Women’s, gender and sexuality studies has plans to expand in future
AJ Fournier, Campus Reporter
November 29, 2017
The women’s, gender and sexuality studies department at Eastern has plans to expand and offer new classes as part of a nationwide movement. Jeannie Ludlow, English professor and coordinator of the program, said this movement began about 10 years ago. Ludlow said when women’s studies originall...
Interactive speech to encourage communication, connecting through different viewpoints
Kennedy Nolen, Multicultural Reporter
November 28, 2017
Marne Austin, a professor from Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Ind., will give an interactive speech at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Tarble Arts Center for the second annual Camille Compo Memorial. Austin’s discussion is titled “Buoys Instead of Anchors: Connecting with Each Other Through...
CAA updates programs, revises and adds courses
Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter
October 15, 2017
Many changes to the women’s studies program were made during last Thursday’s Council on Academic Affairs meeting, and some additions to the Spanish, psychology and geology programs. First for the women’s studies program, a new course called Studies of Sexuality and Gender Diversity was proposed...
CAA to vote to change name of women’s studies program
Staff Report
October 10, 2017
The Council on Academic Affairs will vote on a change to the name of the women’s studies program and minor and a revision to the psychology minor at its next meeting Thursday. Women’s studies voted to rename the program to women’s gender and sexuality studies in the fall of 2015. According to...
Women’s Studies to present awards
Mallory Kutnick, Campus Reporter
March 27, 2017
Women’s History and Awareness Month will end with the annual Women’s Studies Awards 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 7th Street Underground of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Women’s studies coordinator Jeannie Ludlow said the awards will include the Women of Artistic Vision at EIU awards,...
Short film to show lives of homeless Russian children
Kennedy Nolen, Multicultural reporter
March 20, 2017
The women’s studies program will team up with the Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival to screen the 2005 documentary, “The Children of Leningradsky” 11 a.m. Tuesday in room 3130 of Coleman Hall. This screening is a part of Women’s History and Awareness Month. The documentary, directed...
Art historian lectures on women’s artwork
Angelica Cataldo, Entertainment Reporter
October 10, 2016
Eastern’s women’s studies department celebrated the life of founding member Camille Compo on Monday night by inviting Gail Levin, a professor of art history and women’s studies, to speak as a part of the Inaugural Camille Compo Memorial Women’s Studies Endowed Speaker Series. “I really...
Women’s Studies welcomes speaker Gail Levin
Mandy Grepares, Contributing Writer
October 9, 2016
The different obstacles and expectations of women artists will be discussed at this year’s Women’s Studies Endowed Speaker Series. Gail Levin, a professor at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, will present “Telling Women Artists’ Lives” 5 p.m. Monday...
