U C S B P R O F E S S I O N A L W O M E N ’ S A S S O C I AT I O N
Newsletter Volume 12 Number 2
Ninth Annual Conference Inspires
Reflection and Action
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the best conference yet. The conference
is scheduled for Wednesday, May 10,
2005, in Corwin Pavilion. Our theme
of Aligning the Ideal with the Real:
Looking In & Reaching Out will focus on
developing your professional and personal
strengths, and using those to affect change
in your world.
Our luncheon keynote is Joyce Dudley,
Senior Deputy District Attorney and
local legend, who has met the challenge
of aligning the ideal with the real. She
is well known for defending children in
abuse cases and also for her activism in
the community including participating on
the Santa Barbara Girls and Boys Club
board. She is the recipient of the Shining
Star award from the Santa Barbara Rape
Crisis Center, the Guerry Award from
the Santa Barbara Citizens Council on
Crime, and many other accolades. Joyce
is a remarkable woman, renowned for
A Message from the Co-Presidents
THIS HAS BEEN A PRODUCTIVE YEAR of
collaboration with incredible women,
fun and informative events, and heartfelt
projects. Even better, there are still
opportunities for fun and professional
growth yet to come. Activities to look
forward to this quarter include the
conference on May 10, the much awaited
revealing of this year’s Unsung Heroines,
another community service project,
fun events, and of course the continued
opportunity to connect with amazing
women.
PWA has something for everyone and for
people with all levels of time available
to participate. Whether you can only
attend events or whether you are active
on a committee, together we all bring
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Spring 2005
Joyce Dudley, Senior Deputy District Attorney
her oratory skills; and we think her talk
will inspire you to take action. After her
presentation we will honor twenty-six
campus women with Unsung Heroine
awards for their work above and beyond
the call of duty.
The conference will begin with a panel
of speakers including UCSB staff and
community members who are out there
an awareness of issues affecting women
and a voice to our experience. We have
found the informal conversations with
members to be equally enlightening as
that of our guest speakers. Together,
PWA participation brings to our
awareness the bigger picture of women
in our society and the local level of our
reality here on campus. There is such a
wealth of knowledge and experience in
the PWA membership that each event
is an opportunity to contemplate life,
revisit personal goals, hear of a different
approach to problem solving or decision-
making, learn from another leadership
style, consider a new topic of professional
development or just de-stress and re-
energize and do something different
during the work day.
everyday bringing the world closer to
their vision of ideal. You will enjoy a
continental breakfast as you hear stories
about how everyday women are reaching
out to their community in ways that are
meaningful to them.
Following the panel and throughout the
day are multiple workshops designed to
empower, challenge, and inform. Three
workshop tracts focus on professional/
personal development, financial health,
and wellness. Individual sessions are
entitled: Why Nice Doesn’t Work:
Mastering Decision Making Skills,
Writing Your Personal Mission Statement,
Naturopathic Healing, A Home Buying
Experts Panel, Energy Anatomy, Self-
Defense, Adding a Small Business to Your
Life, The Write Your Own Book Club,
Alternative Forms of Exercise, and Money
Camp.
The conference begins at 7:45 a.m. and
ends at 4:30 p.m. and provides a day
full of opportunities for growth and
networking. As we close the conference
we will hold a drawing for prizes from
local businesses and organizations. For
more information and to register online, go
to http://www.pwa.ucsb.edu.
We look forward to seeing you there!
—Barbara Byrge and Shana Moran-Lanier
Keep PWA in your radar as we have an
exciting array of events coming to you this
quarter!
—Lupe Navarro-Garcia & Kim Parent
PWA Co-Presidents
 PWA Honors 2004-05 Barbara S. Uehling
Re-Entry/Non-Traditional Students Book Scholarships
PWA IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE RECIPIENTS
of the Barbara S. Uehling Re-Entry/Non-
Traditional Students Book Scholarships.
This year we offered six $200 book
scholarships in partnership with the UCSB
Bookstore. Students who apply for this
scholarship face unique challenges in
completing their degrees as they juggle
being a student, parent, wage earner,
community volunteer, and frequently
participant in co-curricular activities. As
you read the following biographies, we
believe you will agree that this year’s
applicants are very deserving, dedicated,
and hard working individuals. It is always
a challenge to make these selections since
the number of eligible students is greater
than our ability to provide scholarships.
Angela
Bruening is a
mother of a ten-
year old child
and a re-entry
student. After
dropping out
of high school
more than 12
years ago,
Angela decided
to go back to
college and
enrolled at Santa Barbara City College.
After transferring to UCSB, she has
maintained excellent grades as a sociology
major. She is currently on the Dean’s
Honor Roll, having achieved a 4.0 two
consecutive quarters. She volunteered
for the Multiethnic Student Outreach
Conference in 2001 and is currently
employed in the Religious Studies
department. She will be graduating in
spring 2005, after being at UCSB for only
two years. Her career goal is to obtain a
M.S. in counseling and to help “at-risk”
youth in inner cities by encouraging them
to pursue the goal of receiving a higher
education degree.
Martin Garcia is
the single father of
six children, ages
8 to 14. He is also
a re-entry student
who has overcome
many obstacles. He
said that he literally
sees education as a
“dream come true.”
He consistently
maintains a solid
grade point average
as a history major while working part
time and being the primary care giver for
his three youngest children. He is also a
parent volunteer at his children’s schools
and volunteers at Isla Vista Elementary
school as well. He is passionate about
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the need to help students improve their
reading skills, and emphasizes to all
children the importance of education.
Martin is scheduled to graduate in spring
2006 and plans to apply at that time to
graduate school for a Ph.D. in history.
He ultimately would love to teach at a
research institution and give back to others
the support he has received.
Angela Marks
and her husband
are full-time
students and
full-time
parents,
committed
to realizing
their academic
dreams and
creating a
loving and
healthy family.
They have
three children, ages 1, 2 and 6 years old.
While maintaining excellent grades as a
women’s studies major, Angela is also
working on an honors thesis and as a
community intern in the Women’s Studies
Department. After graduation this coming
spring with high honors, Angela intends
to publish children’s books and apply to
a Ph.D. program in women’s studies. Her
ultimate career goal is to be a professor at
a university where she can teach and work
on research projects.
Summer Smith is
a student who has
re-entered higher
education after a
ten-year leave. She
is a single mother
of two daughters,
ages 6 and 8
years old. She has
returned to school
both for herself and
to model for her
daughters that it
is always possible
to follow your
dreams. She has consistently performed
well academically and carries an excellent
grade point average as an anthropology
major. Summer has also been a volunteer
at the Phoebe Hearst Museum of
Anthropology and the Vallejo Naval and
Historical Museum. Her career goal is to
work for a natural history museum or a
well-respected company such as National
Geographic. She believes it is important to
teach children about ancient civilizations
and wants to pursue this passion as a
liaison between museums and schools.
Dianna Tiger
describes
herself as a
non-traditional
student, as she
manages her
academic work
while being
the mother of a
three year old
daughter. She is a
National Dean’s
List recipient for
the years 2001-
02 and 2002-03 and maintains a strong
grade point average as a sociology major.
She is also an American Indian intern for
the cultural services at the Educational
Opportunity Program. Dianna is also
currently a senior mentor for a freshman
through the L.E.A.P. mentor program
and a Big Sister for the Big Brothers Big
Sisters organization. Additionally, she is
a room representative for her daughter’s
classroom. Her career goals include
attending graduate school to obtain a
master’s degree in School Counseling
or Counseling and Guidance and a Pupil
Personnel Credential. She then would
like to become a high school counselor
and eventually aspires to be a community
college counselor, so that she can give
back to her community and help mentor
others.
Jacqueline Whalen
is a single mother
who maintains a
very strong grade
point average
as a religious
studies major.
She received her
GED in 1988,
but was unable
to maintain
consistent
enrollment
in college, as she faced many family
problems. After the birth of her son, she
decided that it was important to succeed
for him and returned to college in 2000,
transferring to UCSB in 2002. In spring
2005, she will be the first in her family to
graduate from college. Jacqueline has just
been notified that she will be attending the
State University of New York at Buffalo
for law school on a full scholarship. She
wants to help those who do not have the
resources to hire an attorney. Ultimately,
she would like to become a juvenile court
judge.
—Carolyn Buford and Cecilia Becerra
 Out and About: Thinking Outside the Cubicle
HI, WOMEN! I am hoping that my first
“Out and About” article persuaded
some of you to flee the confines of
your office space and explore the array
of interesting and entertaining talks,
musical performances, and events that
our university community has to offer.
For those of you who did attend a campus
event, I commend your audacious spirit.
To those who didn’t manage to squeeze
yet another item on to your daunting
calendar, I completely understand. If
anyone appreciates the complexities and
demands of the working woman’s life,
it is those of us who are right here with
you trying to accomplish, balance and
somehow get enough sleep. So, no need
to fret, my agenda is straightforward.
I will remain steadfast in writing
synopses about events that I believe are
thought-provoking, inspiring, or simply
amusing, and hope that these abbreviated
descriptions influence our readers (you!)
to think outside of the cubicle.
Ready to hear about my quarterly event
of choice? Here we go! This quarter I
went big, and headed into our very own,
500 person occupancy Corwin Pavilion
to spend an evening at UCSB’s Seventh
Annual Distinguished Women In Sports
Lecture. I love this event—a round of
applause for the Women’s Center, Title
IX Office, Intercollegiate Athletics, and
the Affirmative Action Office for co-
sponsoring this event!
Unfamiliar with this event? Well, every
year UCSB, in celebration of National
Girls and Women in Sports Week, invites
a female icon in athletics to be the keynote
speaker of this lecture series. Past speakers
include Olympians Maureen O’Toole
(water polo) and Liz Masakayan (indoor
volleyball), Title IX trailblazer Donna
Lopiano, and Women’s United Soccer
Association’s former star goalie, Saskia
Weber, just to mention a few. Each year
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these women address a crowd that has
reached as large as 400 and share their
stories about how athletics and being an
athlete have inspired them both on and off
their respected playing fields. What I like
most about this event is the crowd that
it brings to the university, especially the
young athletes. There is something very
promising about the looks of admiration
and inspiration that beam on the faces of
these young athletic enthusiasts as they
listen with awe to their role model.
This year’s speaker, women’s basketball
extraordinaire Ann Meyers-Dryesdale, was
incredible. Ann was the first female athlete
to receive a full scholarship to UCLA,
played basketball for Team US in the 1976
Olympics, was a first round draft pick in
the WBL (the first women’s professional
league, preceding the WNBA), and she
remains the first and only woman to sign
as a free agent with the Indiana Pacers
of the NBA. Yeah, Ann’s got serious
game. But, before you start believing that
Ann’s skills are all courtside, you realize
that there is much more to this woman
than a fierce “pick-and-roll.” Since her
days on the court, Ann has become a
widely respected sports broadcaster,
a professional field that is primarily
dominated by males. Ann now broadcasts
for ESPN covering all levels of both men’s
and women’s basketball games. She is
also the proud mother of three children,
ranging in age from 17 to 11, and is the
widow of former Major League Baseball
pitcher, Don Dryesdale.
Fellow PWA member Priscilla Mori and
her daughter, Sarah, were among the
crowd of basketball enthusiasts at this
lecture, and Priscilla agreed to share her
and Sarah’s thoughts with me on this
event. I’m sure that many of you know
Priscilla, as she’s been a noble leader on
the campus for 33 years! Priscilla, who
is the Director of the College of Letters
and Sciences Business Services and is
currently involved in Mediation and
Restorative Justice and other endeavors
that increase our sensitivity as a campus
to the need for civility and respect, was
especially impressed with Ann’s easy-
going, genuine personality. Priscilla
stated, “As she shared her stories, she
was so transparent. She revealed personal
information that helped me to understand
the challenges she faced being a wife and
mother in tandem with her professional
career, and what it was like to become
a widow at a very early age. She also
shared goals and dreams for the future. I
really appreciated the way she answered
questions with stories that not only
addressed the question, but gave us insight
into her values, her character, and her
integrity.”
Additionally, Priscilla and I both noticed
that Ann’s attitude, experience, and
charisma left a wonderful impression with
us; and discovered that her story has led to
a series of meaningful conversations about
women in sports, athleticism, teamwork,
women in male dominated careers, the
importance of role models for young
athletes, and how the tools that athletics
and group activities teach and promote
are often transferable to the workplace.
Priscilla added, “I was particularly
proud to share the experience with my
daughter because Ann is an exemplary
role model for young girls who will face
the difficult challenges of being women
of character in our world.” As Priscilla
and Sarah talked later and recounted the
evening, Sarah added, “It was cool to hear
her experiences—she’s one of a kind.”
Needless to say, the three of us enjoyed
our time with Ann and we left Corwin
Pavilion that evening feeling both inspired
by and proud of her accomplishments
as an athlete and, more importantly, a
woman.
—Kristen Burnett
 PWA MEMBER PROFILE: Meet Marianne Lopez
When I attend PWA events, I am always
impressed by the diversity of women who
attend the various functions. I thought
it would be interesting to profile a PWA
member and see what brings him/her to the
organization. I had noticed Marianne Lopez
at Brown Bag lunches and thought she would
be an interesting person to profile. I also asked
the PWA Steering Committee for suggestions.
Marianne’s name kept coming up. It was
fate. This was the PWA member I wanted to
profile. We met over tea (read about that later)
and I had the chance to reaffirm what I had
already noticed, SHE IS INCREDIBLE!
If you have attended a PWA Brown Bag
event this year, you will probably figure out
on your own that the theme chosen by this
year’s Program Committee Co-Chairs is
“Fun.” Attending PWA events, I have noticed
Marianne having fun. She has great energy
and her smile radiates a joy for life. She came
in new to PWA this September and at her first
event, she won two door prizes. At one event,
her membership fee had been repaid and then
some. She was hooked.
Marianne has worked on campus for two and
a half years. When her last job went part-time,
she applied for a position with Instructional
Development at UCSB and returned to her
alma mater. Since her graduation from UCSB
in 1997, Marianne worked for Santa Barbara
Channel (public access) KEYT and finally
with Swank Audiovisuals at the Biltmore.
Marianne met her “undisputed soul mate,”
Julio Lonnie Lopez, while working at KEYT.
“He definitely gives me so much joy, and the
encouragement to be everything my heart
wants me to be.”
On the subject of life at work, Marianne
remembers back to her time as a UCSB
undergraduate, “I did not have ‘adult’ friends.
I was my students at one point and I had to
learn things the hard way.” She now enjoys
mentoring her student staff on the ins and
outs of the working world. “Now I can turn
around, help and give advice.” Marianne
also enjoys the hands-on part of teaching
how the television and PA systems work and
coordinating the business end of the job. It
is the best of both worlds for her, office and
on-hands work.
Marianne works in a unit of three career
staff. PWA allows her to interact with a larger
group of people. Marianne mentioned how
much she has learned from listening to people
share their life experience, particularly the
clerical staff, “...where many of us are. You
hear funny stories, war stories. Mainly, I have
learned that I do not need to stay where I am if
I am not satisfied.” A lot of the women started
at entry level and worked their way up. With
no raises in sight, many of the women went
for a reclass or moved from department to
department to increase their income. These
interactions allowed Marianne to grow as
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a person. “I would have stayed in one spot
before. Now, I believe you can work hard for
what you are worth.”
Marianne mentioned that PWA is great about
receiving feedback and acting on it. At one
meeting, Marianne found herself surrounded
by coffee drinkers and mentioned to Shana
(Moran-Lanier) that she only liked tea.
This conversation spawned the idea for the
PWA Tea Party. One of the PWA members
generously donated a collection of tea cups
and saucers for door prizes. They looked
like items straight out of a Victorian catalog.
What a treat to be served high tea at UCSB.
Marianne’s next vision for PWA is the start
of a PWA Poker Club where we could play
and teach Texas Hold ‘em, regular 5-Card
Draw, and many other games some women
might want to learn, but are embarrassed to
ask about.
I asked Marianne what were her expectations
of PWA. Her answer was to meet nice
people. I asked if that had happened and
she replied with an immediate, “Definitely.”
Marianne has enjoyed the network of friends
she is making with PWA. “I have home
friends and work friends, if I can combine
the two it helps. The more you know about
others and their departments, the less
stratified you feel.” Having more familiar
faces on campus has been a good thing. “It
takes awhile to get the courage (to talk to
new people), but I know the opportunity
to know them more is there. Everyone has
been open, friendly, and interesting. It was
a nice surprise. I can’t wait to see where the
connections and friendships lead.”
Knowing what she knows now, I asked
Marianne what she would tell other people
about her PWA experience. She answered,
“PWA is a great place, in a neutral setting, to
meet others you wouldn’t have met. You can
talk to these women, joke with them. You may
have passed these women regularly and never
met, now you put names to faces; these are
great, dynamic women. It is an opportunity to
meet people and take from it what you can.
Your involvement is left to your discretion; it
is not a forceful organization.”
Other than missing one Brown Bag, Marianne
has made it a point to attend all PWA events
this year. She comes and helps with set up
and claims to not do much else for PWA.
“It is not that I do not want to, I just haven’t
gotten to that part yet.” She has not attended
a PWA conference yet, although she has
heard great things about it from her friend,
Barbara (Byrge.) The conference is May 10
and Marianne, PWA member extraordinaire,
already has it on her calendar and has received
approval from her supervisor to attend.
Thanks Marianne for sharing your PWA
experience with us!
—Lupe Navarro-Garcia
Campus Support and
Advocacy Resources
THERE MAY COME A TIME in your
UCSB career when you feel that you
have been treated unfairly or that your
rights have been violated. You might
be intimidated by the very thought of
taking action in a large setting like
UCSB, where your support system
often consists of people whom you’ve
never met. It is important for you to
know that there are people on this
campus in positions that have been
established specifically to assist staff
who have complaints.
If you have taken the necessary steps
to deal with a problem on your own,
and you still feel as if you are being
treated unfairly, then it is time to
take the problem to someone who
can help you. If you already have an
established support system, by all
means utilize it. If not, you can begin
the process of problem resolution in
some of the places that follow. As
stated in our PWA bylaws, we are
committed to providing a forum to
influence decisions on campus and
community issues that affect women
at UCSB. Over the length of our
existence we have had varying degrees
of effectiveness in accomplishing this,
and so we currently are looking at
how we might redefine this part of our
mission. We welcome your comments
as is mentioned in our co-presidents’
message.
Academic & Staff Assistance
Program
Terrie Furukawa and John
Berberet, Counselors
SAASB 3101, 893-3318
Affirmative Action Office
Joseph Castro, Coordinator
South Hall 1501, 893-2701
Americans with Disabilities Act
Linda Raney, Coordinator
Cheadle Hall 4129, 893-2184
Office of the Omsbuds
Judy Guillermo-Newton, Omsbuds
South Hall 3724, 893-3285
Sexual Harassment/Title IX
Complaint Office
Paula Rudolph, Officer
Cheadle Hall 2121, 893-32546
Women’s Center
De Acker, Director
Building 434, Room 141, 893-3778
Work/Life Issues
Wendy Nishikawa, Coordinator
SAASB 3101, 893-7323
 Book Club Plans Spring and Summer Reads
BOOK CLUB MEMBERS were very ambitious secrets are revealed, the three are forced
at their April meeting and made book to leave Darjeeling. Aloka and Pranab flee
selections for the next four months. Pick to New York City and Sujata to Canada.
your favorites, try something new, read The story opens ten years later, when their
ahead, or take each month as it comes. Grandmother summons everyone home to
Whatever your choice, you are sure to the family tea plantation to celebrate her
enjoy reading and discussing these books birthday. Despite the fact that Aloka is still
during the monthly meetings. All meetings very much in love with Pranab, they are
are held from noon – 1 p.m. in the Goleta in the process of getting a divorce. Sujata,
Valley Room. who is still single, runs a successful
business importing tea, a business that
May 5—A Home at the End of the World doesn’t fill her broken heart. This trip
From Michael forces the sisters to wrestle with their
Cunningham, bitterness and anger and to try to heal old
the Pulitzer wounds. What complicates matters is that
Prize-winning Pranab, too, is going to India and is intent
author of The on rekindling his relationship with Sujata
Hours, comes now that his marriage is over.
this widely
praised Although filled with the rich foods, smells,
novel of two and social confines of another culture,
boyhood Darjeeling is really about the universally
friends: human emotions of jealousy, rivalry, love,
Jonathan, and honor. It is a complex novel about
lonely, family, exile, sisterly relations, and how
introspective, one incident can haunt us for the rest of
and unsure of our lives.
himself; and
Bobby, hip, Novelist and award-winning cookbook
dark, and inarticulate. In New York after author Bharti Kirchner has written a
college, Bobby moves in with Jonathan sweeping family saga, a first class fiction
and his roommate, Clare, a veteran of the about forbidden love and family honor.
city’s erotic wars. Bobby and Clare fall
in love, scuttling the plans of Jonathan, July 7—Into the Forest
who is gay, to father Clare’s child. Then, Set in the
when Clare and Bobby have a baby, the near future,
three move to a small house upstate to Into the
raise “their” child together and, with an Forest is a
odd friend, Alice, create a new kind of powerfully
family. A Home at the End of the World imagined
masterfully depicts the charged, fragile novel that
relationships of urban life today. focuses
on the
June 2—Darjeeling relationship
(Our annual food party meeting. This time between
it’s a tea, to go along with the following two teenage
book. Sounds like fun!) sisters living
alone in their
Set in the Northern
mountainous California
tea plantations forest home.
of Darjeeling,
India and in Over 30 miles from the nearest town, and
New York City, several miles away from their nearest
Darjeeling is neighbor, Nell and Eva struggle to survive
the story of two as society begins to decay and collapse
sisters —Aloka around them. No single event precedes
and Sujata— society’s fall. There is talk of a war
long separated overseas and upheaval in Congress, but it
by their love still comes as a shock when the electricity
for Pranab, an runs out and gas is nowhere to be found.
idealistic young The sisters consume the resources left in
revolutionary. the house, waiting for the power to return.
Pranab loves Their arrival into adulthood, however,
Sujata, the forces them to reexamine their place in
awkward, prickly, younger sister but, out the world and their relationship to the land
of obligation, marries Aloka, the gracious, and each other.
beautiful, older sister. When all of their
Reminiscent of Margaret Atwood’s A
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Handmaid’s Tale, Into the Forest is a
mesmerizing and thought-provoking novel
of hope and despair set in a frighteningly
plausible near-future America.
August 4 —Walter Benjamin at the Dairy
Queen: Reflections on Sixty and Beyond
Using as a
springboard
an essay by
the German
literary
critic Walter
Benjamin that
he first read in
Archer City’s
Dairy Queen,
McMurtry
examines
the small-
town way of
life that big
oil and big
ranching have
nearly destroyed. He praises the virtues of
everything from a lime Dr. Pepper to the
lost art of oral storytelling, and describes
the brutal effect of the sheer vastness
and emptiness of the Texas landscape on
Texans, the decline of the cowboy, and the
reality and the myth of the frontier.
McMurtry writes frankly and with deep
feeling about his own experiences as
a writer, a parent, and a heart patient,
and he deftly lays bare the raw material
that helped shape his life’s work: the
creation of a vast, ambitious, fictional
panorama of Texas in the past and the
present. Throughout, McMurtry leaves
his readers with constant reminders of
his all-encompassing, boundless love of
literature and books. In a lucid, brilliant
work of nonfiction—as close to an
autobiography as his readers are likely
to get—Larry McMurtry has written a
family portrait that also serves as a larger
portrait of Texas itself, as it was and as it
has become.
—All book summaries from Amazon.com
product descriptions
 Committee Updates
Program bags for everyone, and Frank Ramirez
The Program Committee has a few tricks up from the bookstore came to the party and
our sleeves as we head into the end of the created the teddy bear tree.
academic year. On April 6, PWA members
and friends took a walk of the UCSB Our annual spring clothing/toiletries drive,
campus to view the large scale sculpture held in collaboration with the Associated
with a docent courtesy of the University Students Community Affairs Board, is
Art Museum. On April 20, we ventured now in progress. It began mid-April and
inside the museum for a tour of the current will continue through mid-May. This is
exhibit, Isabelle Greene: Shaping Place in a great opportunity for you to inventory
the Landscape. On May 24, the Speaker’s your closets and drawers, pull out career
Luncheon at the Faculty Club will be items you no longer wear, and donate
featuring staff them to homeless and low-income women
member, Britt and men in our community who appreciate
Andreatta. Britt your generosity as they seek employment.
is the Director Your donations of professional clothing
of First Year and toiletries will be given to Job Smart/
Programs and Good-Hearted People, Inc. for distribution.
Leadership Drop-off locations on campus are at the
Education Visitor Center, 1102 SAASB, and the
in the Office Community Affairs Board, 2523 UCen.
of Student Membership
Life; and is After several discussions in our Steering
the author Committee meetings, it was decided that
of recently Lupe and Kim, our co-presidents, would
published Navigating the Research personally contact members who had
University: A Guide for First Year Students, let their membership lapse. Dubbed the
a textbook for freshman experience classes “We Want You Back” campaign, Lupe
and a stand alone guide for students and and Kim sent emails to seventy former
parents. Come and
members. We are happy to report the
hear her talk about success of this effort with a large number
her experiences
of membership renewals arriving daily.
in writing this We know that many of you associate the
book, as well as
annual conference with renewing your
her thoughts and membership, but you just get the end of
insights on the
the year benefit from this strategy since
writing process. our renewal cycle is based on the fiscal
Culmination of
year. Come July 1 we will begin our
this great year membership renewals for the 2005-06 year
will be the PWA and you will need to join again.
General Meeting,
June 15, noon at If you are a supervisor and looking for
the UCen with the a way to encourage a hard-working
election of the 05- employee, give them the opportunity for
06 Steering Committee. professional development and support
their membership and participation in
Community Service our activities. Everyone is encouraged
Once again we to invite a friend, acquaintance, or new
brought joy and
staff member to attend an event. Personal
excitement into invitations have been responsible for many
the lives of needy, of us joining PWA and taking an active
young children leadership role.
through our annual
holiday gift drive
and party this past
December.Donations
from staff and
faculty allowed us
to provide personal
gifts for three state-
funded pre-schools and three kindergarten
classes at Isla Vista School. Special thanks
to Gene Lucas, who played Santa, and
John Mitchell, who held the children (and
adults!) spellbound with his baton twirling
skills. In addition, the UCSB Bookstore
generously donated teddy bears and Stuff
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Publicity and Publications
We are loosing our long-term webmaster,
Sue Kadner, due to her upcoming
retirement. Sue has worked behind
the scenes for six years maintaining
our Website and on-line conference
registration process, and we are very
grateful for her dedication and service
to PWA. Our Website will be at a
standstill unless we soon find someone
to replace Sue. If you volunteer quickly,
Sue will show you the ins and outs
of using Dreamweaver to update our
Website. Contact Brenda Reheem at
brenda.reheem@ sa.ucsb.edu if you are
interested in this position.
Recognition & Awards
The Recognition and Awards committee
is excited to announce this year’s Unsung
Heroines at the ninth annual conference on
May 10, “Aligning the Ideal with the Real:
Looking In & Reaching Out.” We will
also recognize these women by profiling
each heroine in a special edition PWA
newsletter this summer. Look for it on
the PWA website and in hardcopy around
campus.
It is also time for the committee to think
about new committee members and
projects for the 2005-2006 academic
year. Are you looking to gain experience
administering a small award program?
Interested in meeting new people
on campus or initiating new ways to
recognize women? This committee is
looking for you!
In its second year, the committee will
take on additional duties of administering
PWA’s Re-Entry/Non-Traditional Book
Scholarships in winter as well as the
Unsung Heroine awards and the annual
conference scholarships in spring.
If you are interested in joining this
committee or have ideas for new award
programs, send an email to Robin Rogers,
rrogers@ltsc.ucsb.edu or Kori Soltz,
ksoltz@housing.ucsb.edu.

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 2004–05 PWA Officers 2004-2005 PWA Standing
CO-PRESIDENTS: CO-VICE PRESIDENTS: Committees and Chairs
Lupe Navarro-Garcia Barbara Byrge
Education Opportunity Program Engineering Computer Infrastructure Community Service
lupe.navarro-garcia@sa.ucsb.edu • x4550 babs@engineering.ucsb.edu • x5480 The goal of this committee is to promote
Kim Parent Shana Moran-Lanier volunteer opportunities by designing and
Orientation Programs Education Opportunity Program sponsoring projects of service to our campus
kim.parent@sa.ucsb.edu • x3858 shana.moran-lanier@sa.ucsb.edu • x2558 and the community.
Co-Chairs:
SECRETARY: Katya Amistead
Sandy Camp Admissions Visitor Center
Development katya.amistead@sa.ucsb.edu • x8113
sandy.camp@ia.ucsb.edu • x8910 Gina Gonazles
Admissions Visitor Center
TREASURER: gina.gonzales@sa.ucsb.edu • x4518
Kristen Burnett
Sexual Harassment Complaint Resolution Office Membership
kristen.burnett@shot9.ucsb.edu • x5410 This committee supports the growth of PWA
through active recruitment within the UCSB
PARLIAMENTARIAN community.
Kori Soltz Co-Chairs:
Housing & Residential Services Phyllis Gibson
ksoltz@housing.ucsb.edu • x8458 College of Letters & Science
pgibson@ltsc.ucsb.edu • x2807
Candace Stevenson
PAST CO-PRESIDENTS: Office of Student Life
Carolyn Buford candace.stevenson@sa.ucsb.edu • x4521
Office of Student Life
carolyn.buford@sa.ucsb.edu • x8749 Programs
Cecilia Becerra The Programs Committee provides year-
Financial Aid round activities and events on topics
cecilia.becerra@sa.ucsb.edu • x3336 responsive to the members’ needs and
interests. It researches possible activities and
PWA Statement of Purpose Statement of Appreciation coordinates with other campus constituents.
To develop awareness among faculty, Co-Chairs:
The PWA would like to thank the Michelle Crawford
staff, and other campus constituencies of Affirmative Action Office for their
the contributions of women to the mission Office of Research
financial contributions and continued crawford@omni.ucsb.edu • x3787
of UCSB. support of the publication of the Mary Rae Staton
To provide activities and support to other bi-annual PWA Newsletter. Linguistics
campus constituencies that contribute to staton@linguistics.ucsb.edu • x3776
the advancement of women.
To serve as a networking and Publicity and Publications
communications channel among women The members of the Publicity and
employees at UCSB. Publications Committee are responsible for
To provide a forum to influence decisions The PWA Membership Committee publicizing and informing members of PWA-
on campus and community issues that co-chairs have been revising the sponsored events and activities.
affect women at UCSB. membership lists and labels. E-mail Chair:
reminders will be sent to you if your Brenda Bernu Reheem
membership has expired. Office of Student Life
brenda.reheem@sa.ucsb.edu • x4568

Web Site Maintenance

Yes! I Would Like to Join the Chair:
Sue Kadner
UCSB Professional Women’s Association! Information Systems & Computing
sue.kadner@isc.ucsb.edu • x2759
$10 Annual Dues (July-June) • Please Make Check Payable To: UC Regents
Send To: PWA Treasurer, Mail Code 8627 Awards & Recognition (Unsung Heroines)
❒ New Membership ❒ Membership Renewal Chair:
Name: ________________________________________ Phone: _____________________ Robin Rogers
College of Letters & Science
rrogers@ltsc.ucsb.edu • x8886
Department: ____________________________________ E-mail: _____________________
I would like more information on the following committee(s). Please contact me!
❒ Membership ❒ Community Service ❒ Program ❒ Publicity

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 Make Plans for the
2005 PWA Annual Conference!
As a member of PWA, this conference is about YOU!
REGISTER NOW—DEADLINE MAY 6

www.pwa.ucsb.edu We look forward to making the 2005 PWA Conference

a great professional development opportunity for you!
N E W S L E T T E R 2004 – 05
Feedback
We want to hear from you! Please let us know if you would like to see a particular topic or event covered in future newsletters. Any comments positive or negative
are welcome. Address all suggestions to Candace Stevenson at candace.stevenson@sa.ucsb.edu or Brenda Reheem at brenda.reheem@sa.ucsb.edu.
Editor:
Candace Stevenson
Layout and Production:
Brenda Bernu Reheem
For more information about PWA: Contributors:
Katya Amistead, Kristen Burnett, Barbara Byrge, Gina Gonzales, Shana Moran-Lanier,
Web Site: http://www.pwa.ucsb.edu Lupe Navarro-Garcia, Kim Parent, Robin Rogers, Mary Rae Staton, Candace Stevenson

U C S B P R O F E S S I O N A L W O M E N ’ S A S S O C I AT I O N

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