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KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Defying Three Strikes, You're Out!

Leticia Herrera is president and CEO of ECI, a minority woman-owned industrial construction, restoration, and maintenance firm founded in 1989. Herrera faced major challenges in the competitive, male-dominated environment within the janitorial-cleaning industry. Herrera took bold strides to re-invent her company into a niche-market player. Herrera, the 1997 recipient of UIC's Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame Award, is fiercely committed to issues affecting Latinas, small business owners, and women entrepreneurs.

SCHEDULE

UIC parking assignments can be transferred for the day in the Halsted Street Parking Structure. When you exit the parking structure, just show the parking attendant your hang tag and state that you were attending the Women's Leadership Symposium. A special thanks to UIC Parking Services.

YOU CAN'T BE EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY

Liz Keys, Tari Mellinger, and Smith Bhat, Counseling Center - Do your multiple roles contribute to negative role stress or positive role diversity? Exercises will target increasing awareness of others' multiple roles, yielding positive validation as well as a sense of perspective. Coping strategies will also be covered.

APPLES TO ORANGES: TIME MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE

Teri Blain, Auxiliary Services - This time management workshop will not cover the nuts and bolts of time management! The focus will be on maximizing your quality of life, living according to your priorities, and spending your life in a way that's more meaningful and full.

FINDING YOUR PURPOSE AS A KEY TO PROSPERITY

Helen Mitchell, Institute for Research on Race and Policy - What goals define success for you? Are you contributing your efforts to something you consider worthwhile? If you're in search of answers to these questions, then this interactive workshop is for you. Join me and discover how life-defining moments present opportunities to unearth your purpose in life and true prosperity.

WHAT WOMEN NEED TO KNOW IN TODAY'S MARKET

Allen Weintraub, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network - This workshop will cover the nuts and bolts of the six key areas of financial management specific to women. Investment planning in today's volatile market, cash management, risk management, tax planning, and retirement planning will be covered.

THE ART OF SALARY NEGOTIATION: IMPORTANT STRATEGIES

Adela Peña, Career Services - Now that you've landed that job offer, how do you negotiate salary? This interactive workshop will teach the four rules of negotiation, how to prepare for the negotiation process, and effective verbal strategies. Exercises will include role-plays and self-assessment.

CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Caryn Bills-Windt, Dispute Resolution Services and William Jones, University Library - This workshop will help you resolve conflicts through understanding your conflict resolution style, improving your communication skills, and enhancing your ability to generate solution-focused options.

MENTORING AND MOTIVATING STUDENTS

Karen Royster-James, African-American Academic Network and Amira Ghadeer, Student Employment - We play a key role in students' future successes through supervision and mentoring. Learn how to encourage and empower students to develop characteristics of good judgment, dependability, initiative, and responsibility.

SALARY EQUITY FOR FACULTY WOMEN: PART I

Deborah Gorman-Smith, Psychiatry; Pat Gill, Access and Equity; and William Bridges, Sociology - This workshop presents the results of a salary equity study and will focus on the intangible factors that affect salary and compensation equity for faculty women. The power of counteroffers and associated equity issues will also be discussed.

REDUCING YOUR POTENTIAL FOR BURNOUT

Barbara Distler, Counseling Center - Learn about the causes and forms of burnout along with risk factors. Discuss why women are at risk and distinguish burnout from stress. Participants will identify their own signals for burnout and learn practical steps for reducing or preventing burnout.

GETTING THE GOLD OUT OF THE GOLDEN YEARS

Stacie Geller, Center for Excellence in Women's Health; Karla Nacion, College of Nursing; and Mytris Sullivan, Community Health Sciences - Are you confused by all the conflicting research about how to age gracefully? This workshop will cover the facts and myths of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), strategies for enhancing longevity, and how to avoid the health traps such as diabetes.

SMART WOMEN FINISH RICH ™

Gwen Cohen, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter - Participants will learn the steps for achieving financial security. Participants will learn how to put their money where their values are, assess their financial standing, discover the Power of the Latte™ factor, and build financial baskets for their retirement, security and dreams.

BALANCING HIGH TECH WITH HIGH TOUCH

Mary Sinclair, AHS School of Kinesiology - With increasing focus on technology, do we risk losing our balance? This hands-on workshop will explore the challenges to well being and how to restore it. Healing Touch, a form of bio-energy therapy, will be introduced as a strategy to improve personal health.

PLAY EVERY DAY

Katye Miller and Constance Dugan, Wellness Center - This fast-paced workshop will allow participants to recall the importance of play in our daily lives. Participants will share the unique ways they have incorporated play into their own lives and leave with a plan to develop the essential life skill of play.

SALARY EQUITY FOR FACULTY WOMEN: PART II

Deborah Gorman-Smith, Psychiatry; Pat Gill, Access and Equity; Susan Mangels and Celina Sima, College of Education - This workshop will present new information on salary equity for women faculty and will solicit feedback from participants on intangible factors that bear on this issue. Salary-related factors that emerged from an exit interview survey will also be covered.

ADVOCATING FOR YOUR CHILD

Keri Silk, Lutheran Social Services - Parents are the best experts on their children, but frequently they are overlooked or discounted by the educational system. Learn tips and tools for getting your child an appropriate education. Find out how far you can push and what to do if it isn't working.

LIVING A BALANCED, STRESS-RESILIENT LIFE

Alison Miller, Applied Psychological Services - Learn about the three pathways to living a balanced, stress-resilient life. Participants will learn what constitutes a self-nurturing activity, common beliefs that may sabotage their efforts to take care of themselves, and how to make a plan to engage in self-care on a regular basis.

WHO LET THE DOGS OUT: SISTERHOOD BETRAYED

Flecia Thomas, African-American Academic Network - Why is there so much "drama" when women work with women? This workshop will begin to examine some of the issues that make it problematic for some women to work with each other. We will explore strategies on how to interact with people you find difficult to work with.

WHO ARE YOU?

Rose Green Thomas, Urban Health Program - This interactive workshop will explore how self-identity leads you to where you are in life experiences and steers you where you want to go. Exercises will target improving self-worth, renewing the spirit, and reviewing lessons learned on the elements of success.

NETWORLDING

Ann Trampas, Stratalign, LLC - Networlding is a value-based system and methodology for leveraging lifelong, meaningful exchange relationships in the furtherance of business objectives. This workshop will include an overview of the steps in the process of Networlding and a comparison of Networlding vs. networking.

POSITION ELIMINATION AND ME

Stefan D.P. Howard and Sharon Coleman, Staff Advisory Council - This workshop will cover the nuts and bolts of what's involved when your civil service position is being eliminated. Who to contact, when to vie for promotions, and your rights and responsibilities as a civil service employee will also be discussed.

PAPA CAN YOU HEAR ME: ALLIES IN THE PATRIARCHY

Patrick Finnessy, OGLBTC and Shaun Sperling, Steppenwolf Theatre - This workshop will focus on identifying and collaborating with male allies. How to assist those allies in strengthening support for the female community will also be discussed.

IDENTIFY YOUR STRENGTHS TO MEET YOUR PROFESSIONAL GOALS

Claudia Delestowicz, Alumni Career Center - Participate in exercises to identify your strengths and career plans. Get tips on how to talk about your goals and qualifications, and define next steps and resources to help you reach your short- and long-term goals.

GETTING WHAT YOU NEED AND WANT FROM WORK

Mary Anne Buckman, Alumni Career Center - This workshop will help you address the disconnect between your needs, values, and wants versus what your work provides. Strategies for how to create a place where you will flourish will be covered.

SELF DEFENSE TECHNIQUES

Nancy Trock, Degerberg Academy of Martial Arts in Chicago - The goal of this workshop is to inform, empower, and arm women with some practical and logical self-preservation skills. Participants will learn and practice some simple and effective release techniques from chokes and holds. This workshop involves light physical contact.

SEXUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE

Lora Branch, Office of LGBT Health, Chicago Department of Public Health - Some might say that the issue of sexual orientation has become the last civil rights frontier. In this workshop, participants will be led through a discussion and several exercises designed to promote learning about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues in the workplace.

POLITICAL ACTION FOR TODAY'S WOMAN

Karen Boehning and Brooke Sylvester, National Women's Political Caucus of Greater Chicago - This workshop will focus on the importance of realizing your power as a change agent. Strategies for how to organize and impact your community and beyond will be covered.

A WOMAN'S MONEY, A WOMAN'S FUTURE

Kendra A. Smith, TIAA-CREF - This workshop targets women's issues through four "life-stages" and highlights why planning is critical. Topics will include the importance of participating in an employer plan, taking advantage of tax-deferred investing, and choosing appropriate investment products.

CORPORATE SPONSORS:



Clif "LUNA" Bar Inc., Micro/Station, Emerita, Allegro Hotel, Discount Warehouse (CDW), Charles Ifergan, Francesca's on Taylor, Shaw's Crab House, Pompei, Dusable Museum of African American History, TIAA-CREF, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Wydham Hotels and Rafael Cintron Ortiz Cultural Center.

CO-SPONSORS:
Office Of Women's Affairs, Chancellor's Committee On The Status Of Women, Chancellor's Committee On The Status Of Blacks, Chancellor's Committee On The Status Of Latinos, Chancellor's Committee On The Status Of Asian Americans, Chancellor's Committee On The Status Of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues, Center For Research On Women And Gender, UIC Bookstore, UIC Alumni Association, and African-American Academic Network.

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