Apr 25 2024

Gender and Women’s Studies End of Year Celebration!

April 25, 2024

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Location

Jane Addams Hull-House Museum

Address

800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607

Cost

Free

Did you miss our End of Year Celebration? Just want to relive the event? Check out the recorded livestream!

Thank you to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Marketing & Communications for making the livestream and recording possible!

What: We honored undergraduate students who graduated in academic year 2023-2024 with a GWS major or minor or a Social Justice minor, as well as graduate students who completed the GWS concentration in academic year 2023-2024. We also presented the GWS Graduate Prize, Undergraduate Prize, Graduate Completion Award, and Mary B. Bialas Award to this year's winners.

This year marked the return of GWS' Civic Engagement, Community Service, and Community Organizing (CECSCO) award. We were thrilled to honor UIC alumnae Mary Scott-Boria, Diana Solís, and Ren Encinas as this year's CECSCO awardees. The CECSCO Award was created in 2009 to recognize UIC alumnae who have made a difference in the lives of women, advanced racial, gender or social justice causes, or advocated for rights and respect for LGBTQIA people. You can learn more about the award and past recipient here.

We also honored and thanked outgoing GWS Director Jennie Brier for her 11 years of feminist leadership!

A reception followed the program.

When: Thursday, April 25, 2024, 5-6:30 p.m.

Where: Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Residents' Dining Hall, 800 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL 60607

Transportation: The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum is located on UIC's campus at 800 S. Halsted Street. The Residents' Dining Hall, is located just south of the Museum. A map is available on the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum's website.

The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum is easily reached by public transportation using the UIC Halsted stop on the Blue Line or the Halsted Bus (#8), or via the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) and the Dan Ryan Expressway (I-90). Parking is available at the Halsted and Taylor Street garage (760 West Taylor Street), located across the street for $5 for up to 30 min. to $15.00 for all day, depending upon day of the week, time of day, and length of stay. Visit the UIC Parking Services website for more details.

Access Information: The Jane Addams Hull-House Resident’s Dining Hall is wheelchair-accessible and has an elevator to the restrooms, which are marked men and women. All-gender restrooms are in the nearby UIC Student Center East.

UIC does not require masking; however, we are asking that all attendees wear a mask. We will have extra masks on hand the day of the event. During the reception, attendees will be able to unmask briefly to eat refreshments, but we ask that attendees seated for the awards ceremony and program wear a mask if this is accessible to them.

Contact

GWS

Date posted

Feb 18, 2024

Date updated

May 16, 2024