Women's Centers Pre Conference • Thursday, June 28

Women’s Centers: Paths for the Future

This daylong event offers Women’s Centers professionals, student leaders, and Women’s Studies faculty an opportunity for professional development as well as a supportive environment in which to explore the successes and challenges of our work.

The theme for this year’s WCC Pre-Conference is “Women’s Centers: Paths for the Future,” which builds on the General Conference theme, “Past Debates, Present Possibilities, Future.

There is a $60 registration fee for the Women’s Centers Committee Pre-Conference. This fee is in addition to the general conference registration fee, and includes morning coffee/pastries and lunch for those attending the pre-conference.

For more information on the NWSA Women’s Centers Committee, visit http://www.nwsa.org/centers/index.php

Centers Committee Pre-Conference Mentoring Program

The NWSA Women’s Centers Committee is implementing a new mentoring program at the 2007 pre-conference. The goal of the mentoring program is to welcome newcomers who may be unfamiliar with academic conferences or with the NWSA Women’s Centers Committee in particular. If you would like to be or have a mentor, please click here to fill out the form.

Schedule

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8:00 am – 12:00 pm: WCC Pre-Conference Registration

8:00 – 8:30 am: Coffee and Bagels

8:30 – 9:15 a.m.: Welcome & Ice Breaker
Allison Kimmich, Executive Director, National Women’s Studies Association
Marlene Kowalski-Braun, Grand Valley State University / Co-Chair, NWSA Women’s Centers Committee Pre-Conference,
Yvette Upton, Georgia Tech, Co-Chair, NWSA Women’s Centers Committee Pre-Conference

9:15 – 9:45 am: Overview of the Women’s Centers Committee
Brenda Bethman, University of Missouri-Kansas City / NWSA Women’s Centers Committee Chair

10:00 - 11:15am: Breakout Session I
“How NWSA Works / Introduction to the WCC and Women’s Centers” (Note: Part of this session will be a joint session with the Program Administration & Development Committee)
“How NWSA Works” Presenters:
Barb Howe, NWSA President
Allison Kimmich, NWSA Executive Director
Valda Lewis, NWSA Director of Media & Technology
“Introduction to WCC / Women’s Centers” Presenters:
Brenda Bethman, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Others TBA

“Mentoring Matters: Building and Growing a Meaningful Mentoring Program for Students”
Bridge Gorrow, Portland State University
Susan Marine, Harvard College Women’s Center

“Engaging Academics in the Academe: Women’s Centers and Curriculum Programming”
Penny Rice, Iowa State University
Katie Pope, Purdue University

“Feminist Leadership in Student Affairs: A Critical Look at Scholarship and Practice”
Marlene Kowalski-Braun, Grand Valley State University
Chris Linder, Colorado State University
Others TBA

11:30 am – 12:30 pm: Networking Lunch with Table Topics

12:45 – 2:15 pm: General Session
“Women of Color and White Women Working in Partnership to Dismantle Racism and White Privilege in our Women’s Centers and the NWSA Women’s Center Committee”

2:30– 3:45 pm: Breakout Session II
“Women’s Centers Face Facebook: A Tool for Online Organizing?”
Brenda Bethman, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kathy Fischer, University of Connecticut
Claire Robbins, Duke University
Katherine Rose-Mockry, University of Kansas
Theresa Survillion, Texas A&M University

“Sister-to-Sister: A Campus-Community Program to Allow Girls to Speak Out”
Moderator: Xenia Markowitt, Dartmouth College
Panelists:
Megan Fallon, Dartmouth College
Cameron Houser, Dartmouth College Senior, Sister-to-Sister Executive Committee;
Raina Hammel, Dartmouth College Senior, Sister-to-Sister Executive Committee
Oriana Pedone, Thetford Academy, 8th Grade Participant

“The What Centers Need Document: Making Use of the Data on Your Campus”
Rebecca Morrow, Idaho State University
Penny Rice, Iowa State University

4:00 – 5:15 pm: Breakout Session III
“Building Community-- Sisters Beneath the Skin”
Chimi Boyd, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

“Student Learning: Assessment Of Learning Outcomes With Student Volunteers”
Aimee Shattuck, Portland State University
Bridge Gorrow, Portland State University

“The Men’s Project: Engaging Men as Allies for Social Justice
Chris Linder, Colorado State University

"Singing in Sacred Circle"
Shelley Graff, Feminist Singer/Songwriter

5:20 –5:45 pm  Closing Session