News release Public Information Office  SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu Spring 2004 news releases Public Information home News archive Contact: Christina Chapple Date: 3/4/05   WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH’S SECOND WEEK SPOTLIGHTS HEALTH       HAMMOND – The second week of Southeastern Louisiana University's celebration of March as Women's History Month will spotlight women’s health with a health fair and presentations on heart disease, food and fitness.       On Wednesday, March 9, Maryellen Jenkins, community health educator for North Oaks Health System, will speak on “Heart: Gender Matters” at noon on the third floor of Sims Memorial Library. Also on Wednesday, North Oaks will sponsor a health fair beginning at 1 p.m. in the War Memorial Student Union ballroom.        Hospital personnel such as dieticians and exercise specialists will be on hand to provide blood pressure checks as well as information on controllable heart disease risk factors such as smoking, diet, cholesterol, physical activity and diabetes.       On Thursday, March 10, Julie Boutwell and Jeff Day of Spoga Studio in Hammond will offer “Amazing You,” a motivational seminar focusing on exercise, fitness and food. The free seminar is scheduled for 12:30 p.m., also at the library.        Women’s History Month’s will continue during the second week with three lunchtime lectures at the library. At noon on Monday, March 7, June Dunn, a doctoral candidate in English at the City University of New York and visiting assistant professor at Southern Connecticut State University, will speak on “Matriarchal Societies: From Pre-history to 21st Century Louisiana.”        On Tuesday, March 8, Bill Robison, head of the Southeastern Department of History and Political Science, will speak on “Mary Magdalen, the Da Vinci Code, and History.” He will be followed on Friday, March 11, by associate professor of history Judith Fai-Podlipnik, who has chosen as her topic “Stalin’s Sweethearts Take Up Arms: Soviet Women During World War II.”       Both lectures are scheduled for 12:30 p.m. in Sims Memorial Library.        The observance of Women's History Month is sponsored by the Southeastern Women’s Coalition, the College of Arts and Sciences, Sims Memorial Library, the American Association of University Women, and the departments of History and Political Science, English, and Communication.       For additional information about Women's History Month, call 985-549-2100 or visit www.selu.edu/whm05.