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Women Faculty Forum 40th Anniversary of Coeducation Celebration

Saturday, January 30, 2010

In honor of the 40th anniversary of coeducation at Yale College, the Women Faculty Forum and the Steering Committee on the 40th anniversary of coeducation are hosting a day of events in conjunction with the Yale University Art Gallery.

The morning will begin with a preview of the WFF Tour of Women’s History at Yale. The afternoon program will take place in the Yale University Art Gallery auditorium and will include a screening of Boola Boola: Yale Goes Co-ed, a discussion with the film’s producers, Julia Pimsleur and Eliza Byard, and a panel featuring alumni, former administrators and faculty discussing the process of coeducating Yale.

10:30 am – 12:30 pm: Tour of Women’s History at Yale
Presentation on gendered spaces at Yale by Alice Moore, PhD candidate in American Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
Location TBD

1:30 – 2:30 pm: Screening of Boola, Boola: Yale Goes Co-ed
Yale University Art Gallery

2:30 – 3:00 pm: The Making of Boola Boola
Discussion with film producers, Julia Pimsleur and Eliza Byard, about the process of making the film and presentation of never before-seen footage.

3:00 – 3:20 pm: Break

3:20 – 4:10 pm: Coeducating Yale: An Alumni Perspective
Panelists will discuss and reflect on their experiences at Yale being students at the time of coeducation, focusing their discussion on what has changed and what still needs to be done to complete coeducation.

  • Radhika Coomaraswamy, YC '73, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
  • Margaret Homans, YC '74, PhD '78, Professor of English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Yale University
  • Michael Kane, Coeducation Week Organizer from Ezra Stiles College

4:10 – 5:00 pm: Coeducating Yale: The Administrators Who Made it Happen
Panelists will discuss and reflect on their experiences helping Yale coeducate.

  • Elga Wasserman, Special Assistant to the President on the Education of Women and Chairman of the Committee on Coeducation
  • John Wilkinson, Associate Dean of Yale College from 1968-1974
  • Remarks by Mary Miller, Dean of Yale College

5:00 – 6:00 pm: Reception

Please RSVP to wff@yale.edu by Wednesday, January 20.

 


Past Events

 

2009 Opening Reception

Tuesday, September 15
5:30-7:30 pm
President's Room | Woolsey Hall

Please join the Women Faculty Forum for our ninth annual reception to inaugurate the year, welcome new faculty and administrators, and celebrate the successes of new and old colleagues.

Welcoming remarks by the Women Faculty Forum Co-Chairs:

Shirley McCarthy
Professor Diagnostic Radiology and Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Laura Wexler
Professor of American Studies and Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Honoring the accomplishments of:

Mary Miller
Dean of Yale College

Introduction by:

Howard Lamar
Sterling Professor of History and Former President of the University

Recognition of:

Inderpal Grewal
Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Frances Rosenbluth
Deputy Provost for Faculty Development and Damon Wells Professor of International Politics
Alice Prochaksa
University Librarian

 

Yale Babysitting Networking Event

Friday, November 6
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Hall of Graduate Studies | 320 York Street, Room 119

The YBS Networking Event gives parents the opportunity to meet a variety of interested Yale babysitters in a short amount of time.

In order to participate, parents and babysitters must register at www.yale.edu/babysitting.
Parents: Click "For Parents" to register as a parent.
Yale Students: Click "For Babysitter" to register as a sitter.

RSVP to wff@yale.edu or call 432 8847 by November 3.

To learn more about the Yale Babysitting Service, visit www.yale.edu/babysitting.
Cosponsored by the Yale WorkLife Program and the Women Faculty Forum.

 
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