Austin College’s celebration of a century of co-education—marking the anniversary of the official admittance of women in 1918 at the height of the women’s suffrage movement—will include a series of events throughout 2018 that feature women and their influence on the world.
With more to come, the calendar at press time includes:
JANUARY 2018
Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day community breakfast at Austin College, with keynote speaker Kim Andrews, founder of the Global Red Circle
SPRING 2018
Annual Public Administration Symposium, featuring “Women in Public Service”
APRIL 2018
Austin College Posey Leadership Award presentation to Barbara Pierce Bush, co-founder and CEO of Global Health Corps
ATHENA Awards Luncheon, honoring outstanding women in the College’s home region
NOVEMBER 2018
Homecoming commemoration and unveiling of “Equally as Proud” (working title), a series of stories and works honoring the legacy of change as women took their place in Austin College—and national—history