The Hollins Women Making Change Research Project inspired a two-day conference in March 2006, entitled "Women's Leadership and Social Change." The Conference featured Hollins alumnae and students as speakers and was attended by approximately 100 people. Below is the Conference Schedule.

 

 

 

Women’s Leadership and Social Change Conference

 

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

 

 

Friday, March 10, 2006

 

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Check in and registration

Lobby, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

 

Open Houses:

·        Women’s Studies Program

·        Batten Leadership Institute

·        HOP Leadership Training Program

Lobby, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

 

Panel:  Activism at Hollins – Past

Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

 

Panel:  Activism at Hollins – Present

Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

 

 

 

Saturday, March 11, 2006

 

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

 

Check in and registration

Lobby, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

 

Breakfast  ($4.00)

Dining Hall, Moody Student Center

9:00 a.m.

 

Conference Welcome

  • President Nancy O. Gray
  • LeeRay M. Costa, Ph.D.

Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

9:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

 

Keynote Panel: Hollins Women Making Change

  • Jane Aiken ’77
  • Mary E. Hatten ’71
  • Lori Maddox ’84
  • Mildred Emory Persinger ’39

Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

Noon – 1:00 p.m.

 

Lunch ($5.25)

Dining Hall, Moody Student Center

 

 

 

 

Saturday, March 11, 2006

 

1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

 

Concurrent Workshops Session I:

(A)  Women’s Leadership in the Non-Profit Sector

·        Debra Abbott ‘74

·        Laura Boutwell ‘96

·        Susan Jennings ‘73

·        Wyona Lynch-McWhite

Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

 

(B)  Leadership Skills for Women: Conflict and Negotiation

  • Abrina Schnurman-Crook, Ph.D.

Room 119, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

2:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

 

Concurrent Workshops Session II:

(C)  The Importance of Mentors

  • Drucilla Barker, Ph.D.
  • LeeRay M. Costa, Ph.D.

Room 119, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

 

(D) Work/Life Balance

  • Lori Joseph, Ph.D.

 Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center

4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

 

Networking Reception 

Hollins Room, Wyndham Robertson Library

5:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

 

Closing Remarks

Hollins Room, Wyndham Robertson Library

 

 

ONGOING ACTIVITIES

 

HOLLINS ALUMNAE AND ACTIVISM: PAST AND PRESENT

LIBRARY EXHIBIT

Periodicals Reading Room, Wyndham Robertson Library

 

BOOKS ON WOMEN, LEADERSHIP AND ACTIVISM

Hollins Bookshop, lower level Moody Student Center

 

 

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

 

Women’s Studies Program                                                    Follett, Hollins Bookshop

Baylies Willey Lecture Fund                                                Hollywood’s Restaurant

Batten Leadership Institute                                                  Kroger

Celeste Koger Hampton ’60                                                  Say Cheese

Alumna-In-Residence Fund                                     Wine Gourmet

The President’s Academic Enhancement Fund                   

 

THANK YOU TO OUR PLANNING COMMITTEE

 

Laura Tuggle Anderson ’98, External Relations             Lori Joseph, Ph.D., Communication Studies

Drucilla Barker, Ph.D., Economics & Women’s            Jon Guy Owens, Hollins Outdoor Program       

            Studies                                                             Joan Ruelle, Director Wyndham Robertson

Judy Bates ’98, Alumnae Relations                                           Library

LeeRay M. Costa, Ph.D., Women’s Studies                 Abrina Schnurman-Crook, Ph.D., Batten

& Anthropology                                                           Leadership Institute

Miranda Dennis ’08, Women’s Studies major               Darla Schumm, Ph.D., Religious Studies

Brook Dickson ’95, President’s Office                          Dotty Weaver, Alumnae Events Coordinator

Jeff Hodges, Public Relations                                        Denita Wray ’06, Women’s Studies major

 

 

THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS

 

Crystal Clusiau

Kristina Drexel

Leslie Jarzabski

Sarah McCaig

Candace Norton

Jocelyn Sanders

Allison Smith

Hieu Pham

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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