Mod Hall

Mod Hall is the next stop on our tour! Mod Hall is an academic building that is home to the Foreign Languages, Sociology, Social Work, Ethnic and Gender Studies, and Nursing Departments. It is also home to the Honors Program. I am a Women and Gender Studies minor after taking two Ethnic and Gender Studies (EGST) courses and I am in love with this department.

I took my first Women and Gender Studies class my first semester of my first-year and I loved it. We discussed the history of women and all women have gone through to get where we are today. We also talked about women in society today and how much more we have to go until we are seen as man's equal. I had always associated the word "feminist" as being something negative; a woman who hates men and is all for bra-burning and not shaving their legs (two things I need in my life: a good bra and smooth legs, sorry). But I realized that isn't what being a feminist is about. To be a feminist means to "advocate social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men." Taking this class really made me think about who I am not only as an individual but as a woman of today's society as well. It made me view myself and my fellow women differently and I gained a whole new respect for all of the women who were able to fight for us to have the rights we have today. In no way do I hate men or am about to go burn my bra, but I am so glad I took that class because it changed my life.

If there are any questions you have regarding Ethnic and Gender Studies, click here. If you have questions regarding Foreign Languages, click here. Questions regarding Sociology, click here; questions regarding Social Work, click here; and lastly, any questions regarding Nursing, click here.

- Amanda