VOL. VI, NO. 4 DECEMBER 1999

COORDINATOR’S CORNER

Happy Holidays! The Executive Council has reviewed the application for coordinator and has forwarded Dr. Sandra Powell’s name to Dean Sadler. We anticipate no problems in having Sandra selected as Coordinator for the 2000-2003 term and we are convinced that she is eminently qualified. Sandra has been closely associated with Women’s Studies over the past several years, has co-taught Feminist Theories as well as several of our cross-listed courses, and has been a member of the Executive Council, including acting as its chair. As an Executive Council member, she has participated actively on committees such as that for choosing Phoenix scholarship recipients. Sandra also brings her long-term commitment and experience with the University Diversity Steering Committee to her work in Women’s Studies. The great success of the first annual Diversity Conference owes much to Sandra’s efforts.

The Women’s Studies assessment grid has been sent to Dr. Kathleen Lukken and is now posted on the university assessment web pages. We will be collecting data in the spring from those instructors in core and cross-listed courses who are willing to forward syllabi, assignments, and sample student papers. We will also be attempting to produce and collect exit poll data from students in our courses.

The required Senior Seminar for students graduating under the semester catalogues is being held for the first time this Spring. Dr. Thom Kuehls has agreed to conduct the seminar which is designed to be a culminating experience for those students who have completed or almost completed the course of studies for our minor.

The combined Holiday-Social-and- final-Executive-Council-meeting-of-1999 will be held at 1:30 pm on Friday, December 10 in SS 115. We are planning to order pizzas and have punch and soft drinks available. Please come and share in the consumption as well as the conversation; we promise that you won’t have to make program business deliberations.

PROFILING …

As has become a tradition, this month we are featuring our soon-to-be-graduates of the Women’s Studies program. Minors Natsuko Enomoto and Ammi Rowley are completing their undergraduate careers at Weber State this semester, ready to move on to other places and things.

Natsuko will receive her degree in sociology, and Ammi, in social work. Both plan to continue their education in the not-too-distant future. Natsuko will remain in Utah until she makes her application to a post-baccalaureate program, although she is currently undecided about whether her future lies in sociology, psychology or psychiatry. If she decides on sociology, her first choice for graduate school is SUNY @ Stony Brook, the alma mater of Dr. Huiying Wei-Arthus. Should she land on the psychiatry decision, medical school lies in her future @ probably somewhere in the eastern US also. Ammi will move to Seattle, WA, in January and prepare to take the GRE in anticipation of applying to the University of Washington for a master’s degree in social work. Ultimately, she hopes to continue her graduate work and earn a PhD in Women’s Studies.

Both Natsuko and Ammi expressed their appreciation of the learning experiences they had in Women’s Studies. Regarding herself as quite liberal in Japan, Natsuko was surprised to find her options and her opinions expanding as she pursued her education at Weber State. She credits her Women’s Studies courses with giving her new insight and boosting her self-confidence. Although the classes were hard, they helped her shape a commitment to finding a way to improve the lot of all those less privileged by society, be they minority groups, women, or men. Ammi also commented that Women’s Studies is an excellent program with challenging courses and that her experience with her minor taught her a lot about herself. Ammi was one of the group of students who attended the National Women’s Studies Association Conference in Albuquerque last June. Natsuko made an observation that I’m sure we all share when she said, "Women’s Studies is not just for women; [it] is for everybody."

The members of the program are very proud of Natsuko and Ammi as they go off on their life’s pathways and we wish them well. We look forward to hearing of their future contributions to society and their personal successes.

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Women’s Studies expresses a sad but fond farewell to Margarita Guerra, Coordinator of Services for Women’s Students and a member of the Women’s Studies executive council. Margarita has worked actively over the past three years to promote the close relationship which exists today between the two programs. She left Weber State University on December 1 to begin a new job with the Ogden City Chamber of Commerce. After her years in academia, Margarita looks forward to returning to the business world, possibly going on for further education in that field. We will miss her graciousness and caring attitude as well as the sharp business sense that she brought to whatever she did for women at Weber State, but we also wish her well as she continues to develop her many talents in serving her community.

On November 6 Drs. Diane Krantz and Sandra Powell attended the Services for Women Students’ "Elegant Evening of Recognition," a gala event at which benefactors who donate scholarships for women are honored by SWS and by the scholarship recipients. Carol Merrill did an excellent job again this year in organizing and decorating for the event, assisted by students and SWS staff. Scholarship awardees expressed gratitude to the benefactors in a variety of creative ways. Women's Studies remains grateful that its scholarship donors and students have been included as part of this event.

The FUN members’ holiday cookbook includes food for thought as well as recipes to prepare food for the body. It was undertaken as a fund-raising project to support a trip to India. The cookbook will be available the second week in December at a cost of $12.00 in the Women’s Studies office and from members of FUN. Please support the students by purchasing copies for yourself and for all your friends (mild acquaintances, neighbors, enemies, etc.) The group will also be holding a holiday party on 17 December at 7:30 PM. For more information on the book or the party, contact

Performing Arts is offering a number of musical selections to help celebrate your holidays. Unless indicated otherwise, admission is free.

- 2 December, 7:00 PM; Ogden Community Choir; Ogden Tabernacle, 21st &Washington

- 4 December, 7:30 PM; Debut Concert - WSU Horn Choir; Roland Parry Recital Hall (BC113)

- 5 December, 5:30 and 8:00 PM;WSU Choirs and Orchestra; St. Joseph’s Church, 24th & Adams, Ogden; admission - $4.50 ($3.50 for students and WSU employees)

- 9 December, 7:30 PM; Weber State Singers; Austad Auditorium, Browning Center; admission - $4.50 ($3.50 for students and WSU employees)

- 10 December, 7:00 PM; Ogden Community Choir; St. Mark's Cathedral, SLC

- 10 December, 7:30 PM; WSU Chamber Choir; First United Methodist Church, 26th and Jefferson, Ogden; admission - $4.50 ($3.50 for students and WSU employees)

- 14 December, 7:30 PM; Kenji Aihara, Lauris Cope and Lars Yorgason ; Jazz Trio concert; Roland Parry Recital Hall; (BC113)

- 17 December; Junction City Big Band Dance; 7:15 PM, lessons - $1/person; 8:30 PM, dancing - $5/person

1 December @ World AIDS Day

9 and 11 December - Orchesis Dance Concert; 7:30 PM, Allred Theater,Browning Ctr.

10 December @ Classes end; Executive Council Meeting/Holiday Gathering; 1:30 PM, SS115

17 December @ Commencement; 2 PM; Dee Events Center