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Five-thousand copies were
distributed as an insert to
the student newspaper in
April, many of which were
then rescued from re-
cycling, allegedly by a team
of gnomes. Voila! We look
forward to your reactions
and feedback.
In our next issue we will
give you an update of our
retreat in April and more
alumnae news (please do
keep it coming).
Until then!
Tineke Ritmeester
Happy fall semester to you
all!! Thanks to the hard
work of the staff and stu-
dents in the Women’s Re-
source and Action Center
(WRAC), and the Office of
GLBT Services, we got off
to a wonderfully strong
feminist start. Not a week
passes without a pallet of
interesting choices to make
(see calendar inside). Just
last week, Margaret Ran-
dall, the well known inter-
nationalist feminist author,
poet, photographer and
human rights activist gave a
powerful, hope inspiring
talk under the auspices of
National Coming Out Day.
She received a well-
deserved standing ovation
by the students, faculty,
staff and many community
members. A rough draft of
her talk will be made avail-
able on our department
website. Thank you, Marga-
ret!
Enclosed you will find our
brand new WS brochure,
the work, solely, of our
students and financially sup-
ported by the Dean’s office.
FROM THE DEPARTMENT HEAD
UMD DEPARTMENT
OF
WOMEN
’S
STUDIES
OCTOBER 2005
VOLUME 19, ISSUE 1
NORTH
SHORE
VISIONS
INSIDE
THIS ISSUE
:
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
2
ANNOUNCEMENTS
3
Women’s Studies Graduate Named Minnesota’s Representative for NCAA Woman of the Year
A
lready the most decorated
student-athlete in the 74-year
history of University of Minnesota
Duluth athletics, track and field
standout Heather Hamilton added
another entry to her burgeoning
collegiate resume today when she
was named the female NCAA
Division II Scholar-Athlete of the
Year by the NCAA II Conference
Commissioners Association. Au-
gustana College's Aaron Graumann
was the male recipient, marking
the first time in the six-year history
of the award that both winners
came from the North Central Con-
ference.
Hamilton, a native of St. Paul,
Minn, was chosen from a field of
eight female regional scholar-
athlete award winners which were
announced last month.
This past June, Hamilton landed a
spot on the 15-member 2004-05
ESPN The Magazine Academic All-
America College Division
Women's Track and Field/Cross
Country First Team, becoming, in
the process, the first Bulldog to be
bestowed with national academic
All-American recognition on three
occasions (she was a first team pick
in 2004 and a third team honoree
in 2003). One month earlier she
received the North Central Confer-
ence's coveted 2005 Stan Marshall
Award, which is presented each
year to one male and one female
senior student-athlete who distin-
guish themselves through academic
performance, athletic ability and
community activities. Hamilton is
currently pursuing a master's de-
gree in social work after she gradu-
ated with honors (summa cum
laude; 4.00 cumulative grade point
average) from UMD in May 2004
with degrees in women’s studies
and psychology.
During her stay at UMD, she has
also been the recipient of the fol-
lowing scholarships: Raymond W.
Darland All-American Scholarship
(based on scholastic record, charac-
ter, citizenship and leadership;
2003-04), College of Liberal Arts
Scholarships (based on scholarship,
campus leadership and community
involvement; 2003-04) UMD’s
Presidential Scholarship (given to
Minnesota residents ranking in top
5 percent of their senior class who
demonstrate outstanding leadership
abilities; 2000-04), and Bohannon
Merit Scholarship from UMD’s
College of Education and Human
Service Professions (based on
scholarship and campus involve-
ment; 2002-04). A member of the
Dean’s list for Academic Excel-
lence all 10 semesters thus far,
Hamilton landed UMD’s Top
Female Scholar-Athlete Award for
2003-04 and was the first winner of
the Shjon Podein Community Ser-
vice Award (awarded annually to a
UMD student-athlete who best
exemplifies leadership qualities on
and off the field of play and has made
noteworthy humanitarian contribu-
tions to the Duluth and UMD com-
munities).
For the full article, please
check out our website:
ws
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
PAGE 2
UMD professors in KSC
268, 12 Noon.
Dec. 7. “Women in Con-
struction” in KSC 268, 12
Noon.
Dec. 14 . “Women and
AIDS” in KSC 268, 12
Noon.
OFF CAMPUS
UW-Superior:
Oct. 24. The Women’s
Coffeehouse presents
STARHAWK in the
Kathryn Ohman Theater,
McCaskill Hall, 7 p.m.
Oct. 27. Lesbian Nuns:
Twenty Years of Breaking
Silence talk in the Multi-
cultural Center, Old Main,
7 p.m.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Mar. 3-4, 2006.
“Dangerous Desires:
Queer Politics in the New
Millennium,” a women’s
history conference at Sarah
Lawrence College, Bronx-
ville, NY. Keynote speaker
is Amber Hollibaugh, Sen-
ior Strategist, National
Gay and Lesbian Task
Force and author of My
Dangerous Desires: A
Queer Girl Dreaming Her
Way Home. Topics may
include, but are not limited
to: queer theory and LGBT
history; media representa-
tions; the marriage debate;
class and race in LGBT
movements; sex work etc.
Deadline: Nov. 18, 2005.
Send proposals to Tara
James, Women’s History
Program, Sarah Lawrence
College, 1 Mead Way,
VOLUME 19, ISSUE 1
Bronxville, NY 10708 or
email tjames@slc.edu.
Mar. 9-11, 2006. “Mobility,”
The Seventh Annual Graduate
Symposium on Women’s and
Gender History in the Univer-
sity of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign. To celebrate and
encourage further work in the
field of women’s and gender
history, we invite submissions
from graduate students from
any institution on topics in
women’s and gender history
that address the theme of
“Mobility.” Deadline: Nov.
1, 2005. For more informa-
tion, contact Programming
Committee Chair
James Warren at gender-
symp@uiuc.edu.
June 15-18, 2006. “Locating
Women’s Studies: Forma-
tions of Power and Resis-
tance,” 27th Annual Confer-
ence of the National
Women’s Studies Association
in Oakland. NWSA invites
papers that examine women’s
studies education, scholar-
ship, service and activism
wherever they occur, whether
in research institutions, com-
prehensive or liberal arts cam-
puses, community colleges,
K-12 schools, women’s cen-
ters, research institutes or
community organizations, or
via independent scholarship
and creative works. The As-
sociation also invites papers
that examine locations in
terms of power, including the
relations among academic
sites, communities, regions,
nations, local sites, global
settings and identity groups.
Proposal topics could include
but are not limited to: the role
of feminist/womanist theo-
ries in women’s studies; the
relationship between
women’s studies and science
education; women’s studies
in non-US contexts; etc.
Deadline: Nov. 1, 2005.
Visit http://
download the CFP and for
complete conference details.
CALL FOR CONTRIBU-
TORS
Latinos and Latinas in U.S.
History and Culture: An En-
cyclopedia. M.E. Sharpe, a
New York-based academic
and reference publisher, is
seeking contributing scholars
for a comprehensive refer-
ence work on the historical
and theoretical examination
of Latinos/Latinas through-
out the United States from
the 19th century to present.
The project is aimed at the
academic high school levels.
General editors are Dr. Car-
men Lugo-Lugo and David J.
Leonard, professors in the
Department of Comparative
Ethnic Studies at Washing-
ton State University. For in-
formation, please email
David Leonard at
djlwsu@adelphia.net.
MEETING INFORMATION
FACE meets Thursdays at
5 p.m., in the Multimedia
Room, KSC 273B.
Pro-Choice meets Thurs-
days at 4 p.m., in the Mul-
timedia Room, KSC 273B.
ON-CAMPUS
Oct. 19. “Domestic Vio-
lence: A Community Issue,
A Global Issue” presented
by Cathryn Curley of Safe
Haven Shelter, in KSC
268 , 12 Noon.
Building a Peaceful Com-
munity: Candlelight Vigil
to End Domestic Violence
in Leif Erickson Park, 5
p.m.
Oct. 24-28. Perish Masks
Program to honor 42
women and children from
Minnesota who lost their
lives to domestic violence
will be on display at the
Kirby Tables, in front of
the Bookstore.
Oct. 26. “How the Su-
preme Court Nomina-
tions Could Affect our
Day to Day Lives” panel
discussion with Eliza-
beth Storaasli in KSC
268, 12 Noon.
Nov. 2. “Women in Athlet-
ics” panel including UMD
coaches and student ath-
letes in KSC 268, 12
Noon.
Nov. 9. “Women in Busi-
ness” panel with local
business owners and UMD
professors in KSC 268, 12
Noon.
Nov. 15. Self Defense
Workshop in the UMD
Ballroom, 7 p.m.
Nov. 16. “Women in Sci-
ence” panel including UMD
professors KSC 268, 12
Noon.
Nov. 30. “Women in the
Arts” panel including
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
AND
INFORMATION
:
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OF
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AND EMPLOYER
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*Mark Your Calendar!!!
Race, Culture and the Achievement Gap
Summit
Venue: Lincoln Park School, 2424 W. 5th St.
Date & Time: 4-9 p.m., Friday, Oct. 28th, & 8:30
a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 29th.
Pre-registration required. Call Alanna Oswald, MacArthur
School, 218-628-4881 to register or for more information.
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FREE: Childcare stipends, and meals
Free transportation provided if needed
ALUMNAE: Please send
us your news or if you’d
like alumnae updates via
email, please email Beth,
bbartlet@d.umn.edu or
Geraldine,
ws@d.umn.edu, your
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Editors: Beth Bartlett and
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Contact Information:
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1201 Ordean Court, 475 H
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Tel: 218-726-7953
Fax: 218-726-7651
Office hours: 7:45 a.m. to 3:45
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