Socorro Branch

    

    
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    AAUW  PROGRAMS

    YEAR 2003-2004

    
 

  

  

    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    

    

    
    

    
    
    
All programs are held at the 
    New Mexico Tech Skeen Library, Tripp Meeting Room 212 at 7:30 pm and are 
    free of cost unless otherwise noted.  Everyone is welcome!

    

    How to Write & 
    Illustrate – by Betsy Francois – Wednesday October 8, 2003  7:30 pm

    Betsy is a local author and artist 
    from Escondida.  She will present a program on her experiences in writing 
    and publishing her book “There’s a Roadrunner in the Honeysuckle Bush.”  
    Hear her story of how she decided to write the tale, and then the excitement 
    and deadline of getting it self-published.  The original watercolor 
    illustrations for the book will be on display, and Andrea Peralta, 
    co-illustrator will present the paintings.

    

    Collisions in the Solar System – by Dr. 
    Eileen Ryan – Wednesday November 12, 2003 7:30 pm

    Dr. Eileen Ryan, astrophysicist 
    from NM Tech, will talk about her research examining the likelihood of 
    interplanetary transfer of microbial life through collisions in the solar 
    system.  This research is on the cutting edge of science with the potential 
    to benefit of all mankind.  She will also address her experiences as a wife, 
    mother, scientist, and mentor
    in a largely 
    male-dominated profession.
    

    

     Visitas de Navidad – December 14, 2003 – See
    Special Events

    

     Swedish 
    Smorgasbord –  Saturday January 17, 2004 6:30 pm      

    Home of Elise Brower 1306 Vista 
    Drive, Socorro - Cost $12

    Bring family and friends to this delicious dinner entirely of foods from 
    Sweden.  Taste new treats, enjoy the comraderie, all are welcome to join 
    this wonderful meal.

    

     Glass 
    Beads Galore!  - by Dona Nowicki – Wednesday February 11, 2004 7:30 pm

    Fine Arts Building West at New 
    Mexico Tech

    Dona Nowicki is an art instructor at the Community College.  She will 
    provide a demonstration and then there will be a hands on workshop.  Come 
    and play!  Everyone will be able to learn to make a glass bead or two that 
    you get to take home.

    

     The 
    Best Years of Your Life – by Dr. Eileen Comstock, M.D. Wed March 10, 2004 
    7:30 pm

    Dr. Comstock is a physician in the 
    emergency room at Socorro General Hospital.  Her presentation will focus on 
    health and wellness issues affecting all of us.  She will answer any 
    questions or discuss concerns that you may have.

    

     Women’s Struggles in the Third World – by 
    Dr. Rinita Mazumdar – Wed April 14, 2004 7:30 pm

    This program is sponsored in part by the New Mexico Endowment for the 
    Humanities.  

    Dr. Rinita Mazumdar is faculty in UNM’s Philosophy and Women’s Studies 
    department.  “What happened to women when former colonies in Africa, Latin 
    America and Asia became independent?”  Dr. Mazumdar will present this 
    question and then discuss globalization and other issues affecting third 
    world women today.

  

  

    
    

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