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Culture and Identity Centers
Asian & Native American Center | Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center |
Disability & Neurodivergence Cultural Center | Latino Center | LGBTQA Center | Women’s Center
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January 5 - January 12, 2024 | |
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. CELEBRATION | |
Create Posters for the Freedom March
Monday, January 8, 8:30am through Friday, January 12, 10am
019A Student Union, Bolinga Center
Art supplies and crafts (while supplies last) will be provided to students, faculty, and staff to make posters for the Freedom March.
Campus Freedom March
Friday, January 12, 10am
019 Student Union, Culture & Identity Centers
Join us for a campus march honoring the life, legacy, and contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The march will begin and end at 019 Student Union. Light refreshments will be provided.
"Let Freedom Ring" In-Service Program
Tuesday, January 16, 10am
019 Student Union, Culture & Identity Centers
Open to Faculty, Staff, and Students
WSU faculty and staff are invited to participate in a public reading to honor Dr. King. The theme for the program is "Let Freedom Ring." To participate in the reading, please email mia.honaker@wright.edu by January 8.
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ADDITIONAL UPCOMING EVENTS | |
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Monday, January 8 - Thursday, January 11, 7-8pm*
023N Student Union, Women's Center
*Other audition times available by request
Calling all aspiring performers! Don't miss the opportunity to showcase your talent and audition for "The Vagina Monologues"! Prepare a short monologue from the show or choose a dramatic or comedic monologue of your preference. Ensure your spot by RSVPing for the audition via Engage. Contact Fin, the director, for questions, comments, or to schedule a different audition time at 937-708-6331.
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Wednesday, January 10, 12-1:30pm
Endeavor Room, Student Union
For Graduate Assistants Only
New graduate assistants are invited to the orientation presented by the College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies. The session will share important information about graduate assistantships, contracts, the state retirement system, and graduate policies related to research and teaching activities. You will the opportunity to meet deans, program directors, staff members, other campus leaders, and employers and learn about internships, research opportunities, and other experiential opportunities. Free food while supplies last.
Contact Victor Schmithorst at schmithorst.2@wright.edu or call 937-775-2976 for questions.
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Saturday, January 13, 11am-1pm
WSU Rock Climbing Wall, Student Union
Join Wright State University's Outdoor Resource Center and Queer Climbers Coalition on for a FREE open climbing session. Bring your own or borrow our gear at no cost. Please use the above link to RSVP. This event is open to the public as well as the WSU community. Waivers will be provided at the event and signing is required to climb; participants under 18 must have the waiver signed by a parent/guardian who is present. For information about the WSU rock climbing gym, click here. Contact James Naylor at naylor.29@wright.edu with questions or concerns.
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Love/Move Your Body Week
January 22 - January 25
The Women's Center, in collaboration with Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance and College Panhellenic Council, is hosting several events to celebrate Love & Move Your Body for the WSU community to patriciate in. Please join us for a full week of activities. Find more detailed information and view the full schedule of events on Engage. Events' schedule subject to change.
Wednesday, January 24, 3-4pm
163 Student Union, Discovery Room A/B
Whether it be through a sorority or another women’s organization, coming together with other women to simply love one another has the potential to change our worlds—to make us better friends, better sisters, and ultimately, better women.
Wednesday, January 24, 4:30-5:30pm
019 Student Union, Culture & Identity Centers
“Just be confident!” It doesn’t work that way! Confidence is a journey, a long and at times treacherous hike. One with hills, valleys, twists, turns, and no map. While it’s not easy, finding authentic confidence is possible—if we work as a team.
Wednesday, January 24, 7-8pm
160 Student Union, Apollo Room
Join us for this transformative, comforting, and revelatory session which will provide you with practical tools for loving (or at the very least finding a neutral view of) your body!
"Women are made to feel like their bodies are never good enough. The billion-dollar diet industry exists to make women feel like garbage about themselves for having a cookie. Women’s bodies are talked about more than the women who live in them. And we know that that is incredibly unfair and unhealthy, especially for young women. Women deserve to look in the mirror and not feel like shit about themselves. And to learn real, practical ways to talk to each other about our bodies." -- Tina. This event is partially sponsored by Wright Patt Credit Union.
The Vagina Monologues Performance
Thursday, February 22, 7pm and Sunday, February 25, 2pm
Schuster Hall, Creative Arts Center
Join the Women's Center for the theatrical production of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues.
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Sunday, January 7, 1-6pm
The Mosaic Institute of Greater Dayton - 260 Oak Street
This event is open and free to the public; refreshments provided (while supplies last)
The Oregon District 8/4 Committee has selected a team of artists, The Seed of Life, to create a memorial honoring the tragic events that occurred on August 4, 2019. The Seed of Life team invites the community to come together for a time of peace and healing by placing the first tiles of the large ground mosaic that will be installed near The Trolley Stop. The Oregon District 8-4 Memorial will honor nine victims, first responders, families, and all those affected by the senseless violence of the shooting. Find more details about the event, the mosaic, the artists, and more online at www.8-4memorial.com.
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Did you know the University Center for International Education can process US passport applications right here on campus?
Use the link above to learn more and to schedule your appointment.
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Did you know students and employees can use their Wright1Card to check out one of WSU's two DAI membership passes from the Dunbar Library?
Each pass will admit up to two adults and four youth (under age 26). Passes available on a first come, first served basis; please check the library catalog for availability. Visit the DAI's website for more information about admission or to view information about exhibits and events at DAI.
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Submissions and/or changes to events must be (re)submitted through the form no later than Wednesday, 5pm. | |
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The Culture and
Identity Centers
019-023 Student Union
M-F, 8:30am-5pm (excluding holidays)
To learn more, please visit our websites.
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Raider Food Pantry
055 Student Union
For hours and to make an appointment, please complete the webform located here.
The Caregiver and Personal Care Pantry formerly at the Women's Center is now part of the Raider Food Pantry, please use the link above.
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Lactation Rooms
Available at:
- 052 Biological Sciences
- 110 Oleman Hall
- 118 Allyn Hall (temporary)
- 023 Student Union
To obtain key code to access the lactation rooms email bobbie.szabo@wright.edu
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Interfaith Prayer and Meditation Room available at
023 Student Union during the Culture and Identity Centers regular hours.
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Recurring Meetings or Events
Please send Spring 2024 meeting information to harney-davila.3@wright.edu.
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Muslim Student Association's Friday Prayer -- Weekly Fridays, 12-3 pm, 008 Student Union (Rathskeller)
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The Women's Center's Gurrrl Talk Radio Show -- Biweekly Thursdays, 1-2pm -- listen on WWSU 106.9 FM or online
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Title IX Coordinator Office Hours -- Weekly Tuesdays, 3-5pm & Wednesdays, 2-5pm, 023H Student Union (Culture & Identity Centers)
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