— Diana Onken (1997)
"; ar_text1[ar_text1.length] = "“The Women’s Studies Program at Illinois State University was instrumental in my transformation from information consumer to information producer and critic. The curriculum encouraged me to analyze my surroundings and the information I was being ‘fed’ in other classes. This helped me to grow as a student and a person because I no longer just took in what people told me. I began to question.”
— Elizabeth Lammert (1998)
"; ar_text1[ar_text1.length] = "“Every women’s studies instructor I’ve had has been encouraging and challenging.”
— Elizabeth Sawyer (2000)
"; ar_text1[ar_text1.length] = "“Women’s studies courses were the ones, more than any other departmental offerings, that helped me synthesize everything else I have learned.”
— Elizabeth Sawywer (2000)
"; ar_text1[ar_text1.length] = "“I really apply the knowledge I gained with women’s studies particularly in training homemakers [through a social service agency] who are part of the marginal segments in our populations. Come to think of it, the same is true as I work with the elderly.”
— Joyce Fulton (1994)
"; ar_text1[ar_text1.length] = "“The women’s studies minor was valuable in] too many ways to count. It helped me as a person grow so much. I know so much more about women’s struggle that I don’t take my own status for granted as much anymore. It helped me raise other people’s awareness also. It helped me choose my career goals. It broadened my perspective on women throughout the entire world of all classes and races.”
— Tracy Dawn Vernor (1999)
"; ar_text1[ar_text1.length] = "“I have majors in both English and history. My two majors and my women’s studies minor went hand-in-hand. In fact, with the exception of a few classes, the three were inseparable.”
— Jody Herman (1999)
"; ar_text1[ar_text1.length] = "“My women’s studies minor has been the most pervasively influential in my personal growth and development at this university, possibly the most profound studies I will do in my life.”
— Jody Herman (1999)
"; ar_text1[ar_text1.length] = "“My experiences in women’s studies have been an invaluable part of my education. I continue to explore and question through the perspectives I developed in those classes.”
— Jessica Haxton (1996)
"; ar_text1[ar_text1.length] = "“Each instructor really took the time to get to know me and help me in any way possible.”
— Molly DiRago (2000)
"; ar_text1[ar_text1.length] = "“I have learned and will take away from this minor so much. I look at the world through a different lens. I analyze and think about social issues differently. As an aspiring journalist, I am even more prone to examine stories that affect the lives of women.”
— Laurie Beth Hartzell (1999)
"; ar_text1[ar_text1.length] = "“My feminist awakening occurred at Illinois State University. I was involved with the Rape Crisis Center and loved every minute of my women’s studies minor. Women’s issues have become a big part of life and are central in my career pursuits [in counseling psychology].”
— Diane Slaviero (1995)
"; ar_text1[ar_text1.length] = "“The courses taught me a lot of information but additionally help me to articulate my views and prepared me to counter arguments.”
— Molly DiRago (2000)
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