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For Immediate Release

Written by: Laurel Alberson, 260-481-6165

Media contact: Jill Nussel, 260-481-6895

IPFW Celebrates Women’s History Month

(Fort Wayne, Feb. 20, 2008) -- Indiana University—Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) will celebrate Women's History Month in March with a variety of events both on and off campus. On-campus events for "Women's History, Women's Visions" are sponsored by the IPFW Center for Women and Returning Adults, IPFW Department of History, IPFW Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, and IPFW Women's Studies. All events are free and open to the public.

  • "Sisters of the Globe," a panel discussion with IPFW faculty with a personal global perspective
    • Date: Mon., March 3
    • Time: noon-1:15 p.m.
    • Location: IPFW Walb Student Union Ballroom
  • "International Woman's Day," catered by Club Soda, entertainment includes Angela Baker and Lucy Shropshire. Sponsored by IPFW Women's Studies, the Women's Bureau, Arts United, United Way, and the Fort Wayne Art Museum
    • Date: Thurs., March 6
    • Time: 5-9 p.m.
    • Location: Fort Wayne Museum of Art
  • "Financial Aid and Scholarships for Women Brown Bag Lunch," presented by Norm Newman, assistant director of financial aid, and Vickie Dahl, assistant director of financial aid.
    • Date: Fri., March 7
    • Time: noon-1 p.m.
    • Location: IPFW Walb Student Union, Room G-08
  • "IPFW Health Fair," health education and screenings
    • Date: Wed., March 19
    • Time: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
    • Location: IPFW Walb Student Unio
  • "Single Mothers and Community Resources Brownbag Lunch," presented by Robin Newman, director of the IPFW Center for Women and Returning Adults, and Breanna Jackson, IPFW alumna.
    • Date: Fri., March 21
    • Time: noon-1 p.m.
    • Location: IPFW Walb Student Union, Room G-08
  • "Women and Disabilities Panel Discussion"
    • Date: Mon., March 24
    • Time: noon-1 p.m.
    • Location: IPFW Walb Student Union Ballroom
  • "Women at the Movies: Vietnam Nurses with Dana Delaney," comments by Emmy Award-winning consultant and Dean of the IPFW College of Health and Human Services Linda Finke.
    • Date: Tues., March 25
    • Time: 6-8 p.m.
    • Location: IPFW Science Building, Room 168
  • "YWCA Diversity Dialog: Faith Based Diversity"
    • Date: Wed., March 26
    • Time: 1:30-3 p.m.
    • Location: YWCA, 1610 Spy Run Blvd
  • 20th Annual Indiana University Undergraduate Gender Conference.
    • Dates: Thurs., March 27 and Fri., March 28
    • Location: IU South Bend
  • "Women and Money: What Every Woman Should Know Brown Bag Lunch," presented by Vicki Bandor Braun, Smith Barney financial advisor.
    • Date: Fri., March 28
    • Time: noon-1 p.m.
    • Location: IPFW Walb Student Union, Room G-08

For more information, contact Jill Nussel, interim director of IPFW Womens Studies, at 260-481-6895 or nusselj@ipfw.edu.

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