We are pleased to announce that the campus community will celebrating
 Women's  History Month March 1-31 , 2001. Following
is a preliminary schedule of events, subject to some change.

• Photo Exhibit, Tuesday March 6, 2001 12:00-4:00PM
  Multicultural Center. For more information, call
  874-2851
  
  
• Clothing Exhibit, Wednesday March 7, 2001 10:00-2:00PM
  Multicultural Center. For more information, call
  874-2851
  
  
• Self-Defense Class, Wednesday March 7, 2001  7:00-9:00PM
  Memorial Union-Room 318
  For more information call 874-1000.
  
  
• SOCIAL Thursday Mar 08, 2001 5:30-7PM
  URI Women Creating. Opening reception for the art exhibit 5:30-7PM.
  Providence Campus For more information, contact 277-5000. 
  
  
•  Songs of Women Poets, Thursday, March 8, 2001 starts at 7:30PM
   Roxana Tourigny, soprano, Arlene Kies, pianist, Ann Danis, viola. 8pm.
   Fine Arts Center Recital Hall. free 
  
  
• EXHIBITS Monday March 12, 2001 
  "URI Women Creating Art Exhibit". The exhibit includes work by Guest
  New York Sculpture, Lillian Engle plus 37 URI faculty, staff and
  student artists in 2 and 3 dimensional media. The exhibit is on from
  March 5th-31st. . Paff Aud. 1 and 2 floor lobby, Prov campus. For
  information, contact: Vince Petronio, Lead Programmer Consultant at
  401-277-5292 or email at petronio@uri.edu. 
  
  
• EXHIBITS Monday March 19, 2001 Various Times
  At the Fine Arts Center Galleries. Olivia McCullough, Corridor Gallery
  Various Times.. Fine Arts Center. Free.For information, 874-2775, or visit
  http://www.uri.edu/artsci/art/gallery/ 
  
  
• Lecture Thursday March 22, 2001 8:00PM
  Wendy Ewald in conjunction with Corridor Gallery exhibition
  entitled "Through the lens of a child: a tribute to Wendy Ewald".
  8PM. Room 271, Chafee Social Science Center For information, contact:
  Judith Tolnick at: 874-2627 
  
  
• LECTURE Thursday March  22, 2001 8:00PM
  URI Foundation Distinguished Scholar for 2000/01. Wendy Ewald lecture.
  8pm. Barry Marks Auditorium, Chafee, room 271. free 
  
  
• SPECIAL EVENT Thursday March  22, 2001 5:00-6:30PM
  Spring Colloquium 2001, . A slide presentation on the lives of portraitist
  Rosalba Carriera; poet, playwright, and publisher Luisa Bergalli
  Gozzi; and intellectual Elisabetta Caminer Turra. 5-6:30PM. The Great
  Room, Roosevelt Hall. free.For more information, contact Donna Bickford
  at 874-5150.
  
  
• LECTURE Thursday March 22, 2001 5:00-6:30PM
  Women's Studies Spring Colloquium. Catherine M. Sama, assistant
  professor of language. "Women Shaping Culture in 18th-Century
  Venice." 5-6:30PM. Roosevelt Hall, The Great Room. Free.For
  information, contact: Janet Hagan at 874-5150.  
  
  
• SPECIAL EVENT Friday March 23, 2001 
  Women's Resource Center of South County. Donate your spare change
  and make a difference. The Clearinghouse for volunteers is
  sponsoring its 3rd annual Penny Drive. The money will go to local
  homeless shelters. . Taft Hall, Room 103. For information, contact:
  Clearinghouse for Volunteers at 874-2568. 
  
  
• THEATER Saturday March 24, 2001 8:00PM
  In the Basement of the Jefferson Memorial. Dusting off Herstory. World
  premier of three one act plays by Split Milk Theatre. 8PM. Providence
  Campus
  
  
• CONCERT Saturday March 24, 2001 3:00PM
  Junior Recital. Andrea Varjian, soprano. 3PM. Fine Arts Recital Hall.
  Free.For information, contact: The Music Office at 874-2431. 
  
  
• CONCERT Saturday March 24, 2001 7:30PM
  Senior Recital. Gina Seraichyk, flute. 7:30PM. Fine Arts Recital Hall.
  Free.For information, contact: The Music Office at 874-2431. 
  
  
• CONCERT Sunday March 25, 2001 7:30PM
  Student Recitals. Senior Recital: Gina Seraichyk, flute. 7:30PM. Fine
  Arts Center, Recital Hall. Free.For information, contact: The Music Office
  at 874-2431. 
  
  
• LECTURE Monday March 26, 2001 12:00-2:00PM
  Women 2000 - A Century of Change Around the World. A presentation of
  this international project assessing the dynamics of social change in
  the status and role of women between 1900 and 2000. 12-2PM.
  Providence Campus 
  
  
• MEETING Tuesday March 27, 200112:00-1:00PM
  Women in Science Lunch. Share the lunch hour with women colleagues
  in the sciences, engineering, math and related fields. Everyone
  welcome. Noon-1PM. The University Club For more information, contact
  Grace Frenzel at 874-2288 or Bette Erickson at 874-4293. 
  
  
• SPECIAL EVENT Tuesday March 27, 2001 2:00-6:00PM
  Promise Festival. Come and see student art, listen to music, get free
  food... and see faculty and staff honor outstanding students!!! 2-6PM.
  Multicultural Center. Free.For information, contact: Sara Bendoraitis at
  874-2857. 
  
  
• LECTURE Wednesday March  28, 2001 4:00PM
  "Learning from Memoirs of a Geisha". "Learning from Memoirs of a
  Geisha: Orientalism and the Social History of Japanese Women". A
  lecture and discussion about Arthur Golden's best-selling novel
  "Memoirs of a Geisha". 4PM. Hardge Forum, Multicultural Center. For
  information, contact: The Multicultural Center at 874-2851. 
  
  
• LECTURE Tuesday March  29, 2001 5:30-7:00PM
  Women and Mythology, Part II. Dr. Deborah Robinson continues in her
  exploration of the images of women from Renaissance drama to the
  present day. 5:30-7PM. Providence Campus 
  
  
• LECTURE Thursday March  29, 2001 4:00PM
  Emma Darwin: Victorian Woman. We've all heard of evolutionary
  theorist Charles Darwin, but Emma is known simply as "Darwin's
  wife." James Loy, professor of anthropology, will change that with
  his biographical study of Mrs. Darwin. 4PM. University Club.
   Free.For information, contact: Karen Markin at 874-5576. 
  
  
• Student Activity Thursday March 29, 2001 7:00-9:00PM
   Self Defense Workshop. 7-9PM. Memorial Union, Atrium 2. 
  Free.For information, contact: Sara Bendoraitis at 874-2857. 
  
  
• CONCERT Saturday March 31, 2001 3:00PM
  Senior Recital. Katherine Scott, saxophone. 3PM. Fine Arts Recital Hall.
  Free.For information, contact: The Music Office at 874-2431.