WOMEN’S STUDIES  UNDERGRADUATE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP 2008

Fall 2008 Women’s Studies Workshops

This semester the Women’s Studies Department begins a series of professional development workshops that is open to all undergraduate students. Please see the  schedule of themes and speakers below:

 

Thursday 25th September, 2008

From Theory to Practice: Preparing for the Workplace

Resume Writing/Seeking Employment

Stacy H. Brown, University Career Center

 

Thursday 9th October, 2008

Challenging Violence Against Women

Larisa Kofman, Policy Director at the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Women’s Studies ‘00

 

Suzanne Marcus, Director of Operations, District Alliance for Safe Housing Inc.

Women’s Studies ‘98

 

Thursday 13th November, 2008

Applying to Graduate School

            Prof. Claire Moses, Women’s Studies Department

 

 

All sessions will be held

At:       4 p.m.

In:        Women’s Studies Seminar Room,

Women’s Studies Department, Woods Hall.

 

  • You will learn to think more critically about how gender, race, class and sexuality matter to employment and career related issues
  • You will meet other students who have similar Women’s Studies interests
  • You will connect to different learning and social communities on campus.

 

 

Note to WMST Majors: Please check with the WMST advisor about the new internship requirements.  These workshops will count toward this new requirement.