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PARKERSBURG — West Virginia University at Parkersburg’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee is celebrating this year’s Women’s History Month with a free and open to the public panel discussion with women from the community and the college at 7 p.m. March 30 in the College Activities Center.
The Breaking the Glass Ceiling panel will discuss how their hard work and dedication have paid off in big dividends.
Panelists include: Torie Jackson, interim president, WVU-P; Alice Harris, executive vice president of finance and administration, WVU-P; Christie Willis, superintendent of Wood County Schools; Wendy Shriver, executive director of Discovery World on Market; and Lindsey Piersol, economic development director, Wood County.
“As part of the efforts of our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, we felt the need to share with our students a program that could have a lasting impact on their career goals. Each one of our distinguished panel members is a leader,” said Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee chair Nancy Harris. “They represent the college and our community, and they have broken the ‘Glass Ceiling.’”
A display in honor of International Women’s Day will be at the event. WVU-P’s Art Club and Psychology Club created a display that showcases women in art and psychology history.
“According to Forbes, leadership is a process of social influence, which maximizes the efforts of others towards the achievement of a goal,” Harris said. “We have also invited the female leaders of many local non-profit organizations, service agencies and college leadership because they are true influencers and leaders who understand that hard work and dedication pays big dividends.”
For more information, contact Nancy Harris at nancy.harris@wvup.edu.
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