The Center for Women’s and Gender Studies at West Virginia University will host its annual Women’s and Gender Studies Fair in the Mountainlair Ballrooms on the Downtown Campus Thursday (Nov. 20), from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

A combination of group work, service and outreach, the fair will showcase the projects of more than 300 students. WVU President E. Gordon Gee and Provost Joyce McConnell give remarks at the event.

“It’s not just traditional, passive student groups displaying a trifold. Each group will be interactive and try to engage the public,” said Brian Jara, senior lecturer in the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies.

“You will see performances, some multimedia, videos and documentaries.”

A first for the annual fair, alumnae, visiting committee members, faculty associates and senior students will be attending, judging the presentations and recognizing the projects.

Projects cover a wide range of topics that are associated with Women’s and Gender studies.

Women’s and Gender Studies addresses a wide range of academic topics and is also an opportunity to educate the community on issues important to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Questioning community.

The Center for Women’s and Gender Studies works to cease stereotypes related to terminology within the field.

“A lot of people still don’t fully understand Women’s and Gender Studies, or feminism. The public can’t walk through the event, even for a few minutes, and not leave transformed, in that they at least have a better sense of our field and the things that we talk about,” Jara said.

For more information, contact Jara at 304-293-2065 or Brian.Jara@mail.wvu.edu.

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CONTACT: Devon Copeland, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
304.293.6867, Devon.Copeland@mail.wvu.edu

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