Admission is free and open to the public.
Tarr-Whelan is known nationally and internationally for her leadership on progressive policy and women's equality. A diplomat, author, speaker and activist, she was recognized by Ladies Home Journal as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Washington. As U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, Tarr-Whelan leads U.N. policy to achieve women's full equality in the United Nations. In 1995, she represented the U.S. at the U.N.'s Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing. She will appear under the auspices of The Office of the President and the Leslie A. Hoffmann Undergraduate Colloquium Series in the Women's Studies Program.