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\"\"\u201cDo women just have to stay up all night in order to take care of the kids, take care of the husband and be successful at their jobs?\u201d Fatima Shaik, assistant professor in the communication and media culture department and author, wondered at a panel discussion about women in power as part of Women\u2019s History Month at Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s University. Women\u2019s History Month, which celebrates and encourages the study and observance of the vital role of women in American history, has taken place in March since 1987 and began at Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s in spring 2007, two years after the women’s studies minor was established. The month has always started with the event “Celebrating the Women’s Voices of Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s: Faculty, Staff and Students” to highlight the contributions made by women to the University\u2019s intellectual, artistic and political life.<\/p>\n

Later in the month, at an event geared towards empowering women, Shaik moderated a panel discussion with two professors in the English department. Deborah Hairston has been a lecturer in the English department for over 23 years and is a former McGraw-Hill editor. Kimberly Norsworthy was a public relations strategist before becoming an adjunct professor. Shaik, Hairston and Norsworthy integrate unique experiences from their previous roles into their classes at Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s. The women discussed their experiences with having high-level roles, specifically focusing on the struggles they faced by being African American and female. Their struggles and accomplishments allow them to bring unique industry knowledge to the classroom.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven before social media, there was a way to show your brand. Your character became your brand,\u201d said Norsworthy, who is a former public relations executive at Sony.<\/p>\n

Even though both Norsworthy and Hairston had built fabulous reputations for themselves, they still struggled in the workplace being African American women.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have fought so much for inclusion; employers have to include us, but we are not preferred,\u201d Norsworthy said.<\/p>\n

A commonality between the three women is that they are avid readers. Norsworthy said that books made her feel like there was something better out there for her than her tough family life at home. Books made her feel like she could chart a course for herself and then be able to take that course. Shaik, who grew up in the segregated south said that books help her to keep moving forward. She set a goal to read a book from every part of the world in order to become accustomed to different lifestyles and cultural norms.<\/p>\n

\u201cCuriosity takes a person a long way,\u201d said Shaik.<\/p>\n

\"\"All three women faced struggles in their lives, but they were able to overcome them. Shaik asked Hairston about her decision to stay in Jersey City even after she became a successful executive. \u201cYou can\u2019t do anything for your people if you\u00a0are afraid of them,\u201d Hairston said. She made the decision to send both of her children to Jersey City public schools and now both are successful Harvard University graduates.<\/p>\n

In addition, as part of the month-long celebration of women, the University connected students with industry professionals when prolific women in law gathered for Women\u2019s Empowerment Day on March 8. Panelists included Donna Jennings, Esq., partner, land use team, at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, PA; Nancy A. Lottenville, Esq., Director at Gibbons, P.C.; Kirsten Scheurer Branigan, Esq., Law Office of Kristen Scheurer Branigan, P.C.; and Rosanne DeTorres, Esq., \u00a0Managing Partner at DeTorres & DeGeorge Family Law. Lori Ann Buza, Esq., chair of the accountancy and business law department, moderated the panel.\"\"<\/p>\n

In her speech, \u201cClimb to Success as a Female Partner in a Large Firm,\u201d Jennings stressed the importance of networking. She grew up uncertain of where she wanted to go to college, and eventually went to the only place in which she applied, Rutgers University, and then later decided to go to law school at Seton Hall Law, where she did terribly her first semester due to family issues. She said she was able to recover and build a successful career because she joined as many clubs as possible and built relationships with as many people as possible. The relationships she formed later led to jobs. Throughout her career, she has faced challenges due directly to her gender. She advised women in the audience to pick up a hobby such as golf, that way, they can invite men out as clients and the invitation will not be misinterpreted as a date.<\/p>\n

Lottenville spoke to the positive effects of Title IX, in her presentation, “Title IX and Its Impact on Women in Business and Law.” The amendment gave academic opportunity to women and provided\u00a0them access to programs that they were not interested in before. However, Lottenville shared shocking details about the results of Title IX 45 years later. She said that women were the slight majority of the population, held the majority of undergraduate degrees and held about half of the law degrees; however, women were only 14.6 percent of top executives, 8.1 percent of top earners and held 16 percent of Fortune 500 board seats.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cWe still have a long way to go,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Upcoming events for Women\u2019s History Month include Eileen Markey presents, “A Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sr. Maura Clarke, M.M.” on March 27 in the McIntyre Conference Center B at\u00a0noon and Robin Spencer, “The Revolution has Come,” on March 30 in the forum on the fifth floor of the Mac Mahon Student Center at noon. Remarkable women at Â鶹ÊÓƵ\u2019s University including faculty, staff and students were celebrated earlier in the month at the 10th Annual Celebrating the Women’s Voices of Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s event.<\/p>\n

For more information, please contact Marilyn Cohen<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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