This week in Women's Month 2025

From: Women's Center

Women’s Month recognizes, affirms, and showcases the achievements, concerns, and diversity of women. A feminist perspective — one that encourages and advances women of all races, political affiliations, national origins, religions, ages, abilities, sexual orientations, gender identities, and income levels — underlies all our programming. The annual event occurs in March in conjunction with National Women’s History Month. The National Women's History Month theme for this year is "Moving Forward Together! Women Educating & Inspiring Generations." This theme recognizes the influence of women who have dedicated their lives to education, mentorship, and leadership. Women’s Month has historically represented Virginia Tech’s broad commitment to celebrating diverse and inclusive communities. To honor this ongoing commitment, the Women’s Month 2025 calendar highlights programs and events aligned with the Virginia Tech Principles of Community.

Click here to view the WoMo25 Calendar of Programs and Events

If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please reach out during regular business hours to the contact person for the individual event at least 10 business days prior to the event.

Join us in celebrating a month full of engaging programs and events!

All Month Long
A History of Advocacy and Change Exhibit Digital Exhibit
“Women’s History Month 2025: A History of Advocacy and Change” is a digital exhibit featuring publications, manuscripts, oral histories, and other materials from Special Collections and University Archives that reflect the ideas of advocacy by, for, and about women. Themes include the arts, politics and activism, athletics, education, and the military. Contact Kira Dietz

All Month Long
8-9:30 a.m.
Wallace Hall Atrium
Marching In Her Shoes
Fashion exhibition to celebrate women's every step. Produced by FMD 4984: Fashion Exhibit Students. Contact Dina Smith-Glaviana

March 17
9-10:30 a.m.
207A Newman Library
Strengths in the Workplace
Join us for an interactive workshop experience that will help you connect your Top 5 Gallup CliftonStrengths to your most authentic self. You'll get to consider the real, most authentic you; think and talk about the version of yourself that emerges in various spaces, influenced in part by your gender; and reflect on how you do and wish you could show up on campus and elsewhere. This session is open to everyone and is free to attend. 

*In order to be able to fully participate in the workshop, please complete the Strengths assessment if you haven’t done so already: 

• Visit your VT Strengths Portal.
• Log in to Single Sign On with your VT PID and password.
• The assessment should take no more than 30 minutes to complete. Be sure to start when you will have an uninterrupted period of time for this.
• If you have any technical issues, please email Strengths@vt.edu with a screenshot of any error messages you receive.
• Once you've completed the assessment, you can view your results and related resources anytime in the VT Strengths portal.

Contact Janet Hilder

March 17
12-1 p.m.
GLC Multipurpose Room
Principles of Community - Karen DePauw
Join us for a keynote speaker session with Karen DePauw, the former Dean of the Graduate School. DePauw will discuss the Principals of Community at Virginia Tech and her own experiences navigating the institutions while upholding these values. For accessibility concerns, please contact Ann Guo.

March 17
3-4:15 p.m.
GLC Room B
Menopause Series
Hokie Wellness and the Graduate School will present a series of three programs on menopause specifically for graduate students, as well as their colleagues, supervisors, and loved ones. This series will be an open, frank, and educational discussion that will cover the experiences of perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause. A variety of topics will be covered including, but not limited to, what to expect in each stage, symptoms, physical and mental health, available treatments, and how academic life and work-life may be impacted alongside personal-life. Topics of project management, supervision, and mentorship will be directly addressed. The programs are open to all. There will be a Zoom option for those who would like to join virtually. Come for yourself or to support others. The sessions will be held on March 17, 24, and 31 from 3-4:15 p.m. 

Please register here for the Menopause Series.

Contact Ann Guo

March 18
6-7:30 p.m.
Maroon Door
She Talks: Stories from Women in STEM
We’ve crafted an event to showcase the depth of experience, variety of background, and strength of the women in the Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics department. Highlighting women in STEM, from our faculty, students, and alumni, through a series of “Ted Talk” style format, called “She Talks.” Our tellers will provide stories designed to promote, advance, and celebrate women at Virginia Tech and beyond. Please join us at the Maroon Door, Tuesday, March 18, from 6-7 p.m., for an evening of inspiration, reflection, and real-life experiences from the Women of BEAM. Registration required here. Contact Michelle Darby

March 19
5-7 p.m.
El Centro
Public Participatory Textile Workshop with Tania Perez-Bustos: Feminist Knowing, and Remembering: Textiles and Gender Creative Workshop
This workshop, co-lead by guest scholar Tania Pérez-Bustos and WGS faculty Catalina Hernández-Cbal, invites participants to creatively explore the textile objects present in their lives and the gestures that shape our relationships with these items. Through this process, we will examine the stories, politics, and relationships embedded in both the objects and the simplicity of these gestures. Together, we will reflect on how our personal histories, objects, and bodies are interconnected. The workshop will culminate in a collaborative exhibit, with select pieces donated to El Centro as a testament to our collective experience and creative process. Contact Catalina Hernandez

March 20
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Goodall Room (Multipurpose room 101) - Newman Library & Zoom
Women and Girls in International Development Discussion Series: "Material Stories of Healing, Survival, and Dignity in Colombia’s Struggle for Peace: Forged Tiles, Poisoned Rivers, and Embroidered Pañuelos"
This event features Tania Pérez-Bustos from the National University of Colombia. Please click here for more about the Women and Girls in International Development Discussion Series.

The event is free, but prior registration is required. Please click on this link to register for Women and Girls in International Development Discussion Series. Upon registration, a Zoom link will be emailed to you.

Pérez-Bustos is a feminist scholar working on technologies and knowledge dialogues. Her current research interests focus on handmade textiles as technologies of knowledge and care, and how they are used by Latin American women and civil society in general. She examines the role of these technologies of care in cultivating community amidst Colombia’s transitions to peace.  She is co-founder of Artesanal Tecnológica and is a professor at the School of Gender Studies at the National University of Colombia. She is interested in transdisciplinary work from which to explore methodologies that enable transformative research and pedagogies.

Contact Maria Elisa Christie

March 20
1:30-2:30pm
Williams Hall
Graduate Women in Science - funding opportunities and more
The Graduate Women in Science (GWIS www.gwis.org) was established in 1921 at Cornell University under the original name of Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women's Scientific Fraternity (SDE). This initiative was led by a group of visionary women who wanted to promote and support each other's academic work. Today, GWIS offers a rich platform where women doing graduate-level work can benefit from mentoring, networking, and funding opportunities. In this presentation, you will learn all about this and how to access these resources. Contact Lavinia Carmen Uscatescu

March 21
1:30-3 p.m.
The Athenaeum - at the Main Library
Material Latencies Evoking Maternal Lineages
Lecture by feminist researcher, educator and textile scholar Tania Pérez-Bustos, visiting from Bogota-Colombia, will present a lecture about unfinished textile things that we inherit, materialize and how their latency generates bonds that precede us and, in doing so become company in themselves. This talk focuses on the stories of some half-made textile objects and the way they allow the women who treasure them to know that they are bonded and woven with others. Contact Christina Labuski

March 21
2:30-4 p.m.
207A Newman Library
Strengths in the Workplace
Join us for an interactive workshop experience that will help you connect your Top 5 Gallup CliftonStrengths to your most authentic self. You'll get to consider the real, most authentic you; think and talk about the version of yourself that emerges in various spaces, influenced in part by your gender; and reflect on how you do and wish you could show up on campus and elsewhere. 

This session is open to everyone and is free to attend. 

*In order to be able to fully participate in the workshop, please complete the Strengths assessment if you haven’t done so already:

• Visit your VT Strengths Portal.
• Log in to Single Sign On with your VT PID and password.
• The assessment should take no more than 30 minutes to complete. Be sure to start when you will have an uninterrupted period of time for this.
• If you have any technical issues, please email Strengths@vt.edu with a screenshot of any error messages you receive.
• Once you've completed the assessment, you can view your results and related resources anytime in the VT Strengths portal.

Contact Janet Hilder

March 21
4 -6 p.m.
The Perspective Gallery - Squires
M(other)ing Exhibition
Opening in March 2025 at Virginia Tech’s Perspective Gallery, the m(other)ing exhibition brings visibility to design work centered on reproductive health, parenthood, and the complexities of these experiences. Often overlooked in academic design research, these topics—ranging from infertility to birth stories, postpartum life, and childfree experiences—are deeply personal yet universally relevant. Featuring a diverse collection of posters, zines, artist books, digital work, and designed systems, the exhibition seeks to foster dialogue, legitimize personal narratives in academic spaces, and connect creators. Contact Meaghan Dee

March 23
All Day
Digital Exhibit
Women’s History Month 2025: A History of Advocacy and Change Exhibit
“Women’s History Month 2025: A History of Advocacy and Change” is a digital exhibit featuring publications, manuscripts, oral histories, and other materials from Special Collections and University Archives that reflect the ideas of advocacy by, for, and about women. Themes include the arts, politics and activism, athletics, education, and the military. Contact Kira Dietz

March 23
6-7:30 p.m.
Pritchard Hall Kitchen
Candy and Condoms
An informational booth and presentation to provide dorm residents in Pritchard hall with information on sexual health resources on campus. Aim to educate students on types of contraceptives and safe sex practices as well as where to get affordable contraceptives or STI testing. Contact Emily McCrystal