Women's History Month Events
2013 Women's History Month Events
Planned by CCAC Offices of Student Life
(Information compiled & distributed by Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion)
Allegheny Campus
| Date | Event Description | Room/Location | Time |
All Month | Displays showcasing notable women. Every week the display will focus on different areas of discipline | SSC Café and Milton Hall Rotunda | |
| March 13 | Women’s Health Fair | SSC Auditorium Lobby | 10:00 am – 2:00 pm |
| March 15 | Documentary film: Miss Representation. This film explores how the media’s misrepresentations of women have led to the underrepresentation of women in positions of power and influence. | Jones Hall, Room 103 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm (movie) |
| March 18 | Women’s History month panel discussion. A discussion with successful women from CCAC and the local community. T-shirt giveaway for women. | SSC Auditorium Lobby | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm |
Boyce Campus
| Date | Event Description | Room/Location | Time |
All Month | Display wall highlighting Women’s History. | Front Hallway, level 5 | |
All Month | A History of Women’s Achievements in America – DVD Series | Student Union | Times will vary throughout the month |
| March 4 | Cathasaigh – Singer/Songwriter | Student Union | 11:30 am to 1:00 pm |
| March 12 | Rachel Carson Homestead field trip: Tour the birthplace and childhood home of biologist, ecologist and Silent Spring author, Rachel Carson. Day trip includes lunch for students. | Leaving from S521 at 12:15 p.m. | 12:15 pm to 4:00 pm |
North Campus
| Date | Event Description | Room/Location | Time |
March 4 | The Help - Movie Presentation | Atrium Stage | 11:00 am – 1:00 pm |
March 6 | Iron Lady - Movie Presentation | Atrium Stage | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm |
| March 18 | Speaker: Michelle Dresbold, Handwriting Analyst. A Graduate of the United States Secret Service’s Advanced Document Examination training program; she has been featured in national magazines and is a nationally recognized expert who has worked on the Jon Benet Ramsey Case and other high profile cases. | Room 3002 | 9:00 am – 10:00 am |
| March 20 | Musical group: It Takes Two | Atrium Stage | 11:30 am – 1:00 pm |
| March 21 | Heinz History Center Speaker: Cindy Fenger, The First Women in PA | Room 3002 | 11:30 am – 1:00 pm |
| March 23 | Rachel Carson Homestead field trip: Tour the birthplace and childhood home of biologist, ecologist and Silent Spring author, Rachel Carson. Sign up in the Student Life office or call 412-369-3697 | Depart at 10:00 am |
South Campus
| Date | Event Description | Room/Location | Time |
March 5 | The Iron Lady - Women’s History Month Film Series. Free popcorn. | Cafeteria | 11:00 am – 1:30 pm |
March 6 | Breakfast with Sally Wiggin. Q&A regarding women in journalism. Continental breakfast served. | Tiger’s Lair A-306 | 9:00 am |
| March 11 | Identifying and preventing sexual violence | Tiger’s Lair A-306 | 11:00 am |
| March 13 | Freedom Writers - Women’s History Month Film Series. Free popcorn. | Cafeteria | 11:00 am – 1:30 pm |
| March 19 | Women’s History Fashion Show. Featuring women’s clothing styles from different eras. | Cafeteria | 11:00 am |
| March 20 | Hannah McBean, Performance Poet and Author. | Cafeteria | 12:00 pm |
West Hills Center
| Date | Event Description | Room/Location | Time |
March 6 | The Help - Movie Presentation | S1308 | 11:00 am-1:30 pm |
| March 12 | Musician: Cathasaigh | Cafeteria | 11:00 am-12:30 pm |
| March 20 | Speaker: Terry O’Neill, NOW National President. National President of the National Organization for Women will speak on Women in Technology and Mathematics. | Cafeteria | 1:30 pm-4:00 pm |
| March 21 | Speaker: Michelle Dresbold, Handwriting Analyst - A Graduate of the United States Secret Service’s Advanced Document Examination training program; she has been featured in national magazines and is a nationally recognized expert who has worked on the Jon Benet Ramsey Case and other high profile cases. | S1308 | 11:50 am-12:50 pm |
Washington Center
| Date | Event Description | Room/Location | Time |
March 20 | Marta McClintock-Comeaux, Director of Women’s Studies, California University of PA |
| 11:00 am |