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Dept. celebrates women's history
Andy Chu
Issue date: 3/7/07 Section: News
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Every year the month of March is devoted to recognizing the historical achievements of women in history and the women's studies program, coordinated by San Jose State University Professor Shahin Gerami.
The program will hold a month long celebration commemorating this holiday.
This is Gerami's first year teaching at SJSU and she said took the task of organizing the events on campus for Women's History Month with open arms.
"It's my responsibility for every generation as a woman to promote and educate people about the contributions of women in the world's history," Gerami said. "Throughout history women and minorities have been excluded from writing the history and this month gives us an opportunity to recognize them."
Professor Gerami received her law degree from the University of Tehran in the country of Iran. Afterwards she earned her masters and Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Oklahoma.
Before coming to SJSU, Gerami taught the gender studies program at the University of Missouri.
Currently, the women's studies program offers a minor and several general education courses for sociology majors. Gerami encourages students in her department and as well as all other students on campus to help spread the message of Women's History Month.
"We need volunteers to reach out to the community," Gerami said. "If just a handful of students committed five hours a week to any community program like Big Brother Big Sister, they would learn the value of productivity through commitment."
Gerami has been planning the events for March since November but in the beginning she was worried that she would not be able to find enough support to promote her events, she said.
"At times I was panicking thinking that not enough groups could come forward to help contribute," Gerami said. "But now I have over 20 groups and organizations contributing to the events this month, everyone has been great."
A few female students on campus didn't even know March was Women's History Month.
The program will hold a month long celebration commemorating this holiday.
This is Gerami's first year teaching at SJSU and she said took the task of organizing the events on campus for Women's History Month with open arms.
"It's my responsibility for every generation as a woman to promote and educate people about the contributions of women in the world's history," Gerami said. "Throughout history women and minorities have been excluded from writing the history and this month gives us an opportunity to recognize them."
Professor Gerami received her law degree from the University of Tehran in the country of Iran. Afterwards she earned her masters and Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Oklahoma.
Before coming to SJSU, Gerami taught the gender studies program at the University of Missouri.
Currently, the women's studies program offers a minor and several general education courses for sociology majors. Gerami encourages students in her department and as well as all other students on campus to help spread the message of Women's History Month.
"We need volunteers to reach out to the community," Gerami said. "If just a handful of students committed five hours a week to any community program like Big Brother Big Sister, they would learn the value of productivity through commitment."
Gerami has been planning the events for March since November but in the beginning she was worried that she would not be able to find enough support to promote her events, she said.
"At times I was panicking thinking that not enough groups could come forward to help contribute," Gerami said. "But now I have over 20 groups and organizations contributing to the events this month, everyone has been great."
A few female students on campus didn't even know March was Women's History Month.
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