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Date: 2/16/01
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PROMINENT SPEAKERS COME TO SLU FOR WOMEN'S HER-STORY MONTH
HAMMOND -- ESPN and ABC Sportscaster Robin Roberts headlines a list of
prominent women in diverse fields who will join Southeastern Louisiana University in
celebrating March as "Women's Her-Story Month."
The celebration, which will include day and evening lecture series and a special art
exhibit, is the brainchild of students in English professor Carole McAllister's "Women's
Literature" (English 429/527) course. Evening lectures will be held at 7 p.m. each Tuesday in the
Student Union Theatre, while presentations during the day are scheduled for 11 a.m. on Thursday
at Sims Memorial Library. All events are free and open to campus and community.
Roberts, a 1983 Southeastern graduate and standout forward on Southeastern's Lady
Lions basketball team, will discuss her career as a broadcast journalist at the Pottle Music
Building at 7 p.m. on Friday March 2. While a Southeastern student, Roberts worked as sports
director at Hammond's WFPR/WHMD radio. Following graduation, she began her career in
television journalism in Mississippi, moved on to ESPN in Atlanta, and then to New York where
she contracts with both ESPN and ABC Wide World of Sports.
Other evening guest speakers include Rep. Diane Winston of Covington, March 6;
Louisiana State University forensic anthropologist Mary Manhein, March 13; New Orleans
author Patty Freidmann, March 20, and Pam Olano of the Neill Corporation, March 27.
Loyola University journalism professor Sherry Lee Alexander will present the first day
lecture, "Women in Journalism," on March 1. Also on the schedule are four Southeastern
professors: Tom Flick, English, "Rediscovering Beatrice of Bayou Tech," March 8; Margaret
Gonzalez-Perez, foreign languages, "Women in Developing Nations," March 15; Judith
Fai-Podlipnik, history and political science, "Women in the Holocaust," March 22; and Kathleen
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Guidroz, sociology and criminal justice, "Lipstick and High Heels: How Women Have Been
Influenced by the Sexual Revolution," March 29.
There will also be an exhibit of Women's Art, "Women's Themes," featuring artists Kim
Finley-Stansbury, Susan Wingard and Janet Urrate at Sims Memorial Library March 13-27.
For additional information, contact Southeastern Public Information at 985-549-2341 or
Mary Pirosko at 985-542-8707 or mpirosko@i-55.com.
Women's Her-story Month
Schedule
Daytime Events (11 a.m. 12:15 p.m., Sims Memorial Library)
March 1: "Women in Journalism," Sherry Lee Alexander, Loyola University
March 8: "Rediscovering Beatrice of Bayou Teche," Tom Fick, Southeastern Louisiana
University
March 13-27: Art exhibit, "Women's Themes," Kim Finley-Stansbury, Susan Wingard
and Janet Urrate
March 15: "Women in Developing Nations," Margaret Gonzalez-Perez, Southeastern
Louisiana University
March 22: "Women in the Holocaust," Judith Fai-Podlipnik, Southeastern Louisiana
University
March 29: "Lipstick and High Heels: How Women Have Been Influenced by the Sexual
Revolution, " Kathleen Guidroz, Southeastern Louisiana University
Evening events (7 p.m., Student Union Theatre, unless otherwise indicated)
March 2: Robin Roberts, ESPN/ACT, Pottle Music Building Auditorium
March 6: Rep. Diane Winston
March 13: Mary Manheim, forensic anthropologist, Louisiana State University
March 20: Patty Friedman, New Orleans author
March 27: Pam Olano, Neil Corporation
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Press release available online at www.selu.edu/NewsEvents/PublicInfoOffice/newsp01.htm/