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2020: Focus on Women
About 2020: Focus on Women
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and our 50th anniversary of welcoming the first female students to Saint Joseph’s University, a group of Saint Joseph’s faculty, staff and students are organizing events designed to celebrate and recognize women, and shine a light on the continued fight for gender equality.
FEATURED EVENT
100-Second Lecture Featuring Usha Rao, Ph.D
Our third 100-Second Lecture this fall will premiere on Thursday, November 19 at 11 a.m. It features Usha Rao, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Geochemistry whose research focuses on environmental pollution and sustainability. She is the editor of an upcoming research volume by the Taylor and Francis group on environmental sustainability. Dr. Rao is also the Founding Director of the Office of Teaching and Learning and helps to coordinate and oversee the university’s pedagogical initiatives and resources. Dr. Rao has been honored twice with merit awards for exceptional achievement in teaching.
Featured Events
Focus on Women: Saint Joseph’s Celebrates 50 Years of Co-Education
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of St. Joe’s first class of female day students, and taking a closer look at the ongoing global fight for gender equality.
100 Second Lecture
The series is just one way SJU is celebrating women in 2020. It will feature six members of the Saint Joseph’s community – an administrator, a staff member, a faculty member, a coach, a student and an alumnae – to speak for just shy of two minutes on the topic of leadership.
In the News
The Saint Joseph’s community is marking two important anniversaries in 2020 with a slate of programming designed to celebrate women and shine light on the ongoing global efforts to achieve gender equality.
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