Dear FCLC students,

International Women’s Day is today! To mark the occasion, many of the events featured in today’s newsletter celebrate and amplify the achievements of women throughout history and in the present day. 

For those of you who celebrate, I wish you and your loved ones a happy and healthy Holi.

And finally, don’t forget! Spring Recess is next week, March 13-17. I hope you have a restful and pleasant break. I look forward to reconnecting with you in my next newsletter on March 22, if not sooner. 

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Yours sincerely,
Dean Auricchio
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Laura Auricchio, Ph.D.
Dean of Fordham College at Lincoln Center
Fordham University
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Serving the City - more NEW paid internship opportunities for Summer 2023! 
I’m excited to introduce two new organizations partnering with our program, City Reliquary and Manhattan Theatre Club. I’m thrilled that there will be opportunities to partner with these two organizations, who so amply reflect the vibrancy of our city and truly embody the idea of “Only in New York”. Posted on our Serving the City LinkedIn page (via our FCLC LinkedIn page), find these and many other new and active internship opportunities below! Email servingthecity@fordham.edu with any questions.
 

NEW PARTNER! Manhattan Theatre Club - Over five decades, the Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) has grown from a small off-off-Broadway showcase into one of the country’s most prestigious and award-winning theatre companies, creating approximately 600 world, American, New York and Broadway premieres. Their productions have earned 7 Pulitzer Prizes, 28 Tony Awards, 50 Drama Desk Awards and 49 Obie Awards amongst many other honors. MTC is an anti-racist organization that respects and honors all voices, and upholds the values of community and equity. 

NEW PARTNER! City Reliquary - The City Reliquary is a not-for-profit community museum and civic organization located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Through permanent displays of New York City artifacts, rotating exhibits of community collections, and annual cultural events, The City Reliquary connects visitors to both the past and present of New York.

Registration dates for Summer/ Fall 2023
Please find here registration dates for summer and fall 2023 semesters and plan accordingly. Especially as all university offices will be closed from April 6-10 for the Easter holiday, please be sure to reach out early to ask questions and plan for course registration. 
 

Apply for research opportunities, internships and scholarships! 
There are opportunities that provide both incredible experiences and financial support. Read below and find links for more information and applications. 
 

The Voyager Scholarship
Also known as the Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service, the Voyager Scholarship is open to rising juniors and seniors. This scholarship gives financial aid to alleviate debt, meaningful travel experiences to expand horizons, and a supportive network of mentors and leaders. Learn more and apply by March 22; as well, please know that the Office of Prestigious Fellowships would be happy to work with you on the application! If you are interested, email them at fellowships@fordham.edu. 

12th Annual Westchester Undergraduate Research Conference
The Westchester Undergraduate Research Conference (WURC) was created in 2011 at Mercy College and, in 2012, became a partnership between Manhattanville College and Mercy College. WURC serves as a regional conference that allows undergraduate students to present their original scholarly work. The conference is well attended, with more than twelve 2-year and 4-year colleges represented and an average of more than 100 student presenters annually. Students may apply for their presentation to be in the format of a poster or oral (platform) presentation. The conference is not judged. 

This year’s conference will be held on Friday, April 21st and will be hosted at Manhattanville College in Reid Hall, with breakfast and lunch sponsored by Regeneron. I do encourage you to apply for this wonderful opportunity! The conference abstract submission deadline is Friday, March 24. Learn more details here. 

Paid internship with the Holocaust Educator School Partnership program
New York City undergraduate and graduate students are invited to apply for a paid, in-depth internship to learn about and teach the history of the Holocaust in classroom and Museum gallery settings. The Holocaust Educator School Partnership program at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust offers New York City college and university students a challenging program of work and study as they are trained on how to teach the history of the Holocaust and then work with middle and high school students in NYC public schools. Interns receive in-depth education about the history of the Holocaust and teaching methodologies.
 

Submissions for Bricolage - due this Friday!
Bricolage is Fordham's comparative literature journal that publishes critical and creative writing in multiple languages -- the only university publication to do so! Bricolage is accepting submissions for our 2023 print issue, and they invite everyone to submit their work. You can submit a maximum of 5 pieces for any section of your choosing: Theory & Criticism, Poetry, Drama, Visual Art, Modern Languages, and Fiction & Prose. Submissions are open until this Friday, March 10, at 11:59 p.m. EST. Please apply by clicking the link under the “Submissions” tab on our website, bricolage-fordham.squarespace.com. For any further questions, feel free to reach out to us via email at fordhambricolagesubmissions@gmail.com or Instagram @bricolagefordhamu

New Student Access to Course Evaluation Database
I’m happy to announce that you now have access to student course evaluation data from 2018-2022. You can find the data in Blackboard, under “Tools” and “Student Feedback Report.” We hope you will find this information helpful when you are preparing for registration. If you have any questions or problems accessing or understanding the data, please email artscicourseevaluations@fordham.edu.

Events at Fordham
Women’s Herstory Month Upcoming Events 
Dates and locations vary across the Lincoln Center campus (see below)
The Office of Multicultural Affairs’ Women’s Herstory Month committee at Lincoln Center has numerous events throughout the month to celebrate Women’s History Month. Follow their Instagram to stay up to date on events and celebrations @fordhamwhm.
 

Game Night
March 9 | 6-8 p.m. | Student Lounge

Movie Night
March 24 | 6-8 p.m. | SL 11F

WHM Celebration
March 31 | 1-3 p.m. | Student Lounge

‘Futures Not Yet: Jewish Exiles, Black Politics’
March 8 | 6-7 p.m. | McMahon 109 (Lincoln Center campus)
Join a hybrid lecture with Jana Schmidt, part of the Fordham-NYPL lecture series. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, a small contingent of Jewish German refugees received asylum in the United States to find that the flame of democracy had been a sword to some. As African American publications across the country had not failed to observe, there were parallels between racial segregation practices and the Nuremberg Laws.

God and American Diplomacy
March 8 | 6-7:30 p.m. | McNally Amphitheatre (Lincoln Center campus)
Join us for a panel discussion featuring Shaun A. Casey, the founding director of the Department of State’s Office of Religion and Global Affairs, under Secretary of State John Kerry. Prior to the panel, he’ll present his new book, titled Chasing the Devil at Foggy Bottom, in which he highlights his tenure at the State Department to make a compelling case for integrating the “faith factor” into the American practice of global diplomacy.

How can a test help choose a career?
March 10 | 1-2 p.m. | Lowenstein 1004 (Lincoln Center campus)
“How well can vocational tests help us to choose a life career?” Marion G. Viray, MA is an experienced career counselor at Fordham, NYU, and now Baruch College CUNY. Here, he will review how a vocational test can help people choose a suitable lifetime career. Fordham’s Harold Takooshian, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Urban Studies, will serve as the moderator. 

Advocating for the Rights of All Women/The Power of Technology and Art
March 10 | 5-7 p.m. | Zoom
Join Fordham’s Graduate School of Social Service in kicking off Women’s History Month by celebrating the important work of the Fordham GSS Institute for Women and Girls. The conference will explore how technology and art have been and are being used to address the threats to the equality, safety, and well-being of all women worldwide.

Dyckman Discussions
March 11 | 2 p.m. | 140 West 62nd Street, G76 (Lincoln Center campus) 
The Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Alliance (a long-standing partner in our Serving the City internship program!) has just announced a new series of free educational panels, Dyckman Discussions, seeking to establish a complete history of the Inwood neighborhood and the city at large by shining a light on the history of slavery in New York and honoring the lives of those who were once erased from dominant narratives of our city’s history. I am particularly thrilled that the first of these discussions, Culture and Connection in Early New York, will be held in our very own 140 West 62nd Street, room G76. (Many thanks to our colleagues in Student Affairs for their help in securing this space!) I am honored to be delivering a brief welcome to the event.

After this initial discussion, the DFMA will continue this series of educational presentations across various institutions in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx. These presentations will be led by distinguished educators, artists, and historians and will cover a wide range of important topics, including the forced displacement of indigenous and enslaved people, Dutch colonization, and immigration. This is a cause especially important to the DFMA’s mission of social justice and community outreach, and is invaluable to the city of New York. Registration is not required for those who wish to attend in person — for those who are not local to the city or cannot physically attend, registration to the online broadcast can be found here. 

Latinx Visionaries: Quemuel Arroyo (MTA's first-ever Chief Accessibility Officer) on Transforming NYC and the World  
March 21 | 5:30pm 12th Floor Lounge (Lincoln Center campus)
The Latin American and Latinx Studies Program (LALS) at Fordham University invites you to a special Spring Event featuring Quemuel Arroyo (1st-ever Chief Accessibility Officer, MTA) in conversation with Professors Yuko Miki (LALS) and Rebecca Sanchez (Disability Studies) about his remarkable life, growing up Dominican American in NYC, and his vision for a City and World that are accessible to all. Free and open to the public. Registration and proof of vaccination required. Wheelchair Accessible. ASL Interpreter and CART provided. Register at the link above.

Theology & the Earth: Human Beings in the Community of Creation
March 21 | 5:30-8pm | McNally Amphitheatre (Lincoln Center campus)
This timely event will celebrate the launch of the Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J., Endowed Fund for Theology & the Earth. The new fund, established in honor of Fordham’s distinguished professor emerita of theology, will advance the interdisciplinary study of theology and our relationship and responsibility to the Earth. Responding to Professor Johnson’s lecture will be Professor of Biology Jason Z. Morris, and Michael Pirson, the James A. F. Stoner Endowed Chair in Global Sustainability at the Gabelli School of Business. A reception will follow.This event and reception are free and open to the public. Registration is required can be done here. 

I wrote myself toward a stronger version of myself
April 29 | 10am - 3pm | Lowenstein 1021 (Lincoln Center campus) 
A literary gathering hosted by the Poetic Justice Institute for BIPOC Fordham students, faculty and allies. This day-long event will center BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Person of Color) experience and perspective. The aim is to provide a safe and enriching environment that addresses the unique challenges faced by BIPOC writers and scholars. Admission is free, though limited, and likely to fill quickly. RSVP at your earliest convenience, latest by March 28th.

FREE events at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Lincoln Center: David Rubenstein Atrium Events
61 W 62nd St, New York, NY 10023
All events are free and open to the public.
 

moim
March 9 and 10 | 7:30 p.m.
[moim] is the Korean word for gathering! Presented in collaboration with members of KQTx (the first national network for Queer and Transgender folx of Korean descent), Lincoln Center will have a two-day symposium of healing, celebration, and affirmation. There will be a panel discussion and Q&A with fabulous community leaders, healers, and organizers on March 9 and beautiful performances of personal narrative and queer liberation, culminating in a dance party on March 10. 

Holi at Lincoln Center!
March 11 | 11 a.m.
Celebrate the spring festival of color with dance, music, Holi face painting and yummy treats presented by Ajna Dance Company and Lincoln Center. This fun and festive celebration will include an explanation of the significance of Holi, an interactive live music program by Raga Kids with Violinists Trina Basu & Arun Ramamurthy, and a dance performance and workshop with Ajna Dance Company, accompanied by Amrit on the dhol (drum from Punjab). 

Rāginī Festival: Mangrove Songs
March 11 | 7:30 p.m.
Brooklyn Raga Massive’s Rāginī Festival 2023 edition offers a month-long, cross-oceanic immersion into folk, classical, and contemporary art of the Indies, both East and West. Mangrove Songs is an evening dedicated to illuminating the plurality of the South Asian diaspora and the artistic strains of ‘Coolitude’, a conceptual framework for navigating the complex nature of Indo-Caribbean identity. The concert will be followed by a dance party led by Roshni Samlal aka DJ Raat ki Rani.

Events in NYC (free or low-cost)

New York Public Library Women’s History Month Events
Admission is free for events.
 

Art of Protest: Women's Rights
March 8 | 4-5:15 p.m. | Belmont Library and Enrico Fermi Cultural Center 610 E 186th St, The Bronx, NY 10458
Join staff from the Belmont Library for a discussion about the history of protest art and the artists. In this session you will get a chance to create your own protest art for a political or social movement relating to Women's History. 

Women's History Month Film Program
March 9 | 12-2 p.m. | Westchester Square Library 2521 Glebe Ave, The Bronx, NY 10461
Join NYPL for a showing of the film, “On the Basis of Sex” about wife, mother, and lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg who battles the U.S. Supreme Court for gender equality and women's rights. A true trailblazer, Bader Ginsburg worked with the American Civil Liberties Union to argue cases on behalf of both men and women, demonstrating that discrimination "on the basis of sex" is unconstitutional. 

Documentary Mondays: "Call Her Ganda"
March 13 | 3:30-5 p.m. | Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Library 2147 Barnes Ave, The Bronx, NY 10462
Join the Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Library for a free screening of "Call Her Ganda.” When Jennifer Laude, a Filipina trans woman, was brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine, three women intimately invested in the case—an activist attorney (Virgie Suarez), a transgender journalist (Meredith Talusan) and Jennifer’s mother (Julita “Nanay” Laude)—galvanized a political uprising, pursuing justice and taking on hardened histories of U.S. imperialism. This event is online and in-person. 

 

“Our Bodies Our Power”: Women at the Forefront of the Equal Rights Amendment
Through May 2023 | New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West New York, NY 10024
This exhibit explores how the Equal Rights Amendment has inspired women's activists to continually place their bodies on the line in order to fight for—or against—enshrining gender equity in law. Featuring ephemera, clothing, and photography from these protests, the installation reveals how activists have applied lessons from the civil rights movement, antiwar protests, and labor struggles to bring public attention to their cause. Discounted student tickets are available for purchase online, and admission is pay-as-you-wish from 6–8 pm on Fridays.

Billie Jean King: Tennis Court to Capitol Hill
Through June | New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West New York, NY 10024
In 1973, Billie Jean King's triumph over Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes made her one of the most public faces of the women's movement. Emphasizing that women did not want special treatment, but simply equal rights, King called out the funding inequities, poor facilities, and persistent stereotypes that female athletes faced. In this special installation, photographs and objects from the Billie Jean King Archive illustrate how King used her celebrity to support female athletes and Title IX and amplify the women's liberation movement. Discounted student tickets are available for purchase online, and admission is pay-as-you-wish from 6–8 pm on Fridays.