For further information please contact Beth Battles, Chair, Women's Studies Steering Committee.
Phone 817-531-4906. Email: ebattles@txwes.edu

Texas Wesleyan Women's Studies
Our Theme for This Year

Woman - Wanting it All
Every year the Women's Studies Steering Committee plans an intellectually and culturally stimulating event focusing on some aspect of life relating to women in the 21st century. All members of the Greater Fort Worth community are invited and encouraged to participate. This year's program is a symposium on women's many roles during their busy lives.

Faye Goostree

Women's Symposium

Thursday
April 21, 2005
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Texas Wesleyan University
1201 Wesleyan
Fort Worth, Texas 76105
For more information phone
Stacia Neeley, Chair, Goostree Committee 817-531-4907
sneeley@txwes.edu

Featured Keynote Speaker:

Thursday, April 21st

Amanda Lawrence

Graduate of Polytechnic High School
Currently in Oncological Pharmaceutical Sales
We welcome everyone's participation for this outstanding event!

Program

11:00 -12:00                    Keynote Address:
                                        Amanda Lawrence
                                        Nicholas Martin Hall
                                        (Located at the corner of Rosedale and Wesleyan)

The Bragan Fellowship Hall, located in the Polytechnic United Methodist at the corner of Rosedale and Collard

12:00 - 12:15 Break

12:15 - 1:30                     Luncheon and Reading:
                                        Features a reading by poet J.G. Butts.
                                        In addition there will be:
                                          a performance by Jr. Theater major Angela Brown,
                                          a roundtable discussion led by Lisa Bailey, Eunice
                                          Chavez, Reagan Crawford, Rebekah Foster,
                                          Jakisha Jones, Jessica Krizek, Joan Oport.
                                        Bragan Fellowship Hall
                                        (located in the Polytechnic United Methodist at the
                                        corner of Rosedale and Collard)
                                        Luncheon cost: $15, Wesleyan faculty/staff $12,
                                        Students $10. R.S.V.P. by April 19.
                                        lmorones@txwes.edu or 817-531-4401

Related events Thursday, April 21st
7-8:30 p.m.        Open Mic Poetry Reading (featuring poetry that celebrates
                           women, and celebrating April as National Poetry Month)
                          Bragan Fellowship Hall

Faye C. Goostree Ms. Goostree was a woman who gave of herself - of her time, her heart. Her establishment of the Faye C. Goostree Women's Symposium in 1981 was only one example of her lifelong commitment to Christian stewardship and civic responsibility. Ms. Goostree will live on in the Women's Symposium held annually at Texas Wesleyan University. She led a life exemplary to all citizens, but especially to young women. Mrs. Goostree's philosophy was simple but profound: "Everyone has something to give and a responsibility to develop it and share it with others."

Earlier Symposiums and Goostree Speakers and Programs

2004
Faye Goostree Women's Symposium Luncheon and Lecture/Discussion
Dr. Cheryl Glenn, Associate Professor of English, Pennsylvania State University

2003
Faye Goostree Women's Symposium Luncheon and Lecture/Discussion
Dr. Donna Lopiano, Executive Director, Women's Sports Foundation
A Full Program of Discussion of the Issues
Panel Discussion I: "In the Field"
Keynote Address/Lunch/Discussion with the Speaker
Panel Discussion II: "In the Courtroom"
Web Links of Dr. Lopiano
Donna Lopiano Interview with CNN Sports Illustrated
Donna Lopiano in Connecticut Women Hall of Fame
Donna Lopiano in The National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame
Donna Lopiano in Hall of Fame
Notes from a speech on the Status of Women in Sports by D. Lopiano
NCAA News Feature of Donna Lopiano
Star Telegram Commentary about Title IX by Linda Campbell

2002
Faye Goostree Women's Symposium Luncheon and Lecture/Discussion
Dr. Elizabeth Urban Alexander, author "Notorious Woman: The Celebrated Case of Myra Clark Gaines"
Other Presentations in 2002
Social Work: From Rejection to an Alternative Feminine Profession
Dr. Sara Horsfall
Film and Discussion: "Pornography: First Amendment Right or State-Sanctioned Violence?"
Dr. Brenda Taylor
Student Panel Presentation and Discussion
Nancy Branson "Advertising: Its Affect on Women in a Patriarchal Society
Tamela Cook: "Do Breasts Define Femininity"
Sara Crowley: "Breaking Through a Glass Institution: Women and Tenure in Higher Education"
Elizabeth Stephens: "The Evolution of the Female Film Star"
Film and Discussion: "Women in Advertizing: Slim Hopes"
Moderated by Dr. Miriam Espinosa and Dr. Stan Rummel

2001
Faye Goostree Women's Symposium Luncheon and Lecture/Discussion
Anita Hill

Texas Wesleyan University was founded upon the belief that the primary goal of education is the development of students to their full potential as individuals and as members of the world community. The goal of this institution of higher learning is to give students opportunities to grow both intellectually and spiritually.

A Women's Studies Minor

minor supports this mission of the University. Students benefit by having the opportunity to participate in courses housed in all departments in the University. The aim of the Women's Studies is to raise awareness of and sensitivity to women's issues, to recognize the achievements of women in all academic and professional endeavors, and to explore the relationship between men and women in culture.
During the 1999-2000 academic year, the Women's Studies Steering Committee planned the first annual celebration of Women's History Month with lectures and events devoted to the work women have done and continue to do in our culture.

Members of the Women's Studies Steering Committee
Dr. Elizabeth Battles, Associate Professor of English, Chair
Dr. Miriam Espinosa, Professor of English
Dr. Stacia Neeley, Assistant Professor of English
Ms. Malinda Seymore, Professor of Law
Dr. Sara Horsfall, Associate Professor of Sociology
Dr. Brenda Taylor, Associate Professor of History
University Advancement

Some Interesting Links About Women
Legacy of Jane Addams
Jane Addams Hull House
Women's Contribution to Physics
Women Mathematicians
Notable Women in Computing
Women of NASA
Women Nobel Prize Laureates
Biographies of Distinguished Women
400 Years of Women in Science
Women and Gender in the Ancient World
Women's History Month Posters and books
National Women's History Project
Women's Rights Movement
Women's History Magazine
Women in History Resource
National Women's Hall of Fame
Virtual Library of Women's History
Women's Studies Data Base
ACRL Women's History Links
Women and Theology

Webmaster: Sara Horsfall, shorsfall@txwes.edu