9/9 for Title IX: The History of Women's Basketball (Sept. 9, 2022)

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Title:
9/9 for Title IX: The History of Women's Basketball (Sept. 9, 2022)
Description:
This is the video of the 9/9 for Title IX: The History of Women's Basketball day-long event held at Springfield College on September 9, 2022. The event was part of Kathy Magano's Distinguished Professor Humanics project to educate and advocate for Title IX. The video is around three hours and thirty minutes long and consists of three panels. The first panel is with author Andrew Maraniss on his book "Inaugural Ballers" on the first US Women's Olympic Basketball Team in 1976. Two of the original players, Ann Meyers Drysdale and Juliene Brazinski Simpson, joined him on the panel. The second panel is with author Madeleine Blais on her book called "In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle" about the 1992-93 Amherst (Mass.) Regional Girls Basketball team. Included on the panel was Ron Moyer, the coach of the team, and two former players (Kristen Keller and Rita Powell). The third panel involved two WNBA players, Tamika Catchings and Tina Thompson and Springfield College Women's Basketball Head Coach, Naomi Graves. All panels were moderated by Marty Dobrow, author and Springfield College professor. The final event of the day was Maura Healey, the soon to be Massachusetts Governor, interviewed by Springfield College President Mary-Beth Cooper. Humanics is a word that has a special meaning in the history and philosophy of Springfield College, as well as in the college’s motto of “Spirit, Mind, and Body.” The Oxford English Dictionary defines Humanics as, “the subject or study of human affairs or relations, especially of the human element of a problem or situation as opposed to the mechanical.” In 1962, Dr. Glenn Olds, President of Springfield College at the time, began to wonder why this name was given to the intended philosophy of the college by Dr. Laurence Locke Doggett, Springfield College’s first full-time president. Olds acknowledged that the practices of the faculty were in large part consistent with the Humanics philosophy, but he believed that a more self-conscious application would improve chances of its continuity and survival. To ensure this, a Distinguished Professor of Humanics position was created at the college, first filled by Dr. Seth Arsenian from 1966-1969. The purpose of this position was to catalyze a renewal of consciousness in the philosophy. This was done by annually mandating the Distinguished Professor of Humanics to give a Humanics lecture on the definition of Humanics and what the concept means to them. Arsenian started this tradition in 1967 with his speech titled, “The Meaning of Humanics,” in which he described the concept as a set of ideas, values, and goals that make our college distinct from other colleges and make commitment and unity toward commonly sought goals possible.
Creator:
Springfield College
Date:
September 9, 2022
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Distinguished Professor of Humanics Collection
Subjects:
Humanics
Springfield College
Springfield College--Faculty
Richard B. Flynn Campus Union
Basketball--History
Springfield College--Basketball
Springfield College--Basketball--Women
Olympics
Dobrow, Marty, 1960-
Cooper, Mary-Beth
Graves, Naomi
Mangano, Kathleen J.
Maraniss, Andrew
Blais, Madeleine
Guyer, Sue
Springfield (Mass.)
Social justice
Women's rights
Civil rights
Basketball
Basketball players
Authors
Books
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Extent:
03:30:43
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/33336
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Language:
English
Identifier:
humanics-2022-23-Title IX 2022-09-09