Celebrating Women's History Month at UAlbany
The University at Albany is pleased to recognize Women’s History Month.
National Women’s History Month 2024 celebrates “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.” The theme recognizes women throughout the country who work to eliminate bias and discrimination from our lives and institutions.
International Women's Day is March 8, a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender equity.
The International Women’s Day 2024 theme is #InspireInclusion, a campaign that aims to forge a more inclusive world for women.
Please join us for one of our events!
Women's History Month Events
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Prime Performance: History is Her Story
When: 2 p.m. Sunday, March 3, 2024
Where: UAlbany Performing Arts Center
Featuring Marni Gillard, Aya Mahmoud, Claire Nolan and Stephanie Ward
To kick off Women’s History Month, this program features four storytellers spinning yarns about strong and influential women: both past and present, famous and lesser known, real or imagined in myths, folktales and legends.
Honoring and exalting their contributions and the experience of being female, the stories acknowledge that women across the world are ground-breakers shattering conventional wisdom, defying naysayers and making history theirs. Learn more about History is Her Story.
This performance is part of a series spotlighting local artists. Admission is free and no tickets are required.
Presented in collaboration with the New York State Writers Institute. Funding support provided by the University at Albany Foundation, University Auxiliary Services, Office of Intercultural Student Engagement and the Alumni Association.
Women in Rock Music: Record Painting
When: 7 p.m. Monday, March 4, 2024
Where: Women's Resource Center (Campus Center B84C)
Hosted by the Women's Resource Center.
Tuesday Talks: What Does it Mean to be a Woman?
When: 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Where: Gender & Sexuality Resource Center (Campus Center West 190)
International Women’s Day is coming up. What does it mean to be a woman? Is it a practice? An embodiment? Let’s talk about it!
Tuesday Talks are a space to chat about specific topics and how they relate to our everyday lives. This is a chance to learn more about a subject, get answers to questions, and share your story. Learn more about this Tuesday Talk.
Hosted by the Gender & Sexuality Resource Center.
Department of Music and Theatre Performance: The Taming of the Shrew
When: Six performances from March 6 to 10, 2024
Where: UAlbany Performing Arts Center
Play by William Shakespeare | Directed by Ryan Garbayo
Unfolding with music and merriment, a nearly all-female cast of players takes on Shakespeare’s classic comedy about the politics of empowerment and who wears the pants when two fabulously headstrong individuals fall in love.
Learn more about the Department of Music and Theatre's The Taming of the Shrew.
Wonderful Works of Women
When: 1 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 2024
Where: Multicultural Resource Center
Learn about inspiring women around the world!
Hosted by the Multicultural Resource Center.
Sculpting Empowerment
When: 7 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 2024
Where: Multicultural Resource Center
Have fun with Play-Doh while exploring themes of female empowerment the evening before International Women's Day.
Hosted by the Multicultural Resource Center and the Magnetic Mu Chapter of the Delta Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc.
Policy and Practice Innovations: Strengthening Women’s Mental Wellbeing across the Lifespan
When: 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 2024
Where: Campus Center Ballroom
Challenges facing women at different junctures of their lives are exacerbated by the intersection of gender with race, ethnicity, nativity status, ability and sexual orientation. This conference will address policy and practice solutions for trauma, depression and stress experienced by teenage girls, new mothers, survivors of violence against women, women at gendered workplaces and aging women.
The keynote address will be delivered by Christine Crawford of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Conference speakers include:
- Nina Aledort, deputy commissioner, NYS Office of Children and Family Services
- Dorcey Applyrs, chief auditor, city of Albany
- Erin Bell, interim dean, School of Public Health
- Elizabeth Bliss, NYS Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence
- Kate Breslin, president, Schuyler Center for Analysis & Advocacy
- Karen Carpenter, board president, Center for Women in Government & Civil Society
- Christine Crawford, National Alliance for Mental Illness
- Amy Dalrymple, U.S. Department of Labor, Family Services
- Patricia Fahy, New York State Assembly
- Marilyn Kacica, New York State Department of Health
- Carolyn McLaughlin, Albany County Legislature
- Connie Neal, NYS Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- Julie Novkov, dean of Rockefeller College, University at Albany
- Deborah Riitano, commissioner, Office of Aging, Albany County
- Havidán Rodríguez, president, University at Albany
- Ann Marie T. Sullivan, commissioner, New York State Office of Mental Health
- Lauren Tobias, board member, Center for Women in Government & Civil Society
- Ruth Walters, board member, Center for Women in Government & Civil Society
Concluding remarks will offer a call to action to strengthen accessibility to and availability of systems of care. A policy brief will document proceedings of the conference and highlight policy recommendations offered by experts.
The conference is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Register for the Policy and Practice Innovations conference.
Celebration Reception for the Center for Women in Civil Society
When: 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 2024
Where: Campus Center Assembly Hall
The CWCS is celebrating 45 years of academic research and education with a social change agenda with a reception. Keynote speaker will be Albany City Court Judge Ricja Rice, a former CWCS fellow. Light refreshments will be served.
12th Annual Capital District Feminist Studies Consortium Conference and Celebration of International Women's Day
When: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, March 8, 2024
Where: Campus Center Assembly Hall
Capitalizing on a robust and accomplished concentration of feminist scholars, teachers, students, practitioners and advocates in the region, the Capital District Feminist Studies Consortium (CDFSC) seeks to create an opportunity for interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration.
The CDFSC conference is a great space to share work, meet colleagues and exchange research ideas. View the CDFSC conference schedule.
The conference is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Register for the CDFSC conference.
This event is hosted by the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS). Please contact the department office ([email protected]) or WGSS-CDFSC liaison Professor Rajani Bhatia ([email protected]) with any questions.
CEHC International Women’s Day Game Jam
When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, March 8, 2024
Where: ETEC
CEHC and Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) are proud to celebrate International Women’s Day! Whether you've never had any experience with gaming or are a pro, join us for an exciting daylong Game Jam to #InspireInclusion.
On the day of the Game Jam, you will be teamed up with other UAlbany students, including a student mentor. You will work alongside your group members and also have the opportunity to engage with Gaming Industry mentors.
Snacks, drinks and pizza will be included. This event is open to all students – no experience necessary. Registration is required, with a deadline of March 1, 2024. Register for the Game Jam.
Public Lecture: 10 Commandments for Student Success
When: 3 to 4 p.m. Monday, March 11, 2024
Where: Lecture Center 4
Carol Tonge Mack, assistant dean of retention in the College of Arts and Science at the University of Cincinnati, will visit several WCI classes to discuss her memoir, Being Bernadette: From Polite Silence to Finding the Black Girl Magic Within, and field student questions. Mack will conclude her visit to UAlbany with a public lecture aimed at empowering students. Her talk will offer strategies for students to support their journey towards personal and academic success.
Carol Tonge Mack is the Founder & CEO of Tonge Mack Enterprises, LLC: Empowering Next Dimension Leaders. The organization has three primary goals: provide women and girls with the empowering tools necessary to elevate and amplify their voices, particularly, but not exclusively in education; assist companies and organizations with innovative, unconventional, leadership skills to unleash their highest potential; and help students and parents navigate higher education from recruitment to graduation.
Carol is a well-respected educator and powerhouse behind her brand: END POLITE SILENCE™. She has been working for over twenty years in higher education with professional skills ranging from executive strategic planning, project implementation and execution, to crisis management with emotional intelligence at the core. Among her colleagues, she is known as a fierce promoter and supporter of staff development with expertise in building trust and strengthening teams, which are crucial components to the success of every organization. For almost a decade, she has been the faculty “go-to” expert for academic misconduct and students’ overall success.
Carol believes in the power of “real” sisterhood and helping women recognize they are good enough, whether they are holding a broom or the gavel. She is currently an Assistant Dean at the University of Cincinnati (UC), where she has a longstanding commitment of empowering, mentoring, and serving students from enrollment to graduation. Carol is a native of the Caribbean Island of Antigua and grew up in the South Bronx, New York City. She is the co-founder of the UC Black Women on the Move, Employee Resource Group; former State Co-Chair of the American Council on Education (ACE), and member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated. She is married to an amazing, world-renowned chemist, professor, and Dean at the University of Cincinnati. Carol has two children and is enjoying her “blessed nest."
RSVP is appreciated. Register for the March 11 lecture.
This event is part of "Conceptualizing, Implementing & Sustaining Inclusive Spaces" workshop and speaker series hosted by the Antiracism & Intersectional Justice Committee.
Birth Control Bingo
When: 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Where: Women's Resource Center (Campus Center B84C)
Hosted by the Women's Resource Center.
Women Talk Money Welcomes Viola Davis: How to Build Money and Career Success
When: 2 to 2:45 p.m. Thursday, March 21, 2024
Where: Webinar
Join award-winning actress, producer and New York Times best-selling author Viola Davis, as we explore the secrets to success when it comes to taking control of your finances, cultivating personal well-being and building a thriving career.
Register for the March 21 webinar.
Hosted by Fidelity.
Period Trivia Night
When: 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Where: Women's Resource Center (Campus Center B84C)
Test your knowledge of menstruation history and health for a chance to win one of three Menstruation Crustacean heating pads and other period essentials.
Did you know that people who menstruate may find their menstrual cycles syncing up when then spend a lot of time together? This phenomenon is called menstruation synchrony or the McClintock Effect. it was first proposed by researcher Martha McClintock in the 1970s.
Hosted by the Women's Resource Center.
Craft Talk, Q&A & Conversation with Author Lydia Davis
Craft Talk and Q&A: 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26 in the Multi-Purpose Room (Campus Center West)
Reading by Davis and conversation facilitated by Lynne Tillman: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26 in the Recital Hall (UAlbany Performing Arts Center)
Lydia Davis, one of the most accomplished writers of our time, presents Our Strangers: Stories (2023), her new collection addressing topics ranging from marriage to tiny insects.
The New Yorker called her "one of the most original minds in American fiction today,” and Jonathan Franzen said, “She is the shorter Proust among us. She has the sensitivity to track the stuff that is so evanescent it flies right by the rest of us." By request of the author, Our Strangers: Stories is available only at independent booksellers and libraries.
A former faculty member in the UAlbany English Department, Lydia Davis received the 2013 Man Booker International Prize for "continued creativity, development and overall contribution to fiction on the world stage."
Novelist, short story writer and cultural critic Lynne Tillman is a UAlbany English Professor and Writer-in-Residence. She was our guest in February 2023 with her book Mothercare: On Obligation, Love, Death, and Ambivalence.
Learn more about Lydia Davis and her visit to UAlbany.
Presented by the New York State Writers Institute. Cosponsored by the English Department’s Creative Writing Program and Young Writers Project, and the Writing & Critical Inquiry Program.
Indigenous Women Kahoot
When: 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Where: Multicultural Resource Center
Come join the Indigenous Student Association (ISA) as we celebrate Women's History Month by honoring Indigenous Women with an educational Kahoot and dialogue.
Hosted by the Multicultural Resource Center and the Indigenous Student Association.
Sip, Snack & Share: What's the Tea on Hook-up Culture?
When: 7 p.m. Thursday, March 28, 2024
Where: Women's Resource Center (Campus Center B84C)
Hosted by the Women's Resource Center.
Authors Theatre: Little Rapes, A Staged Reading of a Play in Progress
When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Where: Arena Theatre, UAlbany Performing Arts Center
This event is a staged reading and Q&A with playwright Amina Henry and director Shaun Patrick Tubbs, featuring UAlbany Theatre Program students.
Workers at an independent video store in a college town in the late 1990s navigate sexual politics and the weirdness of life as 20-somethings. When it becomes clear that Julian has had sex with fellow employees Nora, Sam and Lucy, the previously “chill” atmosphere at Red Door Video reaches a boiling point. As Titanic plays endlessly on the TVs, these workers will either sink or swim.
Shaun Patrick Tubbs is Visiting Assistant Professor of Directing in the UAlbany Theatre Program. Recent directing credits include Ragtime (Union Avenue Opera), Defacing Michael Jackson (Miami New Drama), The Tempest (Powerhouse Theatre), and Troilus and Cressida (Juilliard). He directed the 2019 Authors Theatre reading Talkin’ to this Chick Sippin’ Magic Potion by James Anthony Tyler.
Amina Henry is a Brooklyn-based playwright. Her productions include The Animals, Ducklings, Hunter John and Jane and The Johnsons (all at JACK in Brooklyn); and P.S. produced by Ars Nova (NYC). Winner of the 2020 Sarah Verdone Writing Award, she teaches contemporary theatre at UAlbany, and her play Interstate was featured in Authors Theatre in 2021.
Featuring staged readings of original plays-in-progress or adaptations of work from other genres, Authors Theatre is designed to focus on dramatic writing as literary text and to provide a mechanism to assist playwrights in the creation of new work.
Learn more about this staged reading and Q&A.
Presented by the UAlbany Theatre Program and the Jarka and Grayce Burian Endowment in collaboration with the New York State Writers Institute.