Dear Friends of the Liberal Arts and Social Sciences,

Women's History Month is celebrated by the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences through several events that examine the local, national and global contributions of women in all areas of human endeavor.

Also, CLASS will be represented robustly at the Phi Beta Kappa installation ceremony on March 4 in the Moores Opera House. Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest academic honor society, has only 283 chapters nationwide. The six-year evaluation process was led by Dr. Andrew Davis, Professor of music, Director of the Moores School of Music and Planning Dean for the College of the Arts; and Dr. William Monroe, professor of English and Dean of the Honors College.

Finally, I encourage CLASS undergraduate students to apply for the College’s scholarships by the March 25 deadline. Every year, CLASS awards a number of scholarships to honor students while they are in the process of completing a degree at the University of Houston. The amount of award varies for each scholarship, and ranges from $500 to $2,500. Go here to read the rules and get the application. And if you would like to build student success in the College by funding a scholarship, please call the CLASS Development Office at 713-743-XXXX.

With appreciation,

Steven G. Craig
Interim Dean
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Humanities

Friends of Women’s Studies presents 19th annual Table Talk on March 24

Table Talk is an annual event that includes conversations over lunch, led by dynamic women of various cultures, professions and experience at each table. Table Talk benefits CLASS&rsquos Women&rsquos, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program and the Carey C. Shuart Women&rsquos Archive and Research Collection at the University of Houston. The event will be held at the Hilton Americas, Houston beginning at 11am and is chaired this year by Libby Cheney, partner at Trio Global Solutions, and Sannam Warrender, fashion stylist and blogger. read more.

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Black Women’s Conference hosted by the African American Studies Program on March 4

The Having Our Say: Claiming the Experiences of Black Women through Scholarship conference brings together professors of psychology, sociology, communication and nursing with history and cultural studies scholars to discuss Black women’s contributions to the academy and beyond. The keynote speaker is Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall, the Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies and founding director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center at Spelman College. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is requested. It will be held from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. in Melcher Hall Room 106. Call 713–743–1376 for more information. read more

Literary, Performing and Visual Arts

The Center for Mexican American Studies presents Tres Vidas on March 7

A chamber music theatre work for singing actress and trio (cello, piano and percussion) based on the lives of three legendary Latin American women: Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, Salvadoran peasant activist Rufina Amaya and Argentinean poet Alfonsina Storni. Text by Marjorie Agosin with popular and folk songs of Mexico, El Salvador and Argentina, vocal and instrumental tangos by Carlos Gardel and Astor Piazzolla and new music written especially for the Core Ensemble by Osvaldo Golijov, Orlando Garcia, Pablo Ortiz and Manuel DeMurga. read more