SU Marks Women's History Month with Series of Events

SALISBURY, MD---The theme of Salisbury University’s first annual campus-wide celebration of Women’s History Month is “I want to be a woman like me.” Taken from the lyrics of singer/songwriter Nerissa Nields, who with her sister Katryna will perform an acoustic pop-folk concert as part of the series, it is a call for women (and men) to nurture and celebrate self.

Kicking off the series is a special performance to help end violence against women and girls. Theatre major Chrissy Moore directs Eve Ensler’s, The Vagina Monologues, Saturday, March 1, at 8 p.m. in the Guerrieri University Center’s Wicomico Room. Donations will be collected at the door with proceeds benefiting Salisbury’s Life Crisis Center, a non-profit agency for victims of abuse.

Women and mathematics? Go figure! On Tuesday, at March 4, 7:30 p.m., in Henson Hall room 101, Dr. Jennifer Bergner and Dr. Kathleen Shannon of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science give a lecture titled, “Women and Mathematics: The Pythagorean's Even Numbers.” Bergner and Shannon provide an overview of the mathematical contributions of women and the societal boundaries they overcame from the time of Pythagoras to our century.

Wednesday, March 5, brings independent film director Kimberly Peirce, who wrote and directed the 1999 critically acclaimed film Boys Don't Cry, to Holloway Hall Auditorium at 8 p.m. Peirce leads a discussion about the movie, which begins at 6 p.m., film directing in general and the woman's role as director in Hollywood.

The acoustic duo, Nerissa and Katryna Nields, perform Thursday, March 6, at 8 p.m., in Holloway Hall Auditorium. Between 1994 and 2000, The Nields released six full length CDs, supporting their albums with tour dates that took them all over North America.

The Perdue School features, “Women in Information Technology: Opportunities and Challenges,” Tuesday, March 11, from 7-8:30 p.m., in the Great Hall of Holloway Hall. This panel discussion highlights the efforts of women in industry who work in the information technology field. It is moderated by Department of Information and Decision Sciences faculty members Dr. Catherine Beise and Dr. Kathy Wright.

Carolyn Stegman, author of the book, Women of Achievement in Maryland History (2002), a non-profit project chaired by Maryland's First Lady, Frances H. Glendening, addresses the main issues of women’s historical climb to equality and presents some of the personal, motivational biographies of women of achievement. Her presentation is in the Common’s Montgomery Room on Wednesday, March 12 at 7 p.m.

The "pop world music" band, Pugsly, celebrates women at the Guerrieri University Center’s Gull’s Nest, March 13, from 5-6:30 p.m. The concert features a seven-piece band of SU professors from various departments and also includes a slide-show presentation and invites audience participation.

 In cooperation with the Seidel School, Dr. Nel Noddings, professor emerita at Stanford University, speaks on "Caring and Moral Education" on Tuesday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m., in Holloway Hall Auditorium. In addition to 12 books, among them, Caring: A Feminine Approach to Ethics and Moral Education, Women and Evil and The Challenge to Care in Schools, she is the author of more than 170 articles and chapters on various topics ranging from the ethics of care to mathematical problem solving.

The Women’s History Month series is sponsored by the Gender Studies Interest Group, the Office of the President, the Office of the Provost, the Fulton School, Perdue School, Henson School, Seidel School, Office of Cultural Affairs and SOAP.

For more information, call 410-543-6030.