Join us all month for a Twitter takeover!

Follow the hashtag #MisUwhm for stories about our favorite female trailblazers in our own communities, and throughout history.
 

Virtual Table Reading: A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry

March 5, 7:00 p.m.
Presented in cooperation with Gaslight Theatre Company
Featuring cast drawn from local community and colleges
Contact: Dr. Lalaine B. Little for more details

"That's so cool! Why have I never learned that?": Bringing Women Scientists into the Light

March 10, 5:10 - 6:30 p.m.
Dr. Leah Horton, University of Central Arkansas
Recorded talk at 5:10; Live Q&A begins at 6 p.m.
Moderated by Dr. Grace Chen

Domestic Violence: Past and Present

March 16, 7:00 - 8:15 p.m.
Chandra Breese, Domestic Violence Service Center of Luzerne County
Moderated by Dr. Marine Heister
MU community only

Poetry Reading

March 19, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Via Zoom and in the Lemmond Theater (limited seats; in-person event is MU community only; virtual event is open to all)
Coordinated by Dr. Rebecca Steinberger

Eight Women Who Changed the World

March 24, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. 
Presentations by Misericordia Faculty on influential women in their fields
Facilitated by Dr. Amanda Caleb

Forced to Flee: Contemporary Quilts

March 26 through June 6
Handmade quilt exhibition illustrating the global challenges arising from the current refugee crisis impacting countries across the globe
Pauly Friedman Art Gallery, Misericordia University
Contact: Dr. Lalaine B. Little
misericordia.edu/art

Questions about any of the events may be directed to Dr. Jennifer Black (570)674-1491

For more information on the Art Gallery events, visit the Pauly Friedman Art Gallery page.

View the Women's History Month Flyer designed by Rachel Urbanowicz

All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Most events are online, and all event times are EST. The electronic PDF of this poster also contains links to all events. We would like to thank the History & Government Department for supporting the Women's History Month series. 

View the 2022 Women's History Month Flyer designed by Rachel Urbanowicz

Click here to download the flyer 

Join us all month for a Twitter takeover!

Follow the hashtag #MisUwhm for stories about our favorite female trailblazers in our own communities, and throughout history.

Smash the Stigma, Tamp the Taboo! A presentation about periods and a screening of the documentary short film, Period. End of Sentence. (2018)

Tuesday, March 1, 2022
6pm-7:15pm
Mary Kintz Bevevino Library, McGowan Room 

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) in 2019, Period. End of Sentence. follows a group of women in India who rebel against the taboo around menstruation by producing and selling low-cost pads, which encourage more girls to stay in school and work towards a more empowered life—while contributing the the local economy. A lot to pack into 25 minutes!

Eight Women Who Changed the World

Monday, March 14, 2022
7pm-8:30pm
Mary Kintz Bevevino Library, McGowan Room

Featured women include:

• St. Joan of Arc (Reethee Anthony)
• Lady Murasaki, author of Tale of Genji (Laine Little)
• Mary McCleod Bethune, civil rights activist (Kas Williams)
• Mary McMillan, PT pioneer (Laurie Brogan)
• Candace Oviatt, oceanographer (Linda Auker)
• Marie Curie, physicist (Charles Saladino)

Women’s Issues Forum: The Pandemic & its Effects on Women

Thursday, March 17, 2022
12:30pm-1:45pm
Sandy and Marlene Insalaco Hall, Room 219 (Alden)

Speakers will address the ways in which the pandemic has expanded the challenges facing women in the workplace and elsewhere. Panelists include Chandra Breese, Domestic Violence Service Center (Wilkes Barre); Katherine Pohlidal, Director, Ruth Matthews Bourger Women with Children Program; Andrew Chew, Director of Research, Institute for Public Policy (Wilkes Barre); Corina Slaff, Associate Professor of Business, Misericordia University.

Annual Women’s History Month Poetry Reading

Friday, March 18, 2022
4pm-5.30pm
Mary Kintz Bevevino Library, McGowan Room

Come listen to the Misericordia community share the words of the world’s female poets. Participants are encouraged to bring their favorite authors to share. Poetry selections will also be available for participants to peruse.

Exhibit Reception: The Harmon & Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art: Works on Paper

Saturday, March 19, 2022
2-5pm
Pauly Friedman Art Gallery, Sandy and Marlene Insalaco Hall
Light refreshments and live music with Wendy Hinton, LaToya Martin, and Patrick Temple.
Admission free; RSVP required: aisaac@misericordia.edu / 570-674-6250

Documentary Screening & Discussion:

Hands On: Women & Climate Change (2014)

Wednesday, March 23, 2022
6pm-8pm 
Mary Kintz Bevevino Library, McGowan Room

HANDS-ON women: climate change profiles five women from four continents tackling climate change through policy, protest, education and innovation. The film powerfully demonstrates how women are transferring knowledge and local networks into hands-on strategies. Dir. by Liz Miller. View more info at the project website.

Women in STEM Lecture

Julie Malloy, General Manager of Global Partner Marketing, Intel Corporation
Thursday, March 24, 2022
7pm- 8:30pm
Mary Kintz Bevevino Library, McGowan Room

The Voices Project: Immigration

Monday, March 28, 2022
5:30 - 6:30 pm
Mary Kintz Bevevino Library, McGowan Room

First-year students from Misericordia University interviewed women who immigrated to the United States and created videos, podcasts, poems and memoirs portraying their stories.  Come see and hear excerpts of these stories to learn about the real life experiences of immigrants, refugees and DACA recipients.

Eco-Feminism and Philosophy: "Paving the Road to the Kleptocene:

     The Salvation Capitalism of Michael Mann's The New Climate War."

Wendy Lee, Professor of Philosophy, Bloomsburg University
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
5pm-7pm
Sandy and Marlene Insalaco Hall, Rooms 218- 219 (Huntzinger & Alden)

*All events are open to the public unless otherwise noted

The Women’s History Month Event Series was made possible, in part, by a generous grant from the Soyka Fund for the Humanities. Additional support has been provided by: Misericordia University’s Humanities Hub, College of Arts & Sciences, Environmental Studies Program, and the Departments of English, Psychology, Philosophy, Fine Arts, Mass Communications & Design, and History & Government

Christmas in May?

Misericordia donates practical gifts to women’s shelter

WILKES-BARRE, PA (May 6, 2022) – Misericordia University donated seven big red bags of feminine hygiene supplies to Ruth’s Place women’s shelter this past Thursday. The donation resulted from a fundraiser at Misericordia aimed at raising awareness of period-related poverty, and was a part of the Women’s History Month events at Misericordia during March of this year.

“We raised $134 through Women’s History Month-themed sticker sales, and additional donations, both monetary and in-kind,” said organizer Rachel Urbanowicz, Assistant Professor of Mass Communications and Design at Misericordia. “Students, staff, and faculty would buy a sticker for $2 but then donate significant additional funds because they wanted to support Ruth’s Place.”

“We are extremely grateful for everything everyone does for us—we always appreciate it when people think of Ruth’s Place,” said Ashley Hurst, who works at Ruth’s Place as a case manager.

During Women’s History Month, Urbanowicz hosted a screening of the 2019 Academy Award® winning documentary, “Period. End of Sentence,” in conjunction with a staged reading of a humorous essay on the same topic, read by Misericordia sophomore Lauren DeRemer.

Donations kept trickling in well after Women’s History Month was over, Urbanowicz mentioned, but finally there had to be a cut-off due to the academic year coming to a close. Spending $134 on menstrual supplies, she added — “was quite the shopping trip.”

Photo Caption (top image): Rachel Urbanowicz (left), Assistant Professor of Mass Communications and Design at Misericordia University, dropping off donations at Ruth’s Place, with help from Ruth’s Place employee Ashley Hurst.

View the 2023 Women's History Month Flyer 

Click here to download the flyer 

Women’s HERstory Jeopardy

Wednesday, March 1 | 8:30pm
Archie's Place
* For MU community only

Test your knowledge about the various female icons, celebrities, and historical facts/figures that have changed the ways of the world! Up to 6 people per team ~ First place team wins Gift Cards!
 

Discussions with MU’s Strong Women

Tuesday, March 14 | 7:00pm
Archie's Place
* For MU community only

Join us for cocoa and treats as we hear from MU women on their roles, relationships with others and themselves.
 

Women’s History Month Poetry Reading

Wednesday, March 15 | 12:20pm
Sandy & Marlene Insalaco Hall, Room 218 (Huntzinger)
* For MU community only

Please join us for our annual WHM Poetry Reading. Immerse yourself in wonderfully witty poetry by women across the globe! Lunch will be provided.
 

Men’s Volleyball Pride Night

Wednesday, March 15 | 7:00pm
Anderson Center

Join the Diversity in Athletics Committee and Men’s Volleyball, to help us show our support to one another as we host our second Pride Night! We have T-shirts, popcorn, mini-games, and MORE!!!
 

Flashpoints: Material/Intent/Fused

Through March 31
Pauly Friedman Art Gallery

Contemporary artwork by four women who all incorporate encaustic, or pigmented wax, into their works.

Thursday March 16 | 3:30pm

Artist demonstration on encaustic paint with artist and curator Reni Gower
Preregistration required: llittle@misericordia.edu | 570 675 6250

Thursday March 16 | 5:30pm

Reception and Gallery Talk

Film Screening & Discussion, with Dr. Allan Austin (History)

Rabbit in the Moon (1999), dir. Emiko Omori

Tuesday, March 21 | 6:00 pm
Sandy & Marlene Insalaco Hall, Room 218 (Huntzinger)
* For MU community only

Film description, from Kanopy:

Like many innocent Japanese Americans released from WWII forced incarceration camps, the young Omori sisters did their best to erase the memories and scars of life under confinement. Fifty years later acclaimed filmmaker Emiko Omori asks her older sister and other detainees to reflect on the personal and political consequences of the camps. Visually stunning and emotionally compelling, Rabbit in the Moon uses eye witness accounts to examine issues that created deep rifts within the community, reveals the racist subtext of the loyalty questionnaire, and the absurdity of the military draft within the camps. Omori renders a poetic and illuminating picture of a deeply troubling chapter in American history.

8 Women Who Changed the World

Tuesday, March 28 | 7:00 pm
Mary Kintz Bevevino Library, McGowan Room

Come learn about 8 amazing women whom you probably don’t know but who changed the world! Presented by MU faculty and staff.

“Let Them Eat Cake”: Marie Antoinette’s (Build Your Own) Cake in a Cup

Wednesday, March 29 | 8:30 pm
Dining Hall
* For MU community only

Satisfy your sweet tooth and build your own cake in a cup while you learn about Marie Antoinette (did she really say “Let them eat cake”?). Choose from three (3) different cake flavors, icings, and a various amount of toppings!!

*All events are open to the public unless otherwise noted

The Women’s History Month Event Series was made possible with support from: Misericordia University’s Humanities Hub; College of Arts & Sciences; Offices of Mission Integration, Diversity, & Student Life; and the Departments of English, Psychology, Fine Arts, and History & Government. Poster Design: Rachel Urbanowicz and the Cougar Prints.