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Plenary Planning Committee Meeting on Workshops
February 5, 2004
Attending: Patty Beeson, Fran Czak,
Paula Davis, Irene Frieze, Stephanie Hoogendoorn, Padi McFadden, Ellen Olshansky,
Lorie Osho, Maureen Porter, Jennifer Stephan, Richard
Tobias, Amy Wagner, Darlene Zellers
Overview of Plan for
Workshops
- Most
workshops will be scheduled from March 24 through April 5.
- Additional
workshops will be scheduled after the Plenary. Information about this will be available
at the Plenary.
- Workshops
will be advertised along with the Plenary.
All materials will have to be ready by February 20.
- We
will ask people to register for workshops in advance to assist in
planning, but will accept walk-ins at the actual workshops.
- Some
workshops should be scheduled on upper campus and others on lower
campus. At least some workshops
should be from noon to 1 so that
staff can attend.
- Workshop
leaders will be asked to prepare a brief report after their workshop. These will be placed on the website.
- Workshop
participants will be asked to provide e-mail addresses and to evaluate the
workshop.
- Workshops
participants will be added to a mailing list for future mailings.
- A goal
of each workshop will be to help formulate some specific suggestions for
our written report for the plenary and to assist in developing
recommendations for the report.
Tentative List of
Workshops-as of February 6. [This
includes additional input provided after the meeting].
- Presentations
by female faculty, Women’s Studies students and staff about how women can
manage careers. Intended for undergraduate students and co-sponsored by
Campus Women’s Organization. Jennifer Stephan
- Strategies
for combining work and family. Amy Wagner, Darlene Zellers,
Padi McFadden and Randi
Koeske. [This
may be broken into more than one session.
Those involved will meet and discuss this].
- Pitt’s
maternity and family leave policies. This will focus on staff benefits. Lorie
Osho.
- Discussion
of issues women will encounter in professional jobs. “Things your mother never told
you.” Consuella Lewis
- Issues
for women in the sciences. Guy Nicoletti
and Stephanie Hoogendoorn
- Bridging
the gap for women of different races?
Paula Davis & Padi McFadden
- Games
your mother taught you—Creating a relational
workplace. Ellen Olshansky
- How to
be a more effective negotiator. Kathie Wisner.
- Leadership
skills for women. Audrey Murrell
- Changing
the climate to improve experiences of women students. Co-sponsored with Campus Women’s
Organization. Jennifer Stephan and Richard Tobias.
- Lesbian
Women at Pitt. Ray
Anne Lockard.
Next
Meeting on Workshops – February 18 from 10-11:30 in 4127 Sennott Square. Agenda items
include:
- Finalization
of names, tentative dates, and type of room for each workshop. In addition to the titles of the
workshops, each workshop leader should prepare a 1 or 2 sentence
description of the purpose of the workshop.
- Finalize
procedure for workshop registrations.
- Discuss
draft of format for workshop reports.
Darlene Zellers.
- Discuss
draft of form for workshop participants.
Maureen Porter.