The OSU Women’s Center honored several women for their contributions to OSU.
Winners included:
Student HerStory Award Recipients:
Find out more details about the event there in this Gazette Times article: http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/phenomenal-women-honored-by-women-s-center/article_94651514-9a32-11e1-9287-001a4bcf887a.html
Dear Colleagues,
It is with pleasure and great pride we would like to announce the Director of LGBTQ Student Services and Outreach, Jeffrey Kenney!
Jeffrey will be joining our team of colleagues on May 21. Upon his arrival we will provide a more formal time to meet with the new Director
And to welcome him to the home of “the Beav”
Thank you all for your support and patience through this process, we are very pleased to have such a wonderful person coming to join us.
We anticipate that he will bring richness and joy to all that we do.
Sincerely,
Allison Davis-White Eyes
Interim Director, Intercultural Student Services
Intercultural Student Services
150 Kerr Administration Building
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97330
(541) 737-4383
Fax: (541) 737-7874
Graduating Seniors Michelle Lee, from the Asian & Pacific Cultural Center, and Leah Houtman, from the Women’s Center, share their experiences as OSU students, and staff members in ISS units. They also share some advice to incoming OSU students and ISS staff members.
Victoria Nguyen
Director, OSU Diversity Development
It is such a statement of support centered around inclusion and diversity that our institution and students at OSU have approved $10 million to rebuild the existing four cultural centers.
The first center to undergo construction is the Native American Longhouse, it was originally established in 1971 and the condition of the center is quickly deteriorating. Thus, a unanimous decision was made to start with the Native American Longhouse first. Ground breaking took placed May of 2011 and we anticipate a move in date during winter break of 2012.
by Allison Davis-White Eyes, Director, ISS.
Oregon State University played host to the Tenth Annual Transatlantic Student symposium, a joint effort between Oregon State University, Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, and University of Warszawa. This program which originated in the Office of Intercultural Student Services has now grown to have academic partners that assist in the organization and development of the program. The Transatlantic student symposium provides students the opportunity to have a short-term academic international and cross cultural experience with students from Universities outside of the U.S. in a way that allows them to interrogate, and explore critical issues of culture, diversity, difference, and power. Dr. Brent Steel (Public Policy), Philipp Kneis (Political Science), Allison Davis-White Eyes ( Director, Intercultural Student Services) and Lauren Plaza (Director, Cross-Cultural Mentoring Program) serve as the faculty organizers along with graduate student organizers from Oregon State University: Chrysanthemum Mattison, Hillary Fishler, and Lauren Plaza, and graduate student organizers from Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin: Mirza Besriovic, Tu Jiann-Chyng, and Nadine Birner.
The OSU Women’s Center Director, Dr. Mirabelle Fernandes-Paul, and three student staff members took a trip to Abu Dhabi towards the end of Winter term 2012 to attend the Women as Global Leaders Conference. Dr. Fernandes-Paul shares her experiences at the conference – from connecting with partners to secure funding, to the lengthy air travel, to meeting individuals such as Sigrourney Weaver!
After many years as a victim of domestic violence, the final act of violence left Peggie Reyna with a broken nose, and broken jaw, and deaf. Peggie finally broke free. The first step meant returning to school, learning American Sign Language, and trying to create a new life. Later, a surgical procedure that placed wires in her ears left her hard of hearing, not deaf.
That was in 1975. Today Peggie is a nationally recognized expert on domestic violence, and is well known for her pioneering efforts to bring domestic violence intervention programs and prevention education to the deaf and disabled communities. Ms. Reyna has worked at “Peace Over Violence” (formally LACAAW) for 23 years now.
brought to you by The OSU Silent Lunch Group
closed captioned
Movie Screening & Discussion
with guest speaker Peggie Reyna
Sign Language Interpreter onsite
WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2012
OSU MEMORIAL UNION Rm109
4:00-6:30pm
Pride week is coming up, along with a lot of other fun stuff and we just wanted to remind you all about our upcoming Sol events!
TOMORROW!
**Color the Vote
(Thursday, May 3 @ 5-7:30pm) in MU 109
Showing of the Film “Brother Outsider” a film about Bayard Rustin, a queer person of color and political activist lauded as the man behind MLK.
The Power of One conference is being hosted at OSU this year! The Power of One is a Northwest student leadership conference designed to encourage and empower lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning college students, their allies, and the faculty and staff who support them. The conference content seeks to enrich students’ lives and promote healthy and safe communities on our campuses and in our societies. Specifically, programs, initiatives, and speakers at the annual conference focus on our programming tracks of Ally Development, Gender, Health and Wellness, Social Justice, Leadership, Creative Arts, and Advisors, Administrators, and Professionals.
Mark your calendars for April 6 & 7!
April 23rd-27thDeveloped by students who have always believed that there can never be too much confidence, The Confidence Conference is devoted entirely to building confidence for all by opening up individual’s minds to qualities they may have never seen in themselves. Our belief is that by making one person realize their true potential, it will only create a positive ripple effect for them and anyone they encounter. Through our keynote speaker and a series of workshops we hope to reach as many people as we can to come and learn more about themselves and what they can accomplish. We have all heard, “Confidence is key,” but it is time to start believing in ourselves and find out how to use that confidence within us every day.
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