Kansas Women's Leadership Conference

Fort Hays State University is hosting its fifth annual Kansas Women's Leadership Conference next month.

The conference is scheduled for April 1 in Hays and features two keynote speakers. Jackie Stiles, the Kansas native who led the Missouri State University women's basketball team to a Final Four appearance 10 years ago, will give one keynote address.

The Hutchinson News reports that the other keynoter will be Bonnie Dow, chair of the communication studies department at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

The event will also include a march by men from the Fort Hays Interfraternity Council to call attention to the issues of rape, sexual assault and gender violence.