{"id":142523,"date":"2023-10-10T08:44:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T12:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=142523"},"modified":"2023-10-10T10:35:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T14:35:41","slug":"wright-state-womens-center-to-celebrate-30th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2023\/10\/10\/wright-state-womens-center-to-celebrate-30th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State Women\u2019s Center to celebrate 30th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wright State alumnae and WYSO staff members Jocelyn Robinson, left, and Juliet Fromholt will give the keynote address at the Wright State Women\u2019s Center’s 30th anniversary celebration.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Women\u2019s Center<\/a> at Wright State University will commemorate 30 years on campus with a celebration on Saturday, Oct. 21, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Endeavour Room in the Student Union.<\/p>\n

This semi-formal event will feature a dinner and a keynote address from Wright State alumnae Juliet Fromholt, music director and host of \u201cKaleidoscope\u201d and \u201cAlpha Rhythms\u201d on WYSO, and Jocelyn Robinson, director of radio preservation and archives at WYSO.<\/p>\n

The evening will be capped off with a reception in the new Women’s Center space in 023 Student Union. Light refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n

Registration is required and can be completed online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although the is a free event, the Women\u2019s Center is asking attendees for a $30 donation to celebrate its 30 years at Wright State. Donors can choose whether their donation supports the Women\u2019s Center Student Emergency Fund, which helps students continue their education when facing financial challenges, or the Women\u2019s Center Opportunity Fund, which allows money to go where it is most needed.<\/p>\n

The Women\u2019s Center is also accepting online donations<\/a>. All who donate will be entered into a raffle.<\/p>\n

Fromholt, who graduated from Wright State with a bachelor\u2019s degree in classical humanities in 2007, began volunteering at WYSO while working as program director and general manager at WWSU, Wright State\u2019s campus radio station.<\/p>\n

\u201cStarting my radio career at Wright State was the beginning of my understanding of the power that each of our voices can have,\u201d said Fromholt. \u201cPlaces on campus like the Women’s Center provide safe, affirming and equitable spaces for people who are learning and harnessing the power of their voices. We need them now more than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robinson earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in art history and a graduate certificate in public history with a focus on archives administration from Wright State and a master\u2019s degree in cultural studies, race, gender and identity from Antioch University. Before taking on her current role at WYSO, she served as an adjunct faculty member at Antioch.<\/p>\n

\u201cThirty years is an important milestone, but we also need to stay vigilant,\u201d said Robinson. \u201cI\u2019m glad to help the Women’s Center celebrate, but also to support its gender equity activism, here at Wright State and in the wider community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officially opened in 1993, the Wright State\u2019s Women\u2019s Center is an inclusive, safe environment where students, faculty, staff and community members can feel supported, challenged, encouraged and connected. The center unites people interested in gender equity activism and education and offers opportunities to explore how gender impacts all lives through programs, resources and strategic partnerships.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom its inception, the center has served as a space for community care, scholarship, and effecting change,\u201d said Bobbie Szabo, assistant director of the Women\u2019s Center. \u201cWe have evolved as the women\u2019s rights movement has evolved, and we have listened to the specific needs of our community. We acknowledge our intersections \u2014 race, sexuality, age, socioeconomic status, ability\/disability, parental status, relationship status \u2014 and the vibrant culture created when these identities are heard and valued.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although calls for the space began in the early 1970s, after the founding of the university, institutional support for a formal Women\u2019s Center did not pick up momentum until 20 years later. In 1990, retired Dayton teacher Gertrude Chasens began a letter-writing campaign to Wright State leadership arguing for the need for both a Women\u2019s Center and a Women\u2019s Studies Program.<\/p>\n

This campaign eventually inspired Charles Hathaway, who was vice president for academic affairs at the time, to appoint a Task Force on the Status of Women in the Academy at Wright State University, which was chaired by Mary Beth Pringle.<\/p>\n

The task force released a report, \u201cStatus of Women Faculty and Unclassified Staff at Wright State University Report, 1993,\u201d which offered a number of suggestions on how Wright State could \u201cincrease its sensitivity to women\u2019s issues and its commitment to promoting gender and ethnic harmony.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two biggest solutions offered were the creation of a Women\u2019s Center and a Women\u2019s Studies Program.<\/p>\n

On Feb. 26, 1993, the Wright State University Women\u2019s Center opened in Rike Hall and was run temporarily by Pringle. Paulette Olson was later appointed to an interim position before Kelli Zaytoun Byrne was hired as the first full-time director of the Women\u2019s Center in 1995.<\/p>\n

In 1994, the Women\u2019s Studies Committee formalized a Women\u2019s Studies Program at Wright State. Individual women-centered courses had been offered previously, but a formal minor program was not approved until 1997.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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