The event will honor the contributions of Hispanic women in Southern Arizona at the University of Arizona's Women's Plaza of Honor on October 25th from 5-7pm. Tickets are $30, with $15 being tax-deductible, and the proceeds will benefit scholarship programs from the UA Hispanic Alumni Club. A tribute stone marker will be unveiled at the celebration to honor the contributions of Hispanic women at the UA and in surrounding communities.

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Tribute to Honor Hispanic Women’s Contributions
By Rebecca Ruiz-McGill, University Communications, October 18, 2011
The event, taking place on Oct. 25, will honor the contributions of Hispanic women
in Southern Arizona and benefit scholarship programs and services offered by the
UA Hispanic Alumni Club.
A celebration that honors the contributions of Hispanic Women in Southern Arizona will take place on
Oct. 25 from 5-7 p.m. at the University of Arizona's Women's Plaza of Honor, a site that publicly and
permanently celebrates women who have made significant contributions to the history of Arizona or have
enriched the lives of others.
Co-hosting the event are the department of gender and women's studies, the College of Social and
Behavioral Sciences, the Hispanic Women's Tribute committee, the Women's Plaza of Honor
Committee and the UA Hispanic Alumni. They are looking to honor the contributions of Hispanic women
and raise funds to benefit scholarship programs and services offered by the UA Hispanic Alumni Club.
RSVP tickets for the celebration are $30 each, of which $15 is a tax-deductible donation.
Donations to the UA Hispanic Alumni Club since 1986 have resulted in 2,500 scholarships worth more Tickets for the Woman's Plaza of Honor tribute
than $5.3 million. The club promotes academic excellence among Hispanic students at the University, honoring Hispanic Women in Southern Arizona on
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provides financial and mentoring support to qualified and deserving students, and develops links with tax-deductible donation.
alumni and supporters in the professional and business community.
"We are having a party and knew that if we did it in conjunction with the UA Hispanic Alumni we would double the fun and benefit a great cause," said
Edith Auslander, a Hispanic Women Tribute committee member and a development consultant for the UA Foundation.
During the celebration, Auslander said, a tribute stone marker will be unveiled and serve as an eternal reminder of the many contributions of Hispanic
women at the UA and in the surrounding communities.
The stone marker will be engraved with the words "Life, Soul, Heart, Sisters, Daughters, Intellect, Knowledge, Mothers, Hands."
UA President Eugene G. Sander and the dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, John Paul Jones, III, will speak during the program
that includes music and refreshments.
The Woman's Plaza offers alumni, employees and students of the UA, members of the community and people everywhere the opportunity to
commemorate outstanding women throughout the year.
The Women's Plaza of Honor is sponsored by the Women's Studies Advisory Council, a part of the UA's department of women's studies. The
leadership team consists of University and community women who have set the goal of raising $3 million to fund an endowment for Women's Studies
and to cover construction costs for the plaza.
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What | UA Women’s Plaza of Honor
Celebration of Hispanic Women in
Southern Arizona
When | Tuesday, Oct. 25, 5-7 p.m.
Where | UA Women’s Plaza of Honor,
west of Centennial Hall
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