Celebrate Women's History Month 2012 The Veteran's Club’s First Annual (Root) Beer Pong Tournament ime: Common Hour Location: Lion's Den Program Description: Along with raising isibility for the Veteran's Club, this two-day event will also be used to raise awareness regarding alcohol abuse, sexual assault that occurs because of alcohol abuse, and violence that occurs because of alcohol abuse. 100 Years of Girl Scouting- A Time e Capsule rom The Laboratory of Civic Engagement Time: Common Hour Location: Tomezsko Lounge Program Description: Come on over and rite a letter for the 100-year anniversary of Girl Scouting! (paper, stickers, and envelopes RB Riom from toxic threats. Dr. Stein is a gradu- provided) Even if you were not a Girl Scout Wourself, you can write a letter about the impact} of Girl Scouting and your thoughts about the organization. All letters will be locked away on § | Tuesday for the next 25 years, where the future Brandywine community can look back at this i of history. : Tuesday March 13 hadae- Living with HIV Time: Common Hour ocation: 203 Commons rogram Description: Shadae Holland will be visiting our campus during Common Hour fo discuss her real life experienees regarding living with HI Vv Wednesday March 14 inahie- Egyptian-American Spoken Word Poet Time: Common Hour Location: Lion’s Den Program Description: Jinahie will be visiting our campus and performing her spoken word poetry that creatively spans a variety of issues Monday March 19 The Girl With the Guns- Anyg Sanko, Forensic cientist, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Time: Common Hour ocation: Main 101 Program Description: Anya Sanko is currently one of a handful of women in the United States who work in forensic science ana pecialize in firearms analysis. Sanko currently works for the Las Vegas Metropolitan olice Department in their crime lab and will peak not just to her position in the lab, but more importantly, what it like to work in such a male dominated field. Tuesday March 20 Dr: Jill- Stein, Green Party Preston) Candidate Time: Common Hour Location: Tomezsko 103 Program Description: Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein, an environmental-health advocate and co-author of two “green” reports, “In Harm’s Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development” (2000) and “Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging” (2009), will address the Penn State randywine Community. Her program will focus on issues of green local economies, sustainable agriculture, clean power and free- ate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical #School. Tuesday March 227 ednesday March 21 Becca and Kelly “Lets Talk About It” Time: Common Hour ocation: Lion’s Den fProgram Description: A frank and open conversation about rape and sexual Women and Finance Time: Common Hour ocation: Tomezsko 103 rogram Description: Come join Dr. Don Taylor and get a deeper insight on § financial management, investing and saving, retirement, and other concerns hat are gender specific regarding your hard earned cash! Commission for Women Annual Luncheon and Keynote Keynote Speaker: Penn State Laureate Linda Miller Time: Common Hour Location: Large Conference Room, Commons Building Our annual luncheon honors our Woman of the Year and Female Student of the Year. This year, our keynote speaker is Linda Patter- son Miller, the 2011-12 ~ Penn State laureate and professor of English at Penn State Abington. Miller’s area of exper- tise is early 20th-cen- tury American literature and art. She especially is interested i in the emergence of Modernism and the intersection of literature and art, looking at such writers and artists as Ernest emingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Pablo Picasso and Fernand Leger. Her acclaimed book, “Letters from the Lost Generation: Gerald and Sara Murphy and Friends,” explores the group dynamics of the Lost Genera- ion to reveal how their lifelong friendships shaped their art.
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