Women’s History Month: Motivation Monday
“A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” -Eleanor Roosevelt “I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead […]
Women’s History Month: Greta Gerwig
~from Michaela Hayes Greta Gerwig is a 34 year old actress, writer, and director, known most recently for writing and directing the critically acclaimed film Lady Bird. Lady Bird was her solo directorial debut, but she collaborated and acted in […]
Women’s History Month: International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day 2018: The Time is Now “This International Women’s Day, UN Women celebrates the rural and urban activists who have transformed the lives of women around the world. From grassroots campaigns to global movements, women’s activism over the […]
Women’s History Month: Essential Texts (an incomplete list, in no particular order)
The English department communications team got together and brainstormed a list of books we feel are essential reads. What we quickly realized is this list could easily be 500 books long, so we agreed to stop at 30 and include […]
Creative Writing Reading Series: Daryl Farmer
~from Michaela Hayes Daryl Farmer is a photographer, husband, professor, program director, cyclist, and most notably to us, a writer. He has two books out, Where We Land: Stories (2016) and Bicycling Beyond the Divide: Two Journeys into the West […]
Women’s History Month: Madeleine L’Engle
Madeleine L’Engle is best known for her young adult fiction, books that reflect both her Christian faith and her strong interest in science. Some interesting facts about her and her work: She wrote her first book at age five and started keeping […]
Motivation Monday, from famous Women Authors
In light of this year’s Women’s History month theme, “Nevertheless She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination Against Women,” we found some powerful quotes about persistence we wanted to share with you, to offer you some motivation […]
Women’s History Month: Elizabeth Warren and Coretta Scott King
The theme for Women’s History Month 2018 is Nevertheless She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The origins of that phrase, “nevertheless she persisted” can be traced to February 2017 when “Senator Elizabeth Warren was […]
Women’s History Month: Elizabeth Warren and Coretta Scott King
The theme for Women’s History Month 2018 is Nevertheless She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The origins of that phrase, “nevertheless she persisted” can be traced to February 2017 when “Senator Elizabeth Warren was […]
Women’s History Month 2018
Celebrated in March to coincide with International Women’s Day on the 6th, Women’s History Month highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. This year’s national theme is “Nevertheless She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination […]