February 26, 1998

Middlebury College Marks International Women’s

Day with Career Panel and Human Rights Lecture

Middlebury College will recognize International Women’s

Day on Monday, March 9, with a career panel presentation and discussion

at 4:15 p.m., as well as a lecture on human rights at 8 p.m. The

panel and the lecture will take place in the Charles A. Dana Auditorium

on College Street (Route 125). Both events are free and open to

the public.

The panel is titled “Advancing Your International

Career: Perspectives of Women Professionals.” The panelists

are Jane L. Brett, a founding partner of the Wall Street firm

Weiss, Peck & Greer, and past

president of the New York Society of Security Analysts;

Margaret Chapman, former vice president of the U.S.-Russia Business

Council; Pamela Nugent Czekanski, vice president and portfolio

manager at Loomis Sayles & Co.; and Elizabeth

Knup, program director, National

Committee on U.S.-China Relations. Kathryn Wittneben,

president of the Geonomics Institute of Middlebury

College, will serve as moderator.

The panelists will discuss the wide array of international

professional positions available to women in today’s global marketplace,

as well as strategies for building a successful internationally-oriented

career. They also will address opportunities in the public, private,

and nonprofit sectors.

Irena Lasota, program director and president of the

Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe, will speak on “Human

Rights from Cuba to Azerbaijana Woman’s Perspective.” Her

talk will focus on the concept of human rights for those in transition

from communism to democracy.

For more information about the panel or the lecture,

contact Charlotte Tate, development and events coordinator, Geonomics

Institute of Middlebury College, at 802-443-5795.

Events Calendar Listings for MONDAY, MARCH 9

4:15 p.m. Charles A. Dana Auditorium, College Street,

(Route 125).

Panel and discussion:

“Advancing Your International Career: Perspectives of Women

Professionals.” Panel participants: Jane L. Brett, a founding

partner of the Wall Street investment firm Weiss, Peck & Greer,

and past president of the New

York Society of Security Analysts; Margaret

Chapman, former vice president of the U.S.-Russia Business Council;

Pamela Nugent Czekanski, vice president and portfolio manager

at Loomis Sayles & Co.; and Elizabeth

Knup, program director, National

Committee on U.S.-China Relations. Moderator

is Kathryn Wittneben, president of the Geonomics Institute of

Middlebury College.

8:00 p.m. Charles A. Dana Auditorium, College Street,

(Route 125).

Lecture: “Human Rights

from Cuba to Azerbaijan-a Woman’s Perspective.” Irene Lasota,

program director and president of the Institute for Democracy

in Eastern Europe.