Women's Education Worldwide:
Student Leadership Conference
2008
The Women’s Education Worldwide Student
Leadership Conference will ask students to explore, challenge,
and re-design their views of women as leaders and their potential
to contribute to a global society. Each WEW member institution
is invited to register two student representatives for this
program. Participants must be approved by their home institution's
office of the president/principal. A limited number of spaces
will be made available to participants at large.
Program
Keynote presenter Elizabeth
Cole, Professor of Women’s Studies and African American
Studies at the University of Michigan, will offer an engaging
multi-media presentation on global concepts of feminism and
the role of women as leaders in societies around the world.
Readings on women in leadership will be sent to all registered
participants in advance of the conference so that they will
arrive prepared to engage in discussion.
Participants will be asked in advance to
choose a project to work on in their community upon their
return from the conference. The conference will empower students
to see themselves as agents of positive change, and the workshops
will offer skills in how to plan and achieve their project
goals.
Four tracks of conference workshops will
be offered: Women in Leadership, Leadership Skill Building,
Institutional Exchange, and Fueling the Leader. Participants
will be encouraged to attend workshops in each of these categories
in order to experience the full breadth of the curriculum.
Workshops will be presented by Mount Holyoke, Smith, and Wellesley
faculty and staff.
Participants are invited to visit historic
Boston as part of their trip. Transportation to Boston will
be provided after the conference, but participants will need
to make their own arrangements for accommodations and any
other activities during their stay there, including final
transportation to the airport. We have prepared a
guide to Boston (PDF), as well as a guide
to New York City (PDF), to help participants plan their
visits.
Travel and Logistics
All student participants will stay in a residence
hall at Mount Holyoke
College, and any accompanying staff will be housed in
the Willits-Hallowell
Conference Center on campus as space permits. Meals will
be served at Willits-Hallowell, and presentations and workshops
will take place in mediated classrooms. Participants will
also enjoy a trip to Smith
College for an afternoon of shopping and sights, followed
by a dinner at Smith.
Participants will arrange their own travel
to and from the conference. Bradley International Airport
(Hartford, CT) is the most convenient airport, and travelers
who use Bradley will be guaranteed ground transportation to
and from the conference. Limited ground transportation will
be available from Logan International Airport (Boston, MA),
and Kennedy, Newark, and La Guardia airports (New York City).
Additional
travel information to Mount Holyoke College
Conference registration opens at 2pm on June
10, and proceedings conclude at 2pm on June 13. To minimize
jet lag, we encourage travelers from afar to arrive on June
9. There is no additional cost for participants who wish to
stay in their residence hall on June 9 and/or June 13. Additional
activities will be available for early arrivals and late departures.
Participants who wish to obtain a letter
of invitation for visa purposes may email their request to
Winnie Rivera Vallejo.
Information on visas is available via the US
Department of State.
The registration fee is $250 (U.S.) for students
and staff advisors alike. This fee covers all meals, accommodations,
and expenses at the conference.
Registration and Contact Information
Participants must be approved by their home
institution's office of the president/principal, or by conference
organizers. Registration deadline is May 15, 2008.
Register for
the conference on line now
Note: if you do not receive email confirmation
of your registration within 7 days of your submission, please
email Winnie Rivera
Vallejo.
Please direct any questions to:
|
About WEW 
