Celebrating International Women’s Day at SUU
Published: March 07, 2022 | Read Time: 1 minutes
International Women’s Day is celebrated each year on March 8th. This year, the Center for Diversity and Inclusion, the English Department, the Grace A. Tanner Center for Human Values, the History, Sociology, and Anthropology Department, the Leavitt Center for Politics & Public Service, the Masters of Public Administration Program, the SUU Women’s Network, and the Women and Gender Studies Program have teamed up to host a weeklong celebration.
The chosen theme is “Celebrating Women of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow,” as IWD coincides with the kick-off for SUU’s 125th Celebration, the Women and Gender Studies Program’s 10-year anniversary, and the Tanner Center’s “Year of Grace,” honoring the legacy of Grace A. Tanner.
Events include:
Tuesday, March 8
- 11:30am: Tanner Center Talk with Stephen Tanner Irish, the grandson of Grace A. Tanner, "Pluralism in Science: Historical Studies from Chemistry and Crystallography" (Garden Level of the Library)
- 12-1:30pm: WGS: Student Experiences and Perspectives (Church Auditorium in the Student Center)
- 3-4:30pm: Conversations with the Founding Scholars: WGS 10th Year Anniversary Panel (Zoom)
Wednesday, March 9
- 6pm: Leavitt Center Open House, "Women of SUU" (Leavitt Center)
- 7pm: “Blossom as the Cliffrose: A Reading and Conversation on Unconventional Mormon Legacies and the Land” about artist Minerva Teichert (the Frontier Homestead State Park Museum) (Co-sponsored by the Grace A. Tanner Center, the Iron County Historical Society, and Southern Utah University's Women and Gender Studies Program)
Thursday, March 10
- 11:30-2:30 pm: Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (Escalante Room in the SUU Student Center)
- 12-1pm: MPA Sponsored Program "Women in Higher Education" (Virtual/Zoom)
Friday, March 11
- 1-4pm: SUU Women’s Network Social (Business Building Lobby)
Tags: SUU125 SUU Womens Network