WGS News

WGS Affiliate Elizabeth Allan Receives Presidential Award

WGS Affiliate, Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education, received the Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award. Allan has been a faculty member in the College of Education and Human Development since 2000. In her research philosophy statement, Allan notes that her work is rooted in the belief that “higher education can be a driver of […]

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Mary Cathcart wins Minerva Award!

Mary Cathcart, long time member of the Maryann Hartman Award Committee and former Director of the NEW Leadership Program, has received the Minerva Award from the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center. Congratulations to Mary! Cathcart receives 2021 Minerva Award

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WGS Minor Maura Philippone Wins Award!

Maura Philippone ’20, WGS minor, who is pursuing a masters in speech language pathology at George Washington University in DC is interested in specializing interested in specializing in transgender voice and communication therapy and helping people find their true voices. Congratulation on winning the 2020 National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) Scholarship!!   Maura […]

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WGS Sopomore Bell Gellis Morais in CLAS News

From the CLAS News: Bell Gellis Morais, a sophomore in psychology and women’s, gender and sexuality studies is developing K-12 curricula about the Grand Kankakee Marsh in Northern Indiana as part of a National Geographic Society grant. Gellis Morais is working with Katherine Glover, research associate at the Climate Change Institute (CCI) and recipient of a National Geographic Society […]

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Winter 2020 WGS Newsletter

Links you will find in this post: Learn more about Rebecca Traister and her work here. Read more of Cody’s statement about the NWSA Trip here. Contribute here. Join our LinkedIn Group here. WST/WGS Alums contact us here.

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Cody Embelton’s NWSA Annual Conference Experience

NWSA Annual Conference 2019 – an Experience! by Cody Embelton Attending the NWSA conference in San Francisco constituted perhaps the most impactful and challenging experience of my undergraduate career. Apart from the engaging and enlightening programming, the setting of the conference served to be particularly poignant for my personal growth, having solidified my resolve for […]

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Fall 2019 WGS Newsletter

Links you will find in the newsletter: Jackson Katz Ted Talk: Violence Against Women: It’s a Men’s Issue Slide Show of Capstone Posters (scroll down) Give to WGS Join our LinkedIn Group and Alumni Profile Form Contact Us

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WGS Double Major Wins George J Mitchell Peace Scholarship

The Office of International Programs sent this email: “It is my pleasure to share with you that Madison S. Riley, a double major History major and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies,  has been selected as one of the recipients of next year’s George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship. Madison will spend Fall 2019 at the University College Cork […]

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WGS Spring 2019 Newsletter

See below for the links in this newsletter. Links in this post: Traci Molloy TV Interview The Clothesline Project Maryann Hartman Award Winners Next Gen Feminists Conference Information Donate to WGS Join the WGS LinkedIn Group Alumni Profile Form Contact Us at 207.581.1228 or umaine.wgs@maine.edu

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