Like many students interning across the country this summer, Ellie Eckerson '11 is already using lessons learned pursuing her major in real-world applications. Eckerson, a women's studies major concentrating in international women's issues, is working with The Center for Women and Families in Bridgeport, Conn.
The Center was originally a YWCA when it started in 1895, but changed its name in 1997.... More >>
A women's studies major and musician, Merrill Amos '11 found a perfect opportunity to celebrate both disciplines in the 9th Annual Women's Music Festival, "Women's Rights to Rock (WR2R 2010)" that was held in Seneca Falls, N.Y. She was among 30 performers to take part in the three-day event earlier this month and notes the event created a bridge between her two passions: feminism and music.
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Jacquelyn Litt '80, an award-winning sociologist and the founding chair of women's and gender studies at the University of Missouri, has been appointed the new dean of Douglass Residential College and the Douglass Campus at Rutgers University. Litt begins her term as Douglass dean on Sept. 1.
Douglass Residential College is a community of students who elect to participate in a women's leadershi... More >>
