{"id":5920,"date":"2011-02-14T15:35:24","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T21:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bemidjistate.edu\/bsutoday\/?p=5920"},"modified":"2021-11-01T15:33:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T20:33:23","slug":"womens-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2011\/02\/14\/womens-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s studies program announces Women\u2019s History Month activities"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEMIDJI, Minn. (February 14, 2011)<\/strong> — Bemidji State University, its women’s studies program and its Women’s Resource Center will host or be involved with a month-long series of activities to celebrate March as Women’s History Month.<\/p>\n

The recognition of Women’s History Month kicks off Saturday, Feb. 26, with the induction ceremonies for the Northwest Minnesota Women’s Hall of Fame, and ends Friday, April 1 when a two-week student talkback event ends in Bemidji State’s Hobson Memorial Union.<\/p>\n

• Saturday, Feb. 26 — 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Northwest Minnesota Women’s Hall of Fame 2011 induction ceremony; Beaux Arts Ballroom, Bemidji State University’s upper Hobson Memorial Union. A celebration of the induction of Norma Hanson, former board member for the Northwest Minnesota Foundation, into the Northwest Minnesota Women’s Hall of Fame. The event is co-sponsored by the Northwest Minnesota Women’s Fund.
\nTickets: $20, $15 for students and senior citizens. For more information, call (218) 755-2045 or visit http:\/\/www.nwmf.org.<\/p>\n

• March 15 — 3-4:30 p.m., “Women Negotiating the Workplace,” a session for students on how to survive and thrive in the workplace. Upper Hobson Memorial Union. Sponsored by the women’s studies program and Bemidji Area Business Women.<\/p>\n

• March 18 — 6 p.m., “Whip It” film screening, followed by a question and answer session about roller derby with the Babe City Rollers. Hagg-Sauer 100.<\/p>\n

• March 19 — noon-2 p.m., “Derby 101 with the Babe City Rollers,” an open invitation to skate with the Babe City Rollers and learn the basics of roller derby. Memorial Hall 100.<\/p>\n

• March 20 — 2-4 p.m., Babe City Rollers roller derby scrimmage. John Glas Fieldhouse.<\/p>\n

• March 23 — 3 p.m., “Faculty Forum: Our History Meets the Present,” a discussion on women’s and gender studies across the curriculum. Hagg-Sauer Hall faculty lounge.<\/p>\n

• March 25 — 6 p.m., reading and reception for “Dust and Fire,” Bemidji State University’s anthology of creative works by women. American Indian Resource Center.<\/p>\n

• March 25 — 7:30 p.m., a flute performance by Linda Chatterton, featuring works by four women composers. Thompson Recital Hall, Bangsberg Fine Arts Complex.<\/p>\n

• March 26 — 6:47 p.m., “SisterSong” in concert, Wild Rose Theatre, Bemidji. Tickets available on a sliding scale from free to $20.<\/p>\n

• March 28 — 6 p.m., “Amelia” film screening. Hagg-Sauer Hall 100.<\/p>\n

• March 29 — 12-1:15 p.m., “Negotiating Salaries for Women,” presented by Margie Giauque, Bemidji State University Career Services. Ozawindib Room, lower Hobson Memorial Union.<\/p>\n

• March 21-April 1 — daily student talkback event providing responses to controversial feminist quotes, held in the Viking Room of Bemidji State’s lower Hobson Memorial Union.<\/p>\n

A complete listing of events surrounding Women’s History Month is available by visiting the Bemidji State University events calendar on the Web at http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more information about Women’s History Month and the activities surrounding its recognition, contact the BSU Women’s Center at (218) 755-3771.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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