Check out the WGSS graduation 2020 slide show HERE!! A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR GRADUATING MAJORS AND MINORS!! Graduation 2020 PP-21may2020…Continue Reading WGSS Class of 2020: Graduating Majors and Minors
Congratulations, WGSS 2020 Graduates: We are so proud of you!
Professor Nancy Hiemstra congratulates the WGSS 2020 graduates on their achievement and reads from Gloria Anzaldúa’s Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. Congrats WST Majors & Minor! Woohoo! You are a truly amazing group of students, for how hard you have worked, challenges that you have faced, and all that you have accomplished. Thank you for diving…Continue Reading Congratulations, WGSS 2020 Graduates: We are so proud of you!
Vivien Hartog Graduate Student Teaching Award: Annu Daftuar, Val Moyer, & Melis Umut
We are very pleased to announce the 2020 recipients of the Vivien Hartog Graduate Student Teaching Award: Annu Daftuar, Val Moyer, and Melis Umut. Congratulations to Annu, Val, and Melis! First, we want to tell you a bit about this award and Vivien Hartog. Then, the advisors of the three graduate students will present this…Continue Reading Vivien Hartog Graduate Student Teaching Award: Annu Daftuar, Val Moyer, & Melis Umut
Well wishes from WGSS faculty to the WGSS class of 2020
Several WGSS faculty have created celebratory messages to the WGSS class of 2020 for the #WGSSGraduation2020 blog. Here are contributions from Professors Victoria Hesford, Liz Montegary, and Francesca Spedalieri. Enjoy! Professor Hesford reads Emily Dickinson’s poem “‘Hope’ is a thing with feathers.” Professor Montegary shares some messages for the “graduated feminists!” And Professor Spedalieri…Continue Reading Well wishes from WGSS faculty to the WGSS class of 2020
Terry Alexander Award in WGSS: Nic Grima
Every year an undergraduate receives the Terry Alexander Award, honoring the mother of Courtney Alexander, a Women’s Studies major who graduated in 2006. Terry was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1982, and she worked to raise awareness about the disease until her death in 2006. This award is given annually to a graduating major in…Continue Reading Terry Alexander Award in WGSS: Nic Grima
Jeanette Blanchette, WGSS BA ’20: I believe voices like mine need to be heard & represented
Jeanette Blanchette offers moving words about her experience as a Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies minor and about her plans for the future: During my time at WGSS, I was fortunate to learn from a vast array of intelligent and passionate professors who truly loved their craft. I was able to learn more about the diverse communities around me…Continue Reading Jeanette Blanchette, WGSS BA ’20: I believe voices like mine need to be heard & represented
WGSS Academic Excellence Award: Jessica Tom and Jeanette Blanchette
The WGSS Award for Academic Excellence goes to both WGSS major, Jessica Tom, and WGSS minor, Jeanette Blanchette. Professor Ritch Calvin presents the award to Jessica Tom: I am very happy to announce that Jessica Tom has been awarded the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Award for Academic Excellence. Jessica is a double major in…Continue Reading WGSS Academic Excellence Award: Jessica Tom and Jeanette Blanchette