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    Once again this year, we are asking for your help so that the Center for Gender Studies at Radford University can continue to thrive and grow. Since it was founded in 1990, the Center has had many successes in bringing teaching and scholarship on gender to the forefront on campus. This year's Student Research Conference on Gender attracted students and faculty from all over our region, providing students from many disciplines with the opportunity to present their work, to meet students and faculty from other institutions, and to hear a renowned expert, Dr. Irene Frieze, discuss some of the dramatic changes that have happened in Eastern Europe with respect to women's roles. This conference, along with other events sponsored by the Center, provides important opportunities for students to develop and exchange ideas and engage in serious dialogue about gender-related issues.

    The development and exchange of ideas through dialogues is a crucial step in problem-solving and many problems related to gender remain to be solved in our society. Educating and supporting today's students in these issues is, we believe, our best hope for challenging and re-designing practices and institutions so that, in the future ...

  • young women will feel as confident as young men that leadership positions are possible for them
  • fewer girls decide at an early age that they are "not suited" to do math
  • fewer adolescent girls will suffer from depression and eating disorders
  • women's concerns will be taken as seriously as men's in every area
  • women and men will work together as respectful colleagues and equal partners

    For its work to go forward, the Center for Gender Studies must build its endowment. It needs funds to support its student research conference and other events, to subsidize pilot research that provides the basis for larger grant applications, to provide scholarships for students to attend professional conferences, to publish and distribute research findings.
    Your donation, large or small, can help the Center to grow. A tax-deductible contribution of $20 or more will enroll you or renew your membership in the Friends of the Center for Gender Studies.
    Please help to create the knowledge that will shape a world that is better for women, men, and children by becoming a Friend of the Center for Gender Studies today.
    You can become a Center Friend by printing and completing the directions on the form below.
    Thank you, in advance, for your support.

Sincerely,

Marie Waters, Ph.D.
Supporter, Fundraising Campaign 		Jo Alderman
Supporter, Fundraising Campaign
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Radford University Foundation
P.O. Box 6915
Radford University
Radford, VA 24142

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Last updated:  September 16th, 2008