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Think Spring!
March 2004
Headlines...
What is OCW
Volunteers Needed – News Horizon’s Spaghetti Dinner
The Faculty-Staff Divide
SPRING 2004 OCW SYMPOSIUM
W o m e n’s Advisory Council Brown Bag Discussion Series
Women on Campus Factoid
Strong Women in the Movies
Talented Women of UW-L: Anne Galbraith
New Books @ Murphy Library By and About Women
Noteworthy Links
Conferences
2003-2004 Members
What is OCW?
The Organization for Campus Women (OCW) is an organization for ALL persons affiliated with UW-L: academic
staff, classified staff, and faculty. The objectives of OCW are to promote equal opportunity for all women, serve
as a vehicle for communication among women at UW-L, and to collaborate with other locate, state, and national
organizations concerned with improving the status of women.
OCW has an elected board which governs the overall organization. This steering committee is comprised of three
representatives from each of the three employment categories as well as the chairs of each of the various
committees.
Membership in OCW requires only an annual $5.00 dues payment which helps support programming efforts.
Committee service is also encouraged though not required. Join us!!
Volunteers Needed – News Horizon’s Spaghetti Dinner
In keeping with OCW’s Mission Statement “to conduct annual service projects to enhance the status of women,”
OCW has agreed to help New Horizons with their annual fund-raiser this spring. Volunteers are needed to help
at the Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction on Thursday, April 15 from 4:45 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Moose Lodge,
1932 Ward Avenue, La Crosse.
At least a dozen volunteers are needed to help with serving beverages, busing tables and washing dishes. All
volunteers receive a free spaghetti dinner and have the opportunity to bid on silent auction items.
This is a great way to promote OCW to the community and socialize with other campus women, all for a great
c a u s e ! I f y o u a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n h e l p i n g a t t h e f u n d-r a i s e r , p l e a s e e m a i l M a u r e e n W i l s o n a t :
[email protected] by Tuesday, March 9. The Faculty-Staff Divide
Thank you to Betsy Morgan for bringing to our attention this insightful article from the Chronicle of Higher
Education. Through her own experiences, Paula Krebs, chairwoman of the department of English at Wheaton
College in Massachusetts, gives us her personal perspective on the hierarchy of campus personnel through her
own experiences. "The Faculty-Staff Divide"
By Paula M. Krebs
Chronicle of Higher Education
November 14, 2003
http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i12/12b00501.htm
SPRING 2004 OCW SYMPOSIUM
Reminder to those of you registered for the OCW Spring 2004 Symposium. The March 9th event is being held in
the Ward Room at Cartwright Center. Registration and lunch will start at 11am with keynote speaker Professor
Tom Thibodeau, Viterbo University, beginning at 11:30am. Don’t forget to bring along a canned food item. All
benefits will go toward “The Place of Grace.”
Women’s Advisory Council Brown Bag Discussion Series
The Chancellor’s Women’s Advisory Council is sponsoring a series of informal discussions on “Developing
Leadership for Women at UW-L.” Sessions are organized by employment category and one session is for
students. The series is co-sponsored by Affirmative Action and Diversity. The discussions began in February with
a Faculty discussion and an Academic Discussion.
March 10, Classified Staff, noon to 1 p.m., Ward Room, Cartwright Center.
March 26, Instructional Academic Staff, noon to 1 p.m., 326 Cartwright Center.
April 1, Students, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 259 Cartwright Center.
For further information, contact Women’s Advisory Council Chair Jodi Vandenberg-Daves, 785-8346, or
[email protected].
Women on Campus Factoid
In 1944, the Women’s Self Governing Association formed to “regulate all matters pertaining to women students.”
UW-L’s Women’s studies program was initiated in 1977.
According to Human Resource records from January 2004, there are 601 men and 612 women employed at UW-L.
All employees are included (full and part-time) except students.
Strong Women in the Movies
A quick list of movies with strong female characters; enjoy!
Chocolat
Small town, single mom, and chocolate.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Flying characters, martial arts, and romance.
Erin Brockovich
Fact-based, best actress Oscar, and a health-crisis investigation.
The Piano
Arranged marriage, a mute women, and piano lessons.
Real Women Have Curves
College vs. family, first boyfriend, and dress-making.
Whale Rider
Patriarchal tribal traditions, a mythic whale rider, and New Zealand.
Talented Women of UW-L: Anne Galbraith
Our February/March article on talented women of UW-L, features Anne Galbraith. Anne
has been at UW-L since 1998 and is an associate professor in the Department of Biology.
Besides teaching, advising, mentoring, and doing research in the Biology Department,
she also wears the hat of current President of the Organization for Campus Women. Anne knew she wanted to teach from a very young age. Playing school with her younger
sister was a normal childhood activity. You can probably guess who got to be the teacher
all the time! However her aspirations changed continually, from wanting to teach
younger students to college students. This led her from an education degree to a B.S.
degree from the Department of Biology at Briar Cliff College in Sioux City, Iowa. She then
obtained her Ph.D., from the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Once her Ph.D. was completed she ventured to Denver, Colorado, to complete a post doctoral at the University of
Colorado Health Science Center. It was in Denver that Anne learned a very important life skill, not to blush when
working within a department where she was the only woman. She would also give this advice to any other
women in a field where women are the minority. Anne is one of those people who religiously follows the quote,
“laughter is the best medicine”. She is always ready for a good laugh. How many other professors have Homer
Simpson links on their web page?
When asked, what is the one thing she likes best about her teaching position? she replied, “That is a hard one
because I have two. First is the students, who are really good people. I feel like a mom watching them progress
from freshmen to seniors but without having the actual responsibility of their real mom. The second is my
department. I am very fortunate to work in a good department with the colleagues I have at UW-L”. Her response
to the least favorite thing associated with her position is probably shared by many others on this campus –
“grading!”
In Anne’s other life outside of campus, she keeps pretty busy with a 17 year old daughter Nikki who is a junior at
West Salem High School and 6 year old daughter Alex who is in kindergarten. Her husband Rob runs his own
business, Rob’s Furniture Repair, out of their home. New Books @ Murphy Library By and About Women
The following titles are just a few of the new books Murphy Library has received in the past 2 months that are by
and/or about women.
Title: Competing devotions: career and family among women executives
Author: Blair-Loy, Mary.
Location: 2nd Floor Stacks
Call Number: HD4904.25 .B57 2003
Info: The author interviews executive women about their strategies for juggling work and family life, and focuses
on the cultural elements that shape women’s identities.
Title: Elizabeth I: always her own free woman
Location: 2nd Floor Stacks
Call Number: DA357 .E45 2003
Info: A multidisciplinary collection of 12 essays on Queen Elizabeth, the advice she was given, connections
between her court and the arts, and the role of her rule in the country’s political life.
Title: Encyclopedia of women's travel and exploration
Author: Netzley, Patricia D.
Location: 2nd Floor Stacks
Call Number: G465 .N47 200
Info: Entries on 315 women explorers from mountain climbers, writers, anthropologists, missionaries, and more.
Title: Founding mothers and others: women educational leaders during the progressive era
Location: 2nd Floor Stacks
Call Number: LA2311 .F69 2002
Info: Examines the role of female educational leaders in the early twentieth century, the progressive schools
they founded, and their lives.
Title: Lady and the unicorn
Author: Chevalier, Tracy.
Location: Leisure Reading Collection
Call Number: PS3553.H4367 L33 2004
Info: By the author of Girl with a Pearl Earring, this novel tells of forbidden passion, social power, and an artists’
creation of a large tapestry series.
Title: Rapunzel's daughters: what women's hair tells us about women's lives
Author: Weitz, Rose, 1952Location: 2nd Floor Stacks
Call Number: GT2290 .W45 2004
Info: Focusing on women in postwar America, this book includes interviews, statistics, and observations on
women, their hair, and self-image.
Title: Seen and heard: a century of Arab women in literature and culture
Author: Mikhail, Mona.
Edition: First American ed.
Location: 2nd Floor Stacks
Call Number: PJ7538 .M554 2004
Info: Essays on how Arab women are seen by others, and how they see themselves based on literature, film,
popular culture, and law.
Title: Women with big eyes
Author: Mastretta, Angeles, 1949Location: 2nd Floor Stacks
Call Number: PQ7298.23.A795 M38913 2003
Info: Lessons on life and love in lyrical vignettes of thirty-nine strong Mexican women (Fiction).
Title: Women in science: career processes and outcomes
Author: Xie, Yu, 1959Location: 2nd Floor Stacks
Call Number: Q130 .Z54 2003
Info: An account of American children, science education, and the social forces surrounding careers in science.
Noteworthy Links
Check out the Women’s Studies calendar/newsletter website for events scheduled during March for Women’s
History month. (http://www.uwlax.edu/womensstudies/)
OCW website (http://www.uwlax.edu/ocw)
Conferences
National Women's Studies Association
25th Annual Conference, Women in the Middle:
Borders, Barriers, Intersections, June 17-20, 2004 in Milwaukee, WI. http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CWS/nwsa/
2003-2004 Members
Thank you to all of our members for your continued support of the Organization for Campus Women. If you have
paid your dues and your name does not appear on the membership list, please contact Jo Ann Kuester at
[email protected] or 785-8626. OCW memberships run yearly from September 1 through August 31. The
only criteria to serve on one of our committees, is a current $5.00 OCW membership.
To join OCW go to http://www.uwlax.edu/ocw/membershipform.html
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