Women's History Month Events
Agnes Scott College has several events planned to help
celebrate the invaluable contributions of women throughout history.
The Vagina Monologues
Date: Tuesday, March 19
Time: 8 p.m.-11 p.m.
Location: Alston Campus Center, The Hub
Description: "Spellbinding, funny, and almost
unbearably moving...[The Vagina Monologues] is both a work of art and an
incisive piece of cultural history, a poem and a polemic, a performance and a
balm and a benediction."—Variety
The Center for Student Engagement is proud to present
"The Vagina Monologues" by Eve Ensler as a part of the global VDAY
movement. Proceeds will benefit the VDAY movement, as well as the DeKalb Rape
Crisis Center. Pre-Sale tickets are available in the Center for Student
Engagement for $3 Students/$5 Staff, Faculty and Community. Tickets at the door
will be $5 Students/$7 Staff, Faculty, and Community.
“Landscape of Memories: The Life of Ruth
Klüger”
Date: Wednesday, March 20
Time: 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
Location: Lower Evans
Sponsors: This event is presented by the Center for Student
Engagement, ASC Hillel, ASC Faust, Germans Studies Department, English
Department, History Department, Programming Board, Student Senate, Description:
Student Government Association, Hillels of Georgia and The Halle Foundation
There will be a film showing of “Landscape of Memories: The
Life of Ruth Klüger and a discussion with this dynamic woman about the film and
her life’s journey as a Holocaust survivor.
3rd Annual Girl
Scouts World Workshop
Date: Saturday, March 23
Time: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sponsors: This event is presented by the
Inter-Organizational (IOC) and the Center for Student Engagement
Description: This is a program where girl scouts from
Metro-Atlanta will visit Agnes Scott to learn about college and participate in
leadership development. The entire event is coordinated by college students and
in partnership with the Center for Student Engagement.
“Zora Neale Hurston
and the Making of an American Classic”
Women’s History Month Keynote Speaker
Valerie Boyd, Associate Professor, Journalism
Charlayne Hunter-Gault Distinguished Writer-in Residence
Date: Wednesday, March 27
Time: 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m.
This will be a discussion of Zora Neale Hurston’s place in
history within the larger framework of documenting stories of Inspirational
Women throughout History.