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Conversations
on Mid- and Late-Life Transitions
Emory Weekend
Fifteenth Anniversary
Financial Series
Library
Massage Therapy
Morgan Lectures
Telling Our Stories
Feminists in Action
Unsung Heroine Awards
Women's Health and Wellness
Women's
History Month
Women's
News and Narratives
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Watch a streaming
video of Dorothy Allison giving the 2008 Feminist
Founders Reading, Creative Writing Program Reading Series,
on March 3, 2008.
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Listen
to 30 interviews from the Oral History Project, initiated
by the President's Commission on the Status of Women and
now housed at the Center for Women.
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Two
Women of Note: Sachelle Ford and Carolyn Cole
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Sachelle Ford
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Carolyn Cole |
This Spring, we introduce you to two
Women of Note, students in the Emory community of outstanding women.
Sachelle Ford is originally from Kingston Jamaica, and came to Atlanta
by way of Jacksonville, Florida. Until very recently, her mother
worked at Emory, and Sachelle has wanted to attend the University
since she was in 7th grade. She will graduate in a few weeks with
a major in English.
Her most formative experience at Emory
was a course in Women’s Studies at Oxford, when her eyes were
opened to how theory is applied in practice, and how service to
others can be that application. Her first course included an experience
teaching English to immigrant women, and she began to see the power
of the connections between community and education. While at Oxford,
she also participated in a project with I Care, working for a week
with a family in need after Hurricane Katrina. At Emory she has
worked in the Center for Women, been a member of the President’s
Commission on the Status of Women, co-directed a production of the
Vagina Monologues, been an RA in Campus Life, and earned the prestigious
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship. She says that Emory provides
its students with many opportunities to give back that other campuses
lack, and she sees this as a privilege.
Commencement will be bittersweet for
her, as she sets her sights on next Fall as a Ph.D. student at Brown,
where she will study to be a teacher.
Carolyn Cole is from the Philippines and was evacuated at age 4
due to a volcano. Her family moved to Denver, where she discovered
Emory through a high school friend who selected the University.
Carolyn was drawn to Emory for its beauty and reputation, and she
wanted to experience the South and the diversity of Atlanta. She
will graduate in ‘09 with a double major in International
Studies and Sociology. Carolyn received the 2008 Leadership and
Service Delores P. Aldridge Excellence Award, named for Emory's
first African American professor and founder of the African American
Studies Program at Emory University.
Carolyn’s most formative experience
at Emory was participation in multicultural community building projects,
especially the Sustained Dialogue Program. She plans to study abroad
in Africa this summer, and hopes this experience will help reveal
her next steps, perhaps some work in Washington D.C. after graduating.
Right now, she plans to earn a Ph.D. in Sociology and teach, as
this is where she sees change occurring. Her observations of excellence
at Emory include its place in the larger community of Atlanta, where
there is a solid multicultural presence and a significant black
community, as well as its active, service-oriented presence as a
University that is academically rigorous.
Do
you know a “Woman of Note?” Someone who excels in her
field, is involved in the arts, has an interesting hobby or avocation,
or volunteers for a worthy endeavor? If you know someone who should
appear as a Woman of Note, please download the application here
and email it to sasha.smith@emory.edu.
Women of Note Archives. |
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There
is a place at Emory where women can gather for lively discussion or quiet
contemplation. The Center for Women at Emory, established in 1992, offers
learning experiences that help Emory women transform themselves and society.
Its educational programs link the individual womans personal creativity
to a life lived in community and reflect the diverse views of women in
all walks of life. The center provides advocacy, support, and the opportunity
to transform concerns into action.
As a forum for womens intellectual, cultural, ethical, and spiritual
life, the Center for Women is a prototype of interdisciplinary perspective.
It serves as an advocate for gender equity throughout the University and
encourages inquiry into gender issues. Its programs are about women but
relevant to everyone. It is our mission to provide a strong informational
network for all members of our community.
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Calendar
Highlights
Click
here to view our full Summer Calendar.
Women's Health and Wellness. "Successful
Breastfeeding for Busy Women" with Maeve Howett, PhD, RN, CPNP. Wednesday,
May 28, Cox Hall, Meeting Room #6, 12p.m.
- 1p.m.
Women's Health and Wellness. "Planning a Baby: How to Optimize
your Outcome" with Jane Mashburn, CNM, MN.
Wednesday, June 25, Candler Library 125, 12p.m. - 1p.m.
Mark your calendars for the first Fall
2008 meeting of Feminists in Action!
Wednesday, Sept. 10th, 2008
at the Center for Women
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