Ohio University will recognize the achievements of women around the world by hosting lectures, performances and workshops during the Year of the Woman, which kicks off this fall.
Although the program failed to receive the $100,000 that would have been used to bring a famous female speaker such as Oprah Winfrey to campus, the 2006-07 school year will see a concerted effort to arrange special appearances.
The program's creators, Chad Barnhardt, assistant director for campus programs, and Gretchen Stephens, director of the Office of University Events at Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium, came up with the idea while talking about bringing in famous female speakers such as Carole King.
We saw it as a way to bring attention to the roles women are playing on campus and in the community
Stephens said. It doesn't have to just be women; it could be a man who is doing critical research for women.
Barnhardt and Stephens then wrote a proposal for the program, which President Roderick McDavis approved ' except for the funding ' late last month.
We never really expected to get the money part approved so that's not a disappointment Barnhardt said. We didn't have it in the first place
but we have a lot of things I think we can pull together.
Stephens and Barnhardt plan to work with student groups, faculty and alumni to organize Year of the Woman speakers and events. Already there are five women performers as part of the Performing Arts Series and two women speakers in the Kennedy Lecture Series ' including Diane Rehm, an NPR radio host, and Erin Brockovich, who inspired a movie starring Julia Roberts after she took on a corporation that polluted a town's water supply.
Representatives from groups such as University Program Council, Faculty Senate and University Communications and Marketing met May 8 in Walter Hall to discuss the future of the program and speakers that would appeal to all audiences.
The basic problem is communication
said Phyllis Bernt, chairwoman of Faculty Senate. If there was a way to have a speaker to talk about communication
things like that
that really go to the heart of issues and problems between men and women.
The next step is to organize committees and hold more meetings to get people involved, Barnhardt said. It is important to bring people together and plan events before organizations set their calendars for next year.
We've tried to make something that was really broad that everyone could buy into, Barnhardt said. We all have women in our lives. I hope we can start dialogue that generates a conversation. I want to talk about real issues that really affect Ohio University and male and female students.
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Krendl to view Faculty Senate's resolution,",The Ohio University Faculty Senate resolution to evaluate the president and provost
which passed in a referendum
will go to OU Provost Kathy Krendl despite a decision by the Board of Trustees to not allow the evaluation to become policy.
Despite Trustee (R. Gregory) Browning, which makes it doubtful that the provost will sign the referendum, I think we owe it to our constituents to follow through with the process, said Phyllis Bernt
Faculty Senate chair.
Krendl said at last night's meeting she will act in accordance with Browning when faced with the decision.
I think Trustee Browning made it clear that they won't enact this, she said. I think that it's just kind of a moot point.
The trustees' rejection of the referendum results has caused dissatisfaction among faculty
