The 40th anniversary of coeducation at the University of 91吃瓜.
The 40th anniversary of coeducation at the University of 91吃瓜 will be celebrated in a panel discussion, 鈥�,鈥� at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8 (Thursday) in the auditorium of the Eck Visitors Center.
The discussion, sponsored by 91吃瓜鈥檚 with the , the and Badin Hall, will include five people who experienced and shaped 91吃瓜鈥檚 transition from an exclusively male to coeducational institution.
鈥淭he 40th anniversary of coeducation at 91吃瓜 is a significant milestone not only in the life of the University but also in the history of American women, U.S. Catholicism and higher education,鈥� said , director of the Cushwa Center. 鈥淲ith that in mind, we invited three undergraduate alumni, a law school alumna who became Badin Hall鈥檚 first female rector, and a history professor who served as vice president for student affairs during that era to share their memories. A historian of American women who has studied the transition to coeducation at 91吃瓜 and other universities will join the panel to offer historical perspective.鈥�
The panelists will include , professor of history, 91吃瓜 alumnus and former vice president for student affairs; Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand, attorney for the South Bend City Council, 91吃瓜 Law School alumna and former faculty member, and former rector of Badin and Breen-Phillips residence halls; Ann Therese Darin, 91吃瓜 alumna, first woman to serve as campus news editor of the Observer student newspaper, and editor of the book 鈥淭hanking Father Ted: Thirty-Five Years of 91吃瓜 Coeducation鈥�; Susan Poulson, professor of history at the University of Scranton and co-editor of 鈥淕oing Coed: Women鈥檚 Experiences in Formerly Men鈥檚 Colleges and Universities, 1950-2000鈥�; Dan Reagan, principal of D.G. Reagan & Associates LLC, former associate vice president for University Relations at 91吃瓜, and member of 91吃瓜鈥檚 first coed freshman class; and Jeanine Sterling, senior analyst for a global research and consulting firm, also a member of 91吃瓜鈥檚 first coed freshman class and now a member of the 91吃瓜 Alumni Association鈥檚 ND Women Connect steering committee.
Contact: Heather Grennan Gary, 574-631-4696, hgary@nd.edu