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Women’s Studies Update
VOLUME X, NUMBER 7 APRIL 2004
COORDINATOR’S CORNER
Many thanks to those of you who
helped support Women's History
Month. Special thanks go to the
following. Kathryn MacKay led the
“Bread and Roses” March for
International Women's Day and
assisted with the film showings.
Susan Matt contributed significantly
to the Women's History Month
Planning Committee, made the opening
presentation and assisted with
organizing Sarah Gordon’s visit.
Rebecca Barrett, Lindsay McDonald,
and Services for Women Students
staff organized many Women's History
Month activities, particularly
Wisdom on Wednesdays. Judy Elsley
made the wall hanging that will
allow us to continue disseminating
information about women and their
contributions in many arenas of our
society. Sally Bishop Shigley
delivered a lecture on Black Women's
Cookbooks and organized/judged the
program’s First Annual Poetry
Contest. Congratulations to the
winning poets: Faculty/Staff, 1st
and 2nd place - Linda Sillitoe;
Students, 1st Place - Hannah New,
2nd Place -Kimberly L. Kasey, 3rd
Place -Marilyn Diamond; Honorable
Mention - Elisabeth Anderson, Katie
S. Terry, and D. Louise Brown.
Consult the WS web page for the
recipes submitted. Finally, we thank
Kim Hyatt for inviting a wider
audience to presentations of general
interest in her Women's Health
Issues class.
Summer registration is going on now
and fall registration will come
soon. Please note these upcoming
Women's Studies courses. During
summer semester, Introduction to
Women's Studies will be offered, as
will the cross-listed course,
Psychology of Diversity. For fall
semester, look for Introduction to
Women's Studies and the cross-listed
courses:Psychology of Women and
Gender, Gender and Communication,
Perspectives in Women's Literature:
Fearless Girls, Wise Women and
Beloved Sisters, Literature of
Places and Culture: Middle Eastern
Women Writers, Topics in World
Politics: Third World Women, and
Minorities, Women and Media (Special
Topics in Women's Studies.)
The WS End-of-Year Retreat will be
held Friday, April 30, 12:30 - 4:00
PM, in the WSU Stadium Sky Suites
(3rd floor.) Take special note of
this important date! For more
information, contact Laura in the WS
office (626-7632.)
Wanted: Students who are interested
in breathing new life into the
organization Feminists United
Network (FUN.) Please call me for
more information at 626-8049.
FACULTY PROFILE
It is our great pleasure this month
to introduce another new Executive
Council member. Vel Casler joined
the Weber State faculty in 2001 as
an Assistant Professor of Sales and
Service Technology, offering courses
in fundamental and advanced sales
techniques, customer service, and
ethical sales and service. Vel came
to academia from more than two
successful decades in the corporate
business world, with extensive
practical experience, domestically
and internationally, in all aspects
of customer service. He has had
executive-level experience as
vice-president, president, CEO or
Chairman of the Board of numerous
companies, including QoS Solutions
Inc., Datamark, Inc., WPITERMIFLEX,
Micro Palm Computers (a company
which he also founded), Porta-Printer
Systems, Inc., Gould, Inc., Evans &
Sutherland Computer Corp., and
Casler Associates. These positions
have resulted in his making a
professional home in Florida,
California, Utah, and Texas. Vel’s
academic career is diverse as well;
he holds an AA in physics from
Weatherford College (Texas), a BA in
mathematics from North Texas State
University, and an MBA from Franklin
Pierce College in New Hampshire. He
has also received postgraduate
training at the University of Utah
and Stanford University.
At Weber, Vel has attended numerous
workshops to hone his teaching
techniques, both on and off campus,
as well as conducting a workshop for
the Teaching & Learning Forum. He
has served as a consultant for a
variety of companies, from local to
national, and been a member of the
Board of Directors of Thoughtform
Corporation and Seismic Insight,
Inc. As WSU advisor for the
international organization of
students in sales, Delta Epsilon
Chi, he mentored a student finalist
in the international
entrepreneurship competition and was
recognized with an award at the 2003
International Career Development
Conference. Other service activities
include committee membership from
department to university level and
active involvement in soliciting
interest and financial support for
Weber State.
We welcome Vel to the Women’s
Studies family and look forward to a
mutually beneficial association.
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Weber State hosted the “First
Undergraduate Research Symposium and
Celebration” on Monday, 29 March,
and a WS minor was among the student
researchers reporting their results.
Michelle Groncki coauthored (with
Erica Alleman) “The Relationship of
Estrogen and Performance on Memory
Tasks in Men and Women Ages 20 to
35” (advisor: Dr. Lauren Fowler.)
The beginning of April is marked by
two major campus-wide activities.
Weber State's 10th Annual Holocaust
Commemoration, "Courage and
Complacency in the Face of Evil,"
will focus on the role of bystanders
in the Holocaust. History professor
Oliver Griffin returns to WSU to
speak at 1 PM, Thursday, on
"Bystander Apathy in the Face of
Evil." Thusday’s (10 AM - noon)
convocation will feature “Journey to
a Hate Free Millennium,” a film
focusing on why hate crimes exist
and exploring hate in modern society
as reflected in the events of Mathew
Shepherd’s murder, the Columbine
High School shootings, and the
dragging death of James Byrd Jr. in
Jasper, TX.
Also, this weekend, more than 150
students from 51 campuses will be at
WSU for the 19th Annual
Undergraduate Literature Conference.
Featured conference speakers are
Kenneth Brewer, Laura Furman, and
Robert Pinsky; several public
readings will be held in Stewart
Library Special Collections. For
further information, contact the
English department.
CALENDAR
7 April - SWS Wisdom on Wednesdays,
“What is Sexual Assault?” Marti
Liccardo, Utah Coaliton Against
Sexual Assault; UB Lair, noon. and
University Village Community Room at
7pm.
12 April – Fall semester
registration begins.
14 April - SWS Wisdom on Wednesdays,
“Gender Discrimination,” Barry
Gomberg, WSU Affirmative Action/
Equal Employment Opportunity Office;
noon, Diversity Center
30 April - Women’s Studies
End-of-Year Retreat, 12:30 - 4:00
PM, WSU Stadium Sky Suites (3rd
floor.)
- Spring semester classes end.
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