The Women’s Center has been advocating and providing assistance for women -- both students, faculty and staff for over 25 years.
“When students are in need of assistance we serve as a space that provides them with a safe and brave space to voice their concerns and to link people with resources across campus and in the community. An example of this is the lactation rooms on throughout campus that can be used by parents,” Director of the Women’s Center Dr.Nicole Carter said.
The center works through partnerships with community organizations. One of these is Hannah’s Treasure Chest which provides necessities to students and parents. The center also collects items to give to places like the YWCA and the Family Violence Prevention Center.
“Our Center has continuously created programs that have fostered dialogue and collaboration from Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day festivities, the Vagina Monologues production, the Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality Symposium in collaboration with the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program, Women's History Month Festivities, and Consent Week,” Carter said.
Carter has been with the Women's Center since September of 2015. In this time, she and the Women’s Center have worked to expand and address current concerns for women on campus.
“For example, one of the things we are working on during the spring semester is the opening of more lactation rooms across campus. We are also working to launch a Personal Care and New Parent Pantry to be housed and staffed by our Center. This past fall, we launched the Women of Color Student Leadership Cohort which provide 14 women on our campus with stipends and opportunities to attend workshops on leadership, femtorship and navigating higher education,” Carter shared.
In fall 2018, the Women Students in STEMM program will launch with partners from the College of Math and Science according to Carter.
On Friday, March 15, there will be a public reception to celebrate.
