You didn’t miss it! Last Thursday’s lecture has been rescheduled and will be held at the Higher Education Center. Hope you can come. *Thursday, April 28, Noon -1PM American Girl: Identity, Culture and Empowerment * Sarah Hentges, Assistant Professor of American Studies, UMA Who are American girls? From Miley to *Mean Girls*, *Glee *to goth, sex symbol to dutiful daughter, American girls are diverse as well as exploited … and underestimated. Drawing upon her research and teaching, Dr. Hentges asks us to consider how we might begin to see the richness of American girls by better understanding the importance of identity and culture in girls' individual and collective development. Bonnie Sparks, Director Hancock Cnty Higher Ed. Center 248 State St. Suite 1 Ellsworth, ME 04605 1-800-696-2540 Fax: 207-667-7451 www.learn.maine.edu/ellsworth