TAWA hosted SMU Art History Professor and Interim Chair, Dr. Pamela A. Patton on December 1, 2012. Her speech topic was “Depicting Difference in the Art of Medieval Spain”. She explained briefly how Iberian Peninsula (today’s Spain) had been changed during the Reconquista between the years 790 and 1300. This was a period when Christian [ Read More ]
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As the new season starts, TAWA invited Dr. Sandra Spencer on September 29, 2012. Dr. Spencer serves as the Program Director of Department of Women’s Studies at the University of North Texas. The topic of the presentation was about evaluation of women’s studies in academia and the progression of women rights in the United States [ Read More ]
In May, TAWA had another luncheon program with distinguished guest speaker Deborah Herrington. She is the Montessori Teacher Certification Instructor for Collin Collegeand Head of School at the Montessori Episcopal School in Lewisville. Montessori education helps children develop creativity, problem solving, critical thinking and time-management skills. We learned from her presentation that classrooms in Montessori [ Read More ]
Dr. Marjorie Hass, the President of Austin College was our speaker for the March 3rd luncheon. She gave information about some of the qualities that an academic leader should have. She mentioned some of these qualities are easy for women because they naturally gain it through motherhood and social interactions within the community. For example creating [ Read More ]
TAWA hosted Dr. Jillian Duquaine Watson at November 19, 2011. Dr. Watson serves as a full-time Senior Lecturer I in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at UTD. Her presentation at Turquoise center was about the maternal health, maternal mortality, and child mortality. Maternal mortality is a major global problem that affects many societies. Despite the [ Read More ]
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TAWA hosted Lara Gaither, Director of Outreach and Community Development from Genesis Women’s Shelter for May luncheon on May 21, 2011. She gave a presentation about “Domestic Violence in Dallas”. She elaborately explained their shelter’s mission and introduced the facility and services they provide to battered women and their children.
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TAWA hosted Katharine Branning to talk about her book “Yes I Would Love Another Glass of Tea” on March 5th. The program started with a delicious Turkish lunch. Then Katharine Branning gave her speech. She talked about how she got fascinated with Turkey in the first place, how Turkey developed over the 30 years she [ Read More ]
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TAWA had the last luncheon of the year 2010 on November 14. The guest speaker of the program, Christine Griffith from ‘Susan G. Komen for the Cure’, gave an informative speech about breast cancer and mentioned about the contributions of the foundation to improve the conditions of women who are battling breast cancer, and their [ Read More ]
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