Congratulations to the winners of our 2023 and 2024 WGSS Undergraduate Essay Contests, and thanks to everyone who came out to the WGSS Town Hall Potlucks, to meet the winners and to help plan the future of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Florida State University.
There will be another Town Hall Potluck and Award Ceremony in April 2026, where we will give the prize to the winners of our 2025 Essay Contest. Please plan to attend and share your ideas (and your favorite snacks). Specific information on that event will be posted below in the Spring 2026 semester.
The Advisory Board of the
Program in Women’s, Gender,
and Sexuality Studies
of Florida State University
invites our entire campus community
– Students, Faculty, Staff, and Administrators –
to a
Town Hall / Award Ceremony
Semester Meeting / Pot Luck
to be held in the Bradley Reading Room, Scholars Commons, Strozier Library
in April 2026 (check back here for day and time in March `26)
At the meeting we will present the $250 prize to the winning essay and $100 to the second place essay in
our 2025 WGSS Undergraduate Essay Contest.
All individuals in attendance will be invited to speak on what programs in Women’s Studies and
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies mean to them, and what we can do to
share the value and the values of these programs with larger communities.
If you feel so inspired, we encourage folks to bring snacks to share.
We’ll have as much to share as individuals choose to bring.
Questions can be directed to Prof. Charles Upchurch, Chair of the WGSS Advisory Board – cupchurch@fsu.edu