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FAU Commemorates Women’s History Month
BOCA RATON , FL (March 11, 2008) – Florida Atlantic University will present a series of lectures and events to commemorate women’s history month. All events will take place on FAU’s Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road, and are free and open to the public. Events are sponsored by the Women’s Studies Center in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, unless otherwise noted.
March 10-29
Exhibition: “Glimpses of our Past – Stories of Some Nursing Uniforms”
Sponsored by the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Nursing Building, Room 114
For dates and times, visit www.fau.edu/nursing
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Tuesday, March 11, 4 p.m.
Presentation and discussion of the film, “Trade”
Presented by the Sociology Film Club
General Classroom South, Room 111
For information, contact Farshad Araghi at araghi@fau.edu
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Friday, March 14, noon
“The Concert Hall that Fell Asleep and Woke Up as a Car Radio: The Effects of Transportation on Classical Music,” with composer Libby Larsen
Presented by the department of music, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
University Theatre
For information, contact Heather Coltman at coltman@fau.edu
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Friday, March 14, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Tenth Annual Women’s Studies Graduate Student Symposium “Changing the Faces of Feminism”
Administration Building, Board of Trustees Room
For information, contact Katy Smith at ksmit141@fau.edu
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Thursday, March 27, 3:30 p.m.
“The Nazi Conscience,” with Dr. Claudia Koonz, Duke University
Presented by the department of history, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Wimberly Library
For information, contact Patrica Kollander at kollande@fau.edu
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Monday, March 31, 4- 5:15 p.m.
Third Annual Women Author’s Panel Ph.D. Colloquium Series
General Classroom South, Room 119
For information, contact Marsha S. Rose at msrose@fau.edu, or Susan Love Brown at slbrown@fau.edu
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Wednesday, April 2, 5:30-8pm (reception, presentation, and discussion)
“Living and Learning Together: The United Nations, Children’s Rights, and Education,” with Gillian Martin Sorenson, United Nations Foundation
Sponsored by the College of Education
For information and location, contact Marta Cruz Janzen at cruzjanz@fau.edu
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