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ESU honors Nico Ramirez for activism on women's issues

| 07 May 2013 | 06:08
    The East Stroudsburg University Women’s Studies Program and Feminist Alliance held its annual recognition ceremony in the University Center Senate Chambers on May 3 to honor the best students and the best advocates for activism related to women and gender issues. Honorees (from left): Hayley Miller (Iota Iota Iota inductee), Shannon Frystak, Ph.D., associate professor of history and women's studies faculty member), Lauren Gilborges (Iota Iota Iota inductee), Nancy Jo Greenawalt, assistant professor for intercollegiate athletics (Faculty Woman of Distinction), Felicia Revero (Student Woman of Distinction), Maureen Madden (Community Woman of Distinction), Nico Ramirez (Pro-Feminist Man of Distinction), Emily Fox (Women's Studies Scholarship Recipient), Molly Carson (Iota Iota Iota Inductee and Women's Studies Scholarship Recipient), and Andrea McClanahan, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the department of communication studies, interim director of women’s studies and adviser to the Feminist Alliance.
    The East Stroudsburg University Women’s Studies Program and Feminist Alliance held its annual recognition ceremony in the University Center Senate Chambers on May 3 to honor the best students and the best advocates for activism related to women and gender issues. Honorees (from left): Hayley Miller (Iota Iota Iota inductee), Shannon Frystak, Ph.D., associate professor of history and women's studies faculty member), Lauren Gilborges (Iota Iota Iota inductee), Nancy Jo Greenawalt, assistant professor for intercollegiate athletics (Faculty Woman of Distinction), Felicia Revero (Student Woman of Distinction), Maureen Madden (Community Woman of Distinction), Nico Ramirez (Pro-Feminist Man of Distinction), Emily Fox (Women's Studies Scholarship Recipient), Molly Carson (Iota Iota Iota Inductee and Women's Studies Scholarship Recipient), and Andrea McClanahan, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the department of communication studies, interim director of women’s studies and adviser to the Feminist Alliance.

EAST STROUDSBURG — Nico Ramirez of Dingmans Ferry, Pa., a senior majoring in biology at East Stroudsburg University, received an award given to "the best students and the best advocates for activism related to women and gender issues."

Ramirez and Felicia Revero of Sewell, N.J., a senior majoring in theater, were honored by the university's Women’s Studies Program and Feminist Alliance its annual recognition ceremony on May 3.

The Feminist Alliance also awarded four Women of Distinction Awards:

Maureen Madden, who has been active in feminist issues, received the Community Award

Dr. Nancy Jo Greenwalt, assistant professor, intercollegiate athletics, received the Faculty Award

Student scholarships were awarded to students pursuing a minor in women’s studies who have shown a commitment to women and gender issues and activism during their time at ESU:

Molly Carson, a social work major from East Stroudsburg

Emily Fox, a biochemistry major from Matamoras

The criteria for these scholarships include a 3.0 GPA overall and completion of nine credits in women’s studies at ESU.

Women's Studies Honor Society
Women’s Studies also held an induction ceremony for the Women’s Studies Honors Society, Iota Iota Iota, at the ceremony. Students who have above a 3.0 GPA overall, high achievement in women’s studies courses, more than 60 credits and a commitment to social justice were inducted into the honors society. The 2013 inductees are:

Molly Carson, a social work major from East Stroudsburg

Hayley Miller, a psychology major from Tobyhanna

Lauren Gilborges, a psychology major from Philadelphia

Women’s studies is an interdisciplinary minor at ESU that seeks to recognize the diversity of human experience and examine the interplay of gender, race, class and sexuality by focusing on the experience of women, the concept of gender, and the cultural productions by and about women within different contexts and across various identities and academic disciplines.

Feminist Alliance is an organization formed by women students at ESU to heighten campus awareness about women’s issues and to support a gender equitable climate. It organizes consciousness-raising events for campus and community, including the “Take Back the Night” and the Women of Distinction Awards ceremony.