'Silent Witnesses’ heighten violence awareness
■The University’s
Womenspace program
spreads awareness
of domestic violence victims
By Rebecca Newell
Oregon Daily Emerald
Blood red, the life-size wooden
cutouts bear shields describing vic
tims of domestic violence, complete
with their names and the ways in
which they were murdered.
These “Silent Witnesses” are part
of a Domestic Violence Awareness
Month exhibit made in memory of
women killed by domestic vio
lence. The exhibit will be displayed
Tuesday in the Hult Center lobby
from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Womenspace, the
exhibit is dedicated to raising
awareness about violence in Lane
County and focuses on educating
people about how to make the com
munity safer.
“It’s a chance for the community
to come together,” Womenspace
employee Margo Schaefer said. “It’s
a very powerful exhibit, and we
want to create a picture of women
who are living with domestic vio
lence.”
Part of the Womenspace message
is not just to remember those vic
tims, but to recognize that there is
an outlet for women and families
currently in abusive relationships
“For every one of the women
killed, there are dozens, if not thou
sands, of women who leave those
abusive relationships, and we also
want to honor them,” Schaefer
said.
University Women’s Center of
fice coordinator Lori Brown said
programs such as the Silent Wit
ness vigil make domestic violence
real or personal for those who
haven’t lived through it and en
courage people to act as allies.
“Many victims of partner vio
lence feel they are alone in their sit
uation,” Brown said. “When we
honor victims and survivors of
partner violence with these events,
we validate their experiences and
show them that there are members
of their community that are influ
ential in their well-being.”
In addition to validating the ex
periences of women who have es
caped from abusive relationships,
the event is intended to spread the
message of support to those women
who remain in violent relation
ships.
“And we want to remind women
who are still in those relationships
that aren’t planning to leave right
away or at all that we still have
services for them,” Schaefer said.
These services include a shelter
for women and children, a crisis
line, community outreach and edu
cation and two clinics — a domes
tic violence legal aid clinic and an
advocacy drop-in clinic located at
111 E. 16th St.
“The best part of the job is when
Two teachers honored for superior efforts
■TwoUniversityGTFs were
awarded for excel lent work
carried out duringtheir first
year of teaching
By Kristy Hessman
Oregon Daily Emerald
Positive energy and enthusiasm
go a long way, as Graduate Teaching
Fellows Karen Barrows and Julien
Guillaumot found out. The pres
ence of these two traits in each of
their teaching styles helped them
become the first recipients of a new
award.
The Dan Kimble First Year
Teaching Award recognizes out
standing teaching performances by
GTFs in their first year of class
room experience. The award also
provides $500 for each recipient.
Barrows is a GTF in environ
mental studies and Guillaumot is a
GTF in clinical psychology.
“The most important part of this
award is that it recognizes the efforts
of brand-new teachers who have not
taught before,” said Georgeanne
Cooper, coordinator of the Teaching
Effectiveness Program.
The award came about with a gift
from Donald G. Stein of Atlanta, who
received his doctorate in psycholo
gy from the University in 1965. The
donation is to honor Dan Kimble,
professor emeritus of psychology.
The award was co-sponsored by
the graduate school and the TEP.
The graduate school received the
money and asked the TEP to partici
pate in the award process.
“I am delighted and honored to
receive it,” said Barrows of the
award. “I am very grateful to my stu
dents for their wonderful support,
and to the Teaching Effectiveness
Program and Graduate School for
their attention to the needs of begin
ning teachers on campus.”
Last year, Barrows taught discus
sion sections in undergraduate en
vironmental studies courses. She
currently works as a GTF for the
/ try to approach
teaching as fun and make
it contagious.
Julien Guillaumot
recipient of the Dean Kimble
First Year Teaching Award
n
Ecological Democracy course.
Barrows said she believes her en
ergy, passion and enthusiasm have
been key factors in being selected
for the award.
Recipient Guillaumot also brings
energy to his teaching.
“I use humor a lot,” he said. “I try
to approach teaching as fun and
make it contagious.”
Another tactic that makes Guillau
rriot stand out is his ability to remem
ber his students’ names, even in
classes as large as his introduction to
psychology class last year, which
had a total of about 120 students.
“I always try to learn all of their
names,” he said. “Many students are
very touched that I call them by their
names.”
The recipients were selected from
among eight first-year GTF appli
cants who completed a teaching
workshop or department training
offered by the University and sub
mitted classroom observations and
videotapings of their teaching.
Both recipients of the award com
pleted a 15-hour teacher training
workshop provided by TEP prior to
the beginning of fall 1999.
we see a family get safe and the
children not be afraid,” Schaefer
said. “People are open to the mes
sage when we get out there, but we
need more volunteers.”
Coinciding with Domestic Vio
lence Awareness Month, Women
space is also beginning fall training
for volunteers Oct. 14 from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. The day will consist of anti
oppression training and a segment
on the effects of domestic violence
on children. Womenspace Volun
teer Program Coordinator Nancy
Hafner said the training will also
cover violence on minority women
or women with disabilities.
For information about the vigil,
call Womenspace at 485-8232. To
volunteer, call 485-7262.
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