Utah Valley University Celebrated International Womens Week
During March 1 – 8, 2016 students and faculty at Utah Valley University hosted a series
of events to celebrate International Women’s Day at university campus
During March 1 – 8, 2016 Utah Valley University hosted a series of events to celebrate International Women’s Day at Utah Valley University.
MARCH 1, 2016.
UVUs Women’s Success Center started celebrations by presenting the Rainmaker Award to Barbara Barrington Jones on March 1, 2016 for her work to empower women globally. Barrington Jones is an author, speaker and image consultant, who aims to make a difference in the lives of women. She is CEO and founder of the Barbara Barrington Jones Family Foundation.
LOCAL MEDIA ABOUT EVENT ON MARCH 1, 2016
MARCH 7, 2016
Agenda of activities for March 7, 2016
Student round table participants
On March 7, 2016, the gathering hosted by Utah International Mountain Forum (UIMF), a coalition of student clubs at UVU was started from a student round-table. Participants, Darian Hackney, Mary Cisneros, Kiersten Dumas, and Megan Raines reported about their research of different aspects of gender issues and successful contribution to the International Women of the Mountains Conference (WOMC) under the umbrella of the Mountain Partnership (MP), subunit of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, held at UVU October 7-9, 2015.
Following the student round-table, Peggy Pasin, the Coordinator for the UVU Women’s Success, Center spoke on how the Women’s Success Center enables women to reach their full potential in both the workplace and academia.
As part of the gathering, Dean Torsak and Kiersten Dumas, student organizers of the WOMC then presented certificates with appreciation of the MP to all contributors of the conference.
As a highlight of the event, Alex Azmi DBA, Director and Executive Producer presented his award winning documentary To Climb a Gold Mountain about life of Chinese women – immigrants in Los Angeles during 19th – 20th centuries . This was second time screening of the documentary in Utah after its successful presentation in August 2015 during fundraising for the WOMC in Salt Lake City.
MARCH 8, 2016
On March 8, 2016, UVU hosted special ceremony honoring Leslie DeeAnn Mower, member of the UVU National Presidential Advisory Board, co-founder of Neways, entrepreneur and author. Dr. Pierre Padiukov, Vice-Rector of International University of Kyrgyzstan (IUK) presented Mrs. Leslie DeeAnn Mower with Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from IUK for her outstanding contribution to the promotion of women cause globally and support to the partnership between mountainous Utah and Kyrgyzstan, as well as between UVU and IUK.
UVU PRESS-RELEASE ABOUT INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY CELEBRATIONS
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STUDENT REFLECTIVE ESSAYS
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16-03-15-Deann Torsak-Happy International Women’s Day