On March 19, the University of Louisiana at Â鶹´«Ã½app will host its first Women’s Conference from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Student Union. The event – “Generations of Women Moving History Forward†– is part of Women’s History Month.
“I believe it is important to have a women’s conference to meet a void and need in the region,†said Jennifer Hightower, executive director for the Office of Campus Diversity and event coordinator. “No university in the region hosts a women’s conference that is not only geared towards university women, but towards students as well as the community. I believe we can meet the needs of women, regardless of where they are in life.â€
Dr. Kim Hunter Reed, executive vice president of the UL System, will serve as the keynote speaker.
Sessions will take place throughout the day and include:
• Women Entrepreneurship by Sharon Moss with Moss Motors
• Protecting Yourself and Your Assets by Carolyn French with Smith Barney and attorney Vandana Chaturvedi
• The ‘How-To’ of Marketing Yourself for the Workplace by Sarah Berthelot with United Way of Acadiana and Kim Billeadeau with UL Â鶹´«Ã½app’s Career Services
• Balancing Work and Life by Paula Carson and Paula Montgomery, UL Â鶹´«Ã½app faculty members
• Women’s Health by Melissa Fournet with Red Lerille’s Health & Racquet Club and Paulette Landry with UL Â鶹´«Ã½app Student Health Services.
Luncheon speakers are Dr. Sarah Brabant and Dr. Doris Bentley, UL Â鶹´«Ã½app Professors Emeritus and founding members of the Mayor’s Commission on the Needs of Women (now the Â鶹´«Ã½app Commission on the Needs of Women).
A registration fee of $25 before March 3 or $30 after March 3 includes all conference materials, a continental breakfast and lunch. Student registration is $10.
For registration information and program details, go to . The conference is being sponsored by AT&T.