UCF Libraries has jumped wholeheartedly into Women’s History Month 2020 with the help of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program and faculty from various disciplines across UCF.
Women First at UCF Project
Reception:
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
4:00 – 6:00 pm
John C. Hitt Library room 223
Exhibit:
Friday, February 28th through Sunday, April 19th, 2020
The Women First at UCF Project is a collaboration between Dr. M. C. Santana (Women’s and Gender Studies), Dr. Robert Cassanello (History), Mary Rubin, Eli Jimenez, and Christopher Saclolo (Special Collections & University Archives). In this interdisciplinary project, the exhibit team envisioned documenting the legacy of women who occupied a rank, position or graduation as first in their field. Our desire was to create awareness of the impact and work of hundreds of women in our university’s history.
The exhibit will be on display in the UCF John C. Hitt Library from February 28 through April 30, 2020.
The Women First at UCF exhibit reception is on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, from 4:00 – 6:00 pm in John C. Hitt Library 223.
Film: Filthy Dreamers
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
2:00 – 4:00 pm
John C. Hitt Library room 223
Join UCF Libraries for a film screening of the College Television Emmy award winning documentary, Filthy Dreamers. This student-produced project focuses on efforts to restrict academic freedom for women who attended Florida State College for Women in the late 1920s. Project faculty advisors Dr. Robert Cassanello and Dr. Lisa Mills with be joined by narrator Dr. Connie Lester to facilitate a discussion after the screening.
WomanFest
2020
Thursday, March 19, 2020
John C. Hitt Library room 223
Women in Academia panel – 10:00
– 11:00 am
UCF faculty members Dr. Linda
Walters (Biology, Center for Success of Women Faculty), Dr. Amelia Lyons
(History), Dr. Nessette Falu (Anthropology), and Dr. RoSusan Bartee
(Educational Leadership and Higher Education) discuss their career paths, how
to find a work/life balance, and their struggles faced and battles won as women
in higher education. Panel moderated by Dr. Leandra Preston-Sidler (Women &
Gender Studies).
Women and Body Image Workshop
& Lunch – 12:00 – 1:30 pm – RSVP required
The Renfrew Center for Eating
Disorders will provide lunch and a presentation on body image, health, and
wellness. Event is limited to 50 participants. Please RSVP at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/womanfest-2020-women-and-body-image-tickets-89623264597
Women’s History Trivia
Contest – 2:00 – 3:30 pm
How much do you know about
women’s history? UCF Libraries and the Women & Gender Studies Program are
hosting a rousing pub-style trivia game featuring questions about interesting
women in history, female firsts at UCF, and songs by well-known female
musicians. Make new friends as we play in teams. Will you come out on top?
Women
in STEM @ UCF panel
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
11:00 – 12:30 pm
John C. Hitt Library room 223
Join the Libraries for a panel discussion focusing on UCF female faculty’s experiences working in STEM disciplines and hear what actions they would like to see to increase female student participation in STEM fields. Panelists are Dr. Adrienne Dove (Planetary Sciences), Dr. Charissa de Bekker (Biology), Dr. Azadeh Vosoughi (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science), Dr. Helen Huang (Mechanical Engineering), and Dr. Candice Bridge (Forensic Science). Moderated by Sandy Avila (Libraries’ Science Subject Librarian).
