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Weber State Women=s Studies News
VOL. 5, NO. 4 DECEMBER 1998 COORDINATOR=S CORNER Thanks to all participants for the fabulous support and enthusiasm for the Hildegard of Bingen celebration. Attendance was superb and included people who came from Salt Lake as well as the Ogden community and students, administrators, staff, and faculty at WSU. We are still receiving compliments as well as requests to do more with Hildegard's works. Special thanks to Caril Jennings for an outstanding job of advertising and for her overview of Hildegard's life, to Mark Henderson and Angelika Pagel for providing fascinating insights into Hildegard's work, and to Kathryn MacKay for suggesting the celebration and for introducing the program. (Ed. note: Also, very special thanks to Diane, who took on the task of enlightening us about Hildegard=s theology!) Services for Women's Students sponsored an Elegant Evening of Recognition for their scholarship providers and recipients, an evening to which they graciously invited Women's Studies scholarship donors and students on scholarship. We were pleased to extend the invitation to Jane Marquardt and Pauline Blanchard for their generous endowment of the Phoenix Achievement Scholarships and to the students currently receiving those scholarships. Gloria Wurst who has created the Women's Studies Traditional Women's Scholarship, was also invited to the celebration. Anyone capable of helping to increase that fund to the endowment level is encouraged to send a contribution to the Women's Studies Office. We are pleased that we have nine students and two faculty who have committed to attending the National Women's Studies Association Conference in Albuquerque, NM, from the 17th to the 20th of June. The conference promises to be a time of learning about and celebrating the achievements of women as well as confronting the challenges which cultures and institutions have given to women. We would appreciate knowing within the next month if any other faculty plan to attend; please contact Linda at (626-)7632. Students are reminded that their only opportunity to take WS3050 in 1999 will be Spring Semester. If you are trying to complete core requirements in Women's Studies by next December, you will need to take Feminist Theories now. The Women's Studies Coordinator is currently receiving announcements of many events throughout Utah that impact women. If you want some of the information forwarded, let Diane Krantz know.
FACULTY PROFILE Our December faculty profile features Jay Hart, an adjunct faculty member who will join our ranks next semester as half of a team teaching WS4900, Manhood in America: The Scholarship in Men=s Studies. Jay will join Kathryn MacKay every Tuesday from 5:30 - 8:00 PM as they explore the writings of Michael Kimmel and other scholars examining the Asocial construction of masculinity.@ (Some of you might remember Michael=s visit to WSU in March 1997, when he presented two provocative lectures on his research.) Jay is a familiar face to many of us on campus because of his position as adjunct faculty in the departments of English and history, where he has taught a variety of classes periodically since 1987. His Aday job@ is as a faculty member at St. Joseph=s High School, where he has taught since 1985. At St. Joseph=s, he serves as Social Studies Chairperson and has been a Mentor Teacher to new faculty members. His enthusiasm and skill in the classroom have led to his being nominated for US West Outstanding Educator and his being named Teacher of the Year at St. Joseph=s for three years. He has also been honored by six senior classes who chose him as commencement speaker. Jay=s interest in women=s and gender issues motivated him to design a gender studies course that he teaches at St. Joseph=s, as well as to complete two courses on including gender and ethnic studies into the secondary school curriculum offered through the Jordan School District and the University of Utah Women=s Studies program. He has also been a participant in an informal reading group, including Weber State Women=s Studies faculty, addressing feminist theory and woman-authored fiction and non-fiction. Jay received a dual baccalaureate degree in history and social studies education from Kent State University in Ohio, graduating magna cum laude after landing on the Dean=s List each quarter of his undergraduate career. He was a student athlete, playing varsity baseball for the first two years as well. Following his BS/BA, he attended Penn State, receiving his MA in history in 1980, then going on to teach high school in Idaho for several years. After dabbling briefly in a PhD program in history at the University of Washington, Jay thought better of it and began teaching at St. Joseph=s, ultimately to return to a second master=s degree program in English at the University of Utah. He currently holds secondary education certification in both Utah and Idaho and maintains membership in several professional organizations. In addition to his teaching at St. Joseph=s and Weber State, Jay has the onerous task of teaching a wine appreciation course for the Eccles Art Center. In his own words, Agetting paid to drink and chat about wine remains the best job I=ve ever had!@ Other extracurricular interests include recent membership in the Aranks of blissfully bungling gardeners@ and Aan inherited love of Nebraska football@ (his self-identified Asingle greatest character flaw@ but an Ainevitable [consequence of being born] a Cornhusker.@) Jay=s wife, Jill, is a Speech and Language Pathologist for the Weber Co. school district and holds BA and MS degrees from the University of Utah. Having lived in Nebraska, Maine, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Washington, Jay has now settled down for the longest time period in his life, still unsure Awhat a wine-loving Cornhusker is doing in Zion.@ I=m sure that I speak for many of us in the Women=s Studies program as well as elsewhere when I say, AI=m not sure either, but I=m delighted to have you here!@ We look forward to a long and fruitful interaction with Jay and welcome him as an Aofficial unofficial@ Women=s Studies faculty member.
Once again, the holiday season brings a multitude of opportunities to enjoy musical performances by members of campus and community. For information, contact Caril Jennings (626-6431; cjennings@weber.edu) or Lorinda Atwater (546-4401.) December 1st is World AIDS Day and local commemorations include the opportunity to decorate a tree in the Union Building in memory of Utahns who have died of AIDS.
CALENDAR
11 Dec. - Executive Council Meeting, 1:30 PM, SS115.
- Classes End (finally!) 18 Dec. - Commencement
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! |
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