This lecture series is an annual event presented
by the Women's Center in honor of MSU alum and Women's Center founding
board member, Shannon Weatherly. Shannon's compassion and involvement
in the community continues to be an inspiration to others. As her
mother has said about Shannon,"She felt a great responsibility,
not only to her immediate community of friends, associates, and her
college, but to the larger community which is humankind." Shannon's
activities incorporated her education in areas including theology,
history, sociology and psychology which propelled the ideals of feminist
studies.
Shannon was tragically killed
in 1982 while camping near Gardiner, MT. She was shot by a hunter
who mistook her tent for a bear.
An endowment was created by Shannon's
family and friends to bring nationally known feminist speakers to
the campus. These lectures are presented annually and are free and
open to the public. Past presenters have included singer/songwriter
Holly Near, psychologist and author Charlotte Davis Kasl, activist
and academy award winning film maker Stacy Kabat, comedian Maria Falzone,
cartoonist Nicole Hollander, and scholar Dr. Diana Russell.
