February 5, 2010 - Mills College is proud to announce that Nancy Pelosi, the first female Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, will be
the Commencement speaker at Mills College's 122nd Commencement. The ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 9:45 am on Toyon
Meadow. The ceremony is open to the public. Read the full story
February 2, 2010 - T.J. Clark and Anne M. Wagner, internationally renowned art historians and longtime professors at the University of California at Berkeley, will be the featured guest speakers in "Modern Art: An Exchange" at Mills College on Monday, March 8, 2010 at 7:30 pm. Presented in Lisser Theater by the Jane Green Endowment for Studies in Art History and Criticism, the event is free and open to the public. A reception will be held in the Mills College Art Museum following the discussion.
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January 20, 2010 - Yvonne Rainer, the mother of post-modern dance and an iconic figure in the 1960s dance revolution, will lead a rare teach-in at Mills College on Saturday, January 30, 2010. She will teach participants part of her legendary dance, Trio A, a manifesto in movement questioning the aesthetics of traditional dance. The free public event will be held in Haas Pavilion at 11:00 am. Following the teach-in, Rainer will screen several of her films from 1:00 to 3:00 pm in the Littlefield Concert Hall and explore the question, "Where’s the Passion?" in a discussion of expressiveness in dance.
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Book Tells Women How to Talk So Men Will Listen
January 15, 2010 - It's no secret, from the mailroom to the boardroom, men and women just don't know how to communicate with each other in the workplace. Nevertheless, when careers and paychecks are on the line, clear communication between the opposite sexes is crucially important. Author and communications expert, Audrey Nelson, PhD will offer strategies to crack the gender communication code February 9, at Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at the Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business Gathering Hall. Read the full story
January 5, 2010 - Themy Adachi, director of athletics at Mills College, has received the Northern California Diversity Committee Trailblazer Award from the United States Tennis Association (USTA). She received the honor for "lifelong and groundbreaking service in bringing tennis to, and growing the sport in traditional and non-traditional communities."
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