April 8, 2013
Newcomb News is sent to all undergraduate women at Tulane University.
Read this weekly newsletter to learn more about what Newcomb College
Institute can do for you. From internship opportunities and research
grant funding to student organizations and events, find out what's going
on at NCI here and on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/ncitulane.
WomenPreneurs: Strategies for the 21st Century with Dorothy Perrin Moore
Thursday, April 11, 5pm
Executive MBA Dining Room, Goldring/Woldenberg Hall II
An award-winning teacher, researcher, mentor and author, Dr. Dorothy
Perrin Moore is the Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship Emeritus
at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. She will discuss her work
and some of the success strategies of the women entrepreneurs featured
in her book, WomenPreneurs. Major themes in the book include the nature
of the changing workplace, the challenges of organizational life, career
strategies, entrepreneurship, home and family balance and tactics for
navigating in a turbulent economic climate. Includes a discussion with
Ruth Ann Menutis, President and CEO, Branded Works. Reception to follow.
Tulane University Presents The Vagina Monologues
Friday, April 12th, 8pm
Saturday, April 13, 10pm
Sunday, April 14, 8pm
LBC,Kendall Cram Lecture Hall
Tickets: Students $8; General Admission $10
Tickets can be purchased in the LBC from 11am-2pm or at the door. All
money raised for the show will be donated to The New Orleans Women with a
Vision, The Eden House, and The V-DAY Campaign to help end violence
against women.
Fridays at Newcomb: "The Other Maroons: Women, Sex and Agency in Francophone Caribbean Women’s Writing"
Featuring Nayana Abeysinghe
Friday, April 12, 12pm
Caroline Richardson Building, Anna Many Lounge
Nayana Abeysinghe is an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in the Humanities at
Tulane University. She received her Ph.D. in French from Columbia
University and has taught at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and at SUNY
New Paltz as visiting assistant professor. Her work includes
considerations of Caribbean spiritualties, sexualities, migrations and
storytelling. She is currently working on a book on trans colonial
travels in the Caribbean.
"OMG. I’m so fat!” How Fat Talk Hurts Women
The 2013 Wirtz-Costello Lecture featuring Dr. Renee Englen
Thursday, April 18, 2013, 7pm
Freeman Auditorium
We've all heard it: A group of women bemoaning the size of their
thighs, the shape of their stomachs, the jiggle in their arms.
Researchers call these conversations fat talk. Fat talk is both common
and contagious in groups of young women. It may seem like harmless
bonding, but research shows it hurts the women who do the talking and
the women who hear it. It's hard for women to feel good about their
bodies today. You may not feel like you can change the images
advertisers use or the way thinness is glorified. This talk will focus
on something you can change: the way you talk about your body. Talking
about your body in a different way can change the way you think and feel
about it. Ultimately, ending fat talk can help create healthier
communities of women who are better able to appreciate their bodies for
all of the amazing things they can do.
Dr. Englen is a professor of psychology at Northwestern University
whose lab, The Body and Media Lab, researched objectification theory,
fat talk, and idealized media images.
Sponsored by: Newcomb College Institute as well as Athletic Women's Association, GLAM, PHUSG, Mortar Board, and The WELL.
Confronting the Reality of Sexual Violence on the College Campus: A talk with David Lisak
Monday, April 15, 4pm
Stibbs Room of the Lavin-Bernick Center
David Lisak is a clinical psychologist and associate professor of
psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston who has studied
serial rapists on college campuses and the poor treatment of rape
victims.
A Conversation with Civil Rights leader Diane Nash
Wednesday, April 17th, 7:00pm
LBC Room 213
As part of the Anna Julia Cooper Project's Conversation Series, join
us for a discussion between Civil Rights leader Diane Nash and Tulane
Political Science Professor Melissa Harris-Perry. Their interview-style
conversation will be followed by a question and answer session with the
audience.
Diane Nash was a founder of the Student Non-violent Coordinating
Committee, the Chairperson of the Nashville student sit-in movement, and
coordinator of the Freedom Ride from Birmingham to Jackson. She worked
for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, where she helped
strategize the Selma Right-to-Vote movement. She was also part of the
committee that promoted the passage of the Civil Rights Act of
1964.
Melissa Harris-Perry is the Director of the Anna Julia Cooper
Project on Gender, Race & Politics in the South, and a Professor of
Political Science at Tulane University.
Applications available for the PLEN Women and International Policy Seminar, May 20-24, in Washington DC.
Learn about American foreign policy from women who work, every
day, on issues that make the news. These are women Members of Congress,
diplomats and State Department leaders, officials with international
organizations, think tank experts, and corporate and nonprofit
advocates. You’ll hear from women in the early years of their careers
and from seasoned professionals at the highest levels.
They’ll tell you – and answer your questions – about the varied
ways to be involved in international affairs, how to get started on a
career, how to balance professional and personal lives, and many other
topics that may influence your academic and career decisions.
Policy Tracks: Students will opt into a one-day policy track that
focuses on either Human Rights or International Security to gain
specialized knowledge about policy issues that are important to them.
More information at plen.org.
Join the African American Women's Society for its 4th annual Hair Affair!
Sunday, April 21, 4-6pm
Goldring/Woldenberg II building (the new B-school building) in Room 1111
The Hair Affair is a charity event meant to support local organizations.
This year, all proceeds of the Hair Affair will go to Raintree Children
and Family Services, an non- profit that assists vulnerable families
and at- risk children in the New Orleans area. The Hair Affair will
feature food, raffle prizes and a panel discussing hair health and care.
All are welcome! Hope to see you there!
Interested in joining Newcomb Senate?
If you are interested in joining Newcomb Senate and working to inform,
empower, and unite undergraduate women on Tulane's campus, please fill
out the application found on t
his page with your intent to run and send it to Anna Potter, VP of Newcomb Senate, at
apotter@tulane.edu by Friday, April 12th at 5PM. Thanks and good luck!
Emily Schoenbaum Community Grants available!
Funding is available for community organizations you support! These
grants provide funding to community organizations within New Orleans and
support projects that enhance community development through efforts
that improve the well-being of women and girls/children. Preference may
be given to organizations with whom we may develop future internship or
service learning partnerships and to organizations affiliated with a
Newcomb or Tulane alumna. The grant application is available
here and due April 15, 2013
Mortar Board Last Lecture
Wednesday, April 24, 7pm
Josephine Louise Ballroom
Mortar Board Senior Honor Society is pleased to present Professor Mimi
Schippers' Last Lecture. Each semester, Mortar Board invites a
distinguished faculty member to address the Tulane community and present
their hypothetical "last lecture." This semester, through her last
lecture, titled "Keep the Sexy/Ditch the Sexism: Undoing Gender in
Everyday Life", Professor Schippers will talk about the links
between gender and sexuality and what it means to “undo” gender in
everyday life and in our relationships. Refreshments will be served
after the lecture.
Mimi Schippers is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender &
Sexuality Studies here at Tulane. Her work focuses on masculinity
and femininity and how gender and sexuality shape our identities, our
everyday activities, and our relationships to each other. Throughout her
career, she has worked to develop theory about how to “undo”
gender. She is the author of numerous articles and
publications on these topics. Her most recent book, Rockin’
Out of the Box: Gender Maneuvering in Alternative Hard Rock is
about how a rock music subculture of the 1990’s used everyday practices
and cultural norms to develop a new genre of rock music that was not
sexist, racist, or heterosexist. Her current project explores how
sex and intimate relationships that involve more than two people opens
up interesting possibilities for “undoing” gender. In
addition to her scholarship, she publishes a widely read blog called
Marxindrag, and she is a community leader in New Orleans and beyond,
leading workshops on open and polyamorous relationships.
Class of 2013: Did your mother or grandmother graduate from Newcomb College or Tulane University?
If so, we would like to recognize both of you at Under the Oaks
on May 17. Please send your full name and your mother’s or
grandmother’s name (both maiden and current) and her graduation year to
Jan Mulvihill at
jmulvihi@tulane.edu. You will be contacted with additional information.
Ushers needed for Under the Oaks
We are in need of a few students to usher and help with setup/ takedown
in Dixon Hall. It’s about a three-hour commitment on May 17,
lunch is provided, and we will verify your participation so you can
extend your dorm move-out time.
If interested, please contact Jan at
jmulvihi@tulane.edu .
Are you an NCI grant recipient?
Did you receive a grant (other than PLEN) from the Newcomb College
Institute during your time at Tulane? If you did and if you have
not received an email about being recognized at Under the Oaks, please
email
jmulvihill@tulane.edu so that you and your project will be recognized.
Tank and Soap Sale for 3 Great Causes
Please join the Global Service League of Tulane and Mortar Board
Senior Honor Society as they support education and sanitation for
disadvantaged populations in India and Peru. Items are available for
purchase via cash or Tulane debit at the LBC quad on the afternoons of
Tues. 4/9, Fri. 4/12, Fri. 4/16, and all day at Crawfest on Sat. 4/20.
Details below:
$15 Tanks: grey, sweatshop-free, American Apparel brand tanks feature
an original design in black incorporating an eastern Hamsa, (sometimes
used to represent the 5 chakras of Hinduism), and a condor bird symbol
from the Nazca lines in Peru. Tank purchases benefit Shanti Bhavan, (a
unique home and school for children age 4-18 of India's previously
termed "untouchable" caste, located in Southern India outside Bangalore)
and Casa Hogar Maria de Nazaret (a shelter and school for abused,
abandoned, and impoverished girls in the rural Andes of Peru).
$3 Soaps: all-natural, olive oil based soaps available in aloe,
oatmeal, & honeysuckle scents. Proceeds benefit Sudz Soap, L3C, a
company founded by Tulane students who partner with community groups on
sanitation projects in India.
Special thanks to Aaron Stusser for the tank design, Tulane University
Community Engagement Fund, and the Newcomb College Institute Kierr Fund
for their support of this fundraiser. Contact us through facebook with
questions.
Book recommendations from NCI
When you make the time to read something not required for class,
you want to be sure it's good. Now you can find recommendations
for great books each week in the Newcomb News, many of which are
available at the Vorhoff Library or in another collection on campus.
This week's recommendation comes from Senior Graphic Designer
Marian-Herbert Bruno:
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
was a lengthy read, but fascinating. I was most taken with the depiction
of the children of royals, bred for marriage and future leadership
roles. Catherine was a fascinating woman, and the book brings not only
her story, but the depiction of the era, to life.
Be A Docent at the Newcomb Art Gallery
The Newcomb Art Gallery will be starting a student docent program in
the fall! Students who wish to apply for the program should attend
one of the informational meetings offered this week. The times
are:
Tuesday, April 9th at 12 noon
Wednesday, April 10th at 4:00 pm
The meetings will take place in the gallery, and students will be
able to ask questions and pick up an application. Contact Laura
Ledet at
lledet2@tulane.edu if you are unable to attend one of the of the meetings.
Internship Award up to $1000—Deadline April 19, 2013
The Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching (CELT) has announced its
first Intern Sponsorship Award which provides funds up to $1000 to
undergraduate students exhibiting financial need to participate in
non-credit earning internships. Funds can be used to supplement living
expenses or travel. Funds are not allowed to supplement tuition costs.
Awards will be made on a competitive basis, up to the limit of available
funds. For questions contact Dr. Allen Thomas
(athomas@tulane.edu). Applications are available on the CELT
homepage under “Announcements & Programs” at
tulane.edu/celt
Mentorship Program with WYSE Information Session
Wednesday, April 10, 7pm
LBC 209
Women and Youth Supporting Each Other (WYSE) is a curriculum-based
group mentorship program that provides young women with the resources,
information, and support necessary to make informed decisions about
relationships, sex, and their futures in order to create community
change. We have weekly sessions at Langston Hughes Academy on
Monday afternoons and also create one on one relationships. It is a
rewarding experience for both the mentees and mentors and we would love
for you to apply! WYSE is a yearlong commitment and includes weekly
sessions and a meeting. Please email
tulanewyse@gmail.com for an application and return it to that email by Sunday April 14
th at
5pm. Feel free to email us with any questions! If you would like more
information, we have an information session Wednesday April 10th 7pm LBC
209.
CELT presents: Get Engaged! Speed Networking
Mon. April 15th, 6:30 PM
JL Ballroom
Join us for a unique academic and professional networking event,
speed-dating style! CELT Student Fellows, other student leaders, and
professionals representing specific engaged learning opportunities will
remain seated at tables as attendees rotate through in 2 minute
intervals of “speed dating,” conversing with the seated "bachelors &
bachelorettes" about how to get involved with their respective
programs. Mocktails, swag, and light refreshments provided. Sponsored by
the Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching.
