Abstract
This newsletter contains information on six women to receive honorary degrees at a special convocation, joining the celebrations of the Mount's 60th year as a degree-granting institution, a new chair of Women's Studies named, a section titled 'The Peace Beat,' highlighting the dire circumstances brought about by the Cold War, a section on how DUET (Distance University Education via Television) was filled to capacity with students, and an advertisement for an invitation to the MSVU Life Planning and Learning Centre Open House. The newsletter also contains information on women gaining courage from each other following the Nairobi Conference, a profile description of Dr. Larry Fisk, an advertisement for the Elizabeth Seton Lectures, new faculty on the job, Nova Scotia women artists, a conference scholarship, four new board members elected, and awards won by faculty, in addition to presentations, conferences attended, and higher positions granted. There is information on the Microcomputer Information Centre at the Killam Library on University Avenue, an opinion piece regarding the Special Committee on Pornography and Prostitution, sixty years of memories at the Mount, teaching awards granted to Dr. Rao, and a summer increase of the Mount's Summer School population. The newsletter discusses planning for Caritas Day, a luncheon hosted in honor of Dr. Pierre Gerin's retirement, career options and realities, a tourism degree as a possible educational pursuit, a short list for a new Mount president, and a letter to the editor concerning shortage of housing for students. The newsletter concludes with information on the 'Noon Walk' program, the musical 'A Chorus Line,' an in memoriam section for losses of family in the Mount community, an alumna honored, an arts conference, and names added to those supporting a campaign to free Dr. Yuri Orlow and Dr. Anatoly Scharansky from Soviet prisons.