We sent many fine students off into the world this spring at our graduation breakfast. Marta Calás statistically proved that 100% of our students are fabulous, we ate, sang bread and roses, and distributed T-shirts and flowers. This 1999 graduation was a fine jump start to the new millenium for Women's Studies because we awarded our first Graduate Certificate in Advanced Feminist Studies to Viera Wallace-Lorencova. Congratulations to Viera and to all! We will miss you.

Congratulations to these graduated Majors:
Allyssa Bibeault, Zibby Bisgard, Danielle Burger, Melissa Cardenas, Maura Crowley, Meredith Dimola, Jeanne Fuqua, Jennie Horton, Amy Howland, Tracey Huggins, Sharon Katkow, Ronna Lytle, Sherri Martin, Molly McKnight, Andrea Montalbano, Megan Murphy, Ann Marie Pennola, Rachael Pepe, Ann Marie Pennola, Andy Rolinger, Deb Rose, Joscelyn Ruelle, Adelina Soares, Jennifer Swiderski, Leah Tyler, Anita Weisberg, Deidry Williams, Renee Wurtzel, and Adrianne Zahner.

Best of luck to these graduated Minors:
Cheryl Alper, Maricruz Badia, Julie Bettencourt, Sherri Cohen, Jessica Craft, Cheri Caneles, Melissa Dipinto, Laurie Faille, Kate Geyer, Jodi Harmon, Katie Herzig, Marcia Hill, Eileen Hoarle, Nancy Ingels, Heather Janvrin, Emma-Kate Jaouen, Jennifer-Lyn Jennings, Olga Daisy Navedo, Kellie O'Donnell, Christine Oliveri, Angela Osei-Mensah, Kristin Perry, Alexandra Piesiur, Jennifer Robson, Brenda Santos, Caroline Sunshine, Allana Todman, Emily Trask, Meenakshi Verma, Marcia Ward, Jessica Yoakum, and Jessica Wilson.

Farewell also to Karen Garcia who taught in the program 1998-1999, and to departing graduate student teaching assistants: Nandini Balakrishna, Heather Hackman, Deborah May and Viera Wallace-Lorencova. Best of luck to you all.

WELCOME to new Teaching Assistants for our Introduction to Women's Studies course, Shu-Chen Huang, Jan Dahms, Brenda Bethman, and Tanya Kachwaha. Welcome back to Jeannine Marks (Intro to WOST) and to Jana Evans-Braziel (Writing for Women's Studies Majors) who will teach in the program again this year.

The new graduate students for Fall 1999 (the third group admitted!) are: Michelle Boucher (English/American Studies); Kristina Bourne (Management); Steveda Chepko; Lynn Couturier; Jan Dahms (Sociology); Lisa Giddens; Shu Chen Huang (Comparative Literature); Michelle Paranto (Language, Literacy and Culture); Karen Pearce (Anthropology); Chizu Sato (Center for International Education); Rainier Sielaff (German); Anne Stouffer.

We hope that the new majors, minors, and graduate students can get to know the faculty, staff and one another as we work together in Women's Studies. Welcome all!