Focus ON: The Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Wednesday, October 1
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Blow Memorial Hall, Room 332
Gates Cambridge Scholarships are prestigious, highly competitive full-cost scholarships awarded to outstanding applicants from countries outside the UK to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge.
    Talk with Plaintiffs in Virginia Marriage Equality Case
    Friday, October 3
    11:30am
    Law School, Room 141
    The Law School LGBT Equality Alliance is hosting a talk with two of the plaintiffs in the Virginia marriage equality case - Mary Townley and Carol Schall. Food will be provided! 11:30am in Room 141 on the Law School
      WM2 Coffee Talk: Title IX
      Monday, October 6
      3:30pm - 5pm
      The Bee McLeod Recreation Center, Conference Room (Right off lobby)
      Join W&M Women?s Mentoring in a conversation about the impact of Title IX on the country and this campus. All are welcome.
        The Sexology of Technology
        Tuesday, October 7
        7pm - 8pm
        Sadler Center, Tidewater B
        How can technology increase intimacy in a relationship? What is the meaning of privacy when sending digital images? Throughout this presentation, HOPE members will facilitate an open dialogue centered on sexuality, privacy, and consent.
          A Discussion of sexual assault policy on the William and Mary Campus
          Wednesday, October 8
          12:50pm
          Law School, Room 119
          A Discussion of sexual assault policy on the William and Mary Campus; the legal response; and how students are affected.
            The Law of Sexual Assault on Campus
            Wednesday, October 8
            12:50pm
            Law School, Room 119
            A discussion of sexual assault policy on the William and Mary Campus; the legal response; and how students are affected
              An Evening with Staceyann Chin
              Thursday, October 16
              6:30pm
              Sadler Center, Commonwealth Auditorium
              Come kick off homecoming weekend with the Center for Student Diversity and enjoy a spectacular performance!
                Sexuality and the Policing of the Family
                Friday, October 17
                2pm
                Blow Memorial Hall, Room 201
                The 2014 Boswell Lecture. Before the era of gay and lesbian liberation movements, these parents and their children were invisible in a culture that saw them as a categorical impossibility based on a definition of the family as always heterosexual.
                  Breast Cancer Awareness
                  Monday, October 20
                  5pm - 8pm
                  Sadler Center, Lobby
                  Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Xi Lambda Chapter will be asking you to Pledge for Pink and to accept a gift for your support in fighting Breast Cancer!
                    GSWS Brownbag with Kara Thompson
                    Tuesday, October 21
                    12:30pm - 1:30pm
                    Boswell Hall (formerly Morton Hall), Room 314
                    Please join our brownbag with Kara Thompson, Assistant Professor of English and American Studies. Her talk is entitled, "Indigenous L.A.: Queer Intimacy and the Politics of Disappearance." All are welcome! Light snacks and drinks available.
                      The Legal Side of Breast Cancer (Rene Bowditch JD '82)
                      Wednesday, October 22
                      12:45pm - 2pm
                      Law School, Room 124
                      Join the co-founders of Beyond Boobs!, a Williamsburg-based nonprofit breast health organization, as they discuss laws that were enacted as a result of issues surrounding breast cancer.
                        Lecture: From the Maquilas to the 'Nuevo South': Gender, Borders, & Women's Resistance
                        Wednesday, October 22
                        3:30pm - 5pm
                        Small Hall, Room 111
                        Jennifer Bickham-Mendez, professor of Sociology, will present on gender.
                          Red Flag Movie Night: The Spectacular Now!
                          Wednesday, October 22
                          8pm
                          Andrews Hall, Andrews 101
                          HOPE's healthy relationships branch will be screening "The Spectacular Now" at 8pm in Andrews 101 on October 22nd! We will hand out red "relationship checklists" for audience members to hold up when they spot "red flags" within the relationship!
                            Red Flag Campaign Dialogue on Dating Violence and Hookup Culture
                            Thursday, October 23
                            6:30pm - 7:30pm
                            Sadler Center, York Room
                            Join HOPE's healthy relationships branch for a round table about the signs of healthy and unhealthy relationships, and what dating violence and hookup culture means for the W&M community. We'll begin our discussion at 6:30pm in the York Room!
                              Lunch with Pulitzer Journalist Allison Shelley
                              Monday, October 27
                              12pm - 1pm
                              Blow Memorial Hall, Room 201
                              Allison Shelley, award-winning documentary photographer & multimedia journalist, will host an informal discussion Monday, October 27 in Blow 201 from 12-1 pm. Lunch will be provided. Check out her bio at: http://pulitzercenter.org/people/allison-shelley
                                Bunky Echo-Hawk to Speak and Perform in Tucker Theatre
                                Wednesday, October 29
                                4:30pm
                                Tucker Hall, Tucker Theatre 127A
                                Multi-media artist Bunky Echo-Hawk (Yakama/Pawnee) will speak & perform at William & Mary in Tucker Theater. He will speak about food sovereignty & other topics relevant to Indian Country today. He will also produce a piece of live art inspired by you.