, SSC 154, "Jewels in a Test Tube," Biochemist, Lynda Jordan

18 February - Open Pages, Thought Continuum; discussion of "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison.

21 February - Film series, SSC 154, "Secrets Underground," Archaeologist, Patty Jo Watson.

28 February - Film Series, SSC 154, "Silicon Vision," Neuroscientist, Misha Mahowald.

1 March - Statewide Meeting, Utah Women's Programs, USU.