Current Events

2008 Series of Work-Life Events February 28: State House Event: Information session for legislators and the public, 3-4 pm, Senate Lounge, Rhode Island State House, Providence. March 6: International Women's Day Presentation: Rethinking Globalization: Gender and the Politics of Possibilities, presented by Manisha Desai, Ph.D., Director of Women's Studies, University of Connecticut. 11:00 am-12 pm, Memorial Union. Event co-sponsored by the AAUP, the Department of Sociology and Anthropology & Sociologists for Women in Society. March 13: ADVANCE Topical Lunch: Wellness at Work: Stop, Stretch, and Breathe, interactive presentation by Anne Marie Connolly, Director of Get Fit, Rhode Island, 12-1 pm, URI U-Club. Lunch compliments of ADVANCE. RSVP to 874-9422. Event sponsored by the ADVANCE Resource Center. March 27: Work-Life Presentation: Managing Your Life Without Stressing Out: Balancing Work, Life, and Family presented by Alma Hughes, Vice President and Career Development & Management Consultant, Lee Hecht Harrison. 4-6 pm, URI U-Club. Refreshments provided. Event co-sponsored by the Alumni Association, Career Services, & the College of Business Administration. April 2: Movie & Discussion, Century of Women: Work and Family, a must-see "documentary" narrated by Jane Fonda, with performances and testimony by Meryl Streep, Gloria Steinem, Twyla Tharp, and others. 7-9 pm, 277 Chafee. Refreshment served. Event sponsored by the AAUP. April 4: Work-Life Policy Panel: Building a Balance: Campus & Corporate Work-Life Issues and Challenges with panelists Ann Higginbotham, Professor & Chair, History, Eastern Connecticut State University, and William B. Sherwood, Ed.D, Vice President of Work-Life Services, Corporate Counseling Associates. 1:30-3:00 pm, Galanti Lounge. Refreshments provided. Event co-sponsored by the Graduate Student Association. & the Greater RI Labor Employment Association.

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