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ZANE KITT | PHOTOGRAPHER
The University held several activities for
Thursday’s Take Our Daughters and
Sons to Work Day, including a visit to the
Craft Center.
Clockwise from lower left: Anna Thomp
son strings beads on her necklace; Kelsey
and Lainey Blancher listen to directions
from their instructor; Savanna Grape, left,
University senior Paige Lehmann, center,
and Jennifer Dumas create bracelets;
Scarlett Frunz and Tristan Soutar pick
through beads for their bracelets.
More than 100 faculty, staff, stu
dent parents and their children par
ticipated in the University’s Take Our
Daughters and Sons to Work Day
events held Thursday throughout
campus. The day, observed national
ly, is celebrated each year on the
fourth Thursday in April.
According to www.daughtersand
sonstowork.org, the day was started
by the Ms. Foundation to “create an
opportunity for girls and boys to
share and communicate their expec
tations for the future.” It was ex
panded in 2003 to include sons as
well as daughters.
Lilah Glick, the family issues ad
vocate for Work & Family Services,
an office of the University’s Human
Resources department, said the pro
gram is about youth exploring work
and family life.
“An important piece of the puzzle is
obviously about partnership,” she
said. “Balancing work and responsibil
ities is how they expanded Take Our
Sons and Daughters to Work Day.”
Campus events this year included
going behind the scenes at the Jor
dan Schnitzer Museum of Art,
working with costume design in the
Department of Theatre Arts and
playing in the Knight Library video
production studio.
“We wanted to give a broad range
of activities from science to sports
to art to dance to video production,
so it’s a pretty multifaceted pro
gram,” Glick said.
Glick said this year’s program,
which was advertised tlirough a letter
to University faculty and staff more
than a month ago, filled up quickly.
“All the departments and programs
are exceptional,” she said. “The de
partments have been really helpful and
really enjoyed this. It’s a pretty well
liked program, and it seems the inter
est might keep on growing.”
The next campus event for chil
dren of University faculty, staff and
students is Duckling Day on May 17,
from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Glick said it
is targeted toward toddlers to 4- and
5-year-olds, and events include mu
sic, juggling and face painting.
“It’s a good way for students who
don’t have families to realize that other
students and faculty and staff have
kids, and this is part of a balancing act
between work and school and their
families,” Glick said.
For more information about the Hu
man Resources department, visit
hr. uoregon. edu/workfamily.
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