2023 Women Impacting ISU calendar honorees recognized

CATEGORIES: March 2023, Voices

The 2023 Women Impacting ISU calendar was unveiled on Jan. 24 in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union at an event hosted by the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics.

The stage area at the front of the Great Hall. A podium and two tables holding the 2023 Women Impacting ISU calendars, covered by white cloths, are in front of the stage. The screen is pulled down in front of the curtain and a slide saying "2023 Women Impacting ISU" is displayed.

The 2023 calendar featured three students, four faculty and five staff members.

Ten of the twelve 2023 Women Impacting ISU calendar honorees stand in front of the stage, with an image of the calendar displayed on the screen behind them.
2023 Women Impacting ISU calendar honorees (from left): Jennifer Suchan, Shannon Coleman, Kimberly Greder, Stephanie Clark, Arti Singh, Toyia Younger, Arianna Fischer, Lisa Dazzell, Tera Lawson and Gayle Brown. Not shown: Natalia Ríos Martínez and Latoja Schaben

An estimated 150 people were in attendance, and more than 200 people have viewed the livestream of the program.

Reception guests in the Great Hall sitting at white cloth-covered tables and mingling before the start of the 2023 Women Impacting ISU calendar reception.
Guests enjoyed conversation and refreshments—including ice cream from the ISU Creamery—before the program.

The program started with welcomes from Sue Cloud, communications specialist at the Catt Center, and Sharon Perry Fantini, vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion, whose office funds the calendar each year.

Dr. Sharon Perry Fantini, a Black women wearing a red-and-black outfit. stands at the podium in front of the stage and is greeting the reception guests, and Sue Cloud, a white woman wearing a white sweater jacket and black pants, stands nearby.
Dr. Sharon Perry Fantini (left), vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion, and Sue Cloud, communications specialist at the Catt Center, welcome guests at the reception.
Clare Vilmont, Catt Center public relations and events planning intern, then introduced the honorees and their contributions to the ISU community.

A young women is standing at the podium in front of the state, reading from a script.

Clare Vilmont, public relations and events planning intern at the Catt Center, introduced each of the 12 calendar honorees.

Before the 2023 calendar was unveiled, past calendar honorees in attendance were also recognized and thanked for their continued impact at Iowa State.

Reception guests are seated at white cloth-covered tables in the Great Hall. About a dozen women are standing while the others applaud.
Reception guests applaud previous calendar honorees in attendance (standing).

After the program, the free calendars were distributed.

Four photos showing calendar honorees and reception guests talking and picking up calendars after the reception.
Guests and honorees mingled after the program.

The Catt Center sponsors the Women Impacting ISU calendar each year with funding from the Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Past years’ calendars and a list of honorees are available on the Catt Center website.

Calendars are available for pickup at the Catt Center (309 Catt Hall), Sloss House, ground floor of Beardshear Hall, the Memorial Union (outside the MU Market and Café, outside the bookstore, and across the hall from the West Student Office Space) and Hamilton Hall. If you would like calendars for distribution at your campus office, email the Catt Center at cattcntr@iastate.edu.

Interested in nominating someone for the 2024 Women Impacting ISU calendar? Nomination information is available here.

Published: March 13, 2023