Our Students

Tue, 05 May 2009 12:24:04 -0400

GWST is proud of three of our majors who will be studying abroad in the fall semester. Sabah Ghulamali will be traveling to Brisbane, Australia to study at the University of Queensland where she plans to take Gender and Women's studies classes, some of which intersect with studies on Australian society. Katrin Patterson is off to the University of Botswana, in Gaborone where she will be taking courses in women's studies and Africana studies, and is also hoping to volunteer in HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. Sarah Solomon will spend next semester in Bamako, Mali to participate in a Gender, Health and Development program through the School for International Training. While abroad, Sarah will be completing an independent research project focusing on methods of resistance among Malian women. * * * * * Recipients of this year's Jo Ann E. Argersinger Award for Academic Achievement in Gender and Women's Studies are: Teresa Foster, graduating in May with a double major in GWST and History. Teresa plans to enter graduate school at UMBC this fall. Teresa is this year's winner of the National Society Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maryland History Award given to an outstanding graduate student in history. After earning her Ph.D. Teresa plans to teach women's history; Kristin Tata, who will graduate with a B.A. in Visual Arts with a concentration in graphic arts and a minor in GWST which she hopes to combine into a career in design; and Jennifer Higgins, who plans to continue advocacy work in progressive politics and then graduate school in feminist studies and public policy. The Jo Ann E. Argersinger Award was named for a former UMBC Provost. Recipients of this year's Joan S. Korenman Award for Service to Gender and Women's Studies are: Linda N. Uche, graduating with a BA in Biology and a minor in GWST plans to continue teaaching in Baltimore County and pursuing her work at Associated Health Resources Center before entering graduate school to pursue a Ph.D. in Public Health; and Jennifer Keeter, who will continue at UMBC as a GWST major and seek an internship which will continue to spur her interest in learning. The Joan S. Korenman Award recognizes students who provide exemplary service to Gender and Women's Studies and is named for the founding director of the Women's Studies Program at UMBC. * * * * *