WST Lecture: Agents for Change in the Civil Rights Movement

Thursday, September 25, 4:00 p.m.
Clary Theatre, Student Success Center

Dr. Doris Derby's black and white photographs capture images of women from all walks of life as they engage in crucial activities in the Civil Rights Movement for racial equality and social change. Well-known women, lesser known women, and unknown women participated together in endeavors that had the goal of galvanizing participation in positive self-empowerment activities to end segregation in all walks of life. In exemplary fashion, these women, with men, bravely stood up to be counted in the face of danger, economic reprisals, and legal injustices. In doing so, they served as role models for their children and generations to follow.

Dr. Derby currently serves as Georgia State University's Director of the Office of African American Student Services and Programs, a post she has held since 1990. She is an also an accomplished documentary photographer and oil painter. Two of Dr. Derby's photographs are hanging in the High Museum of Art's 2008 exhibit "Road to Freedom," open at the museum through October 5^th.

The Georgia Tech Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology is supported by the Office of the Provost, and brings together faculty and students, addressing issues of gender, science, and technology in research and programmatic initiatives at institutional, national, and global levels. The WST Center is interdisciplinary, cooperative in partnerships with students, and collaborative across Georgia Tech, and works in alliance with schools, universities, and other individuals and organizations, including Georgia Tech Alumnae.

WST and the WRC Welcome New Women Faculty and Staff to Campus

*WST/WRC New Faculty Reception*
Wednesday, September 10, 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Klaus Atrium

Each Fall, the Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology (WST) and the Women’s Resource Center join in efforts to welcome new women faculty and staff to campus. We also take this opportunity to recognize some of the women student leaders involved in our programs and other women’s organizations. This is a great networking reception, especially for graduate students to meet women faculty and administrators.

This year, both the Women's Resource Center and the Center of the Study of Women, Science and Technology (WST) are celebrating our 10th anniversaries at Georgia Tech!

*Faculty women are encouraged to present their research at the reception through displays and posters. Contact the WRC at womens.center@gatech.edu for more information*