Resources for Women at UofL
Resources For Women at the University of Louisville
The University of Louisville supports women in many ways. The Commission on the Status of Women collected below some of the resources that help women faculty, staff and students. We hope others will add to our list.
The Commission on the Status of Women: www.louisville.edu/cosw
The Commission on the Status of Women exists to promote gender equity at the University of Louisville.
Responsibilities and Powers:
It shall be the responsibility of the Commission on the Status of Women to advise the President on issues related to women. The Commission will report directly to the President. Its functions will be as follows:
§ To serve as the President’s chief policy advisor on the status of women at UofL.
§ To monitor and assess unit action plans to implement the University’s responses to the Task Force on the Status of Women.
§ To report to the President periodically on the progress of the units in implementing their action plans.
§ To recommend to the President:
- additional initiatives that should be undertaken to make the University more welcoming to and supportive of women.
- new initiatives to support the status of women at UofL
§ To recommend specific and annual funding strategies to achieve the objectives of the President’s Plan and the goals of the Task Force on the Status of Women.
§ To serve as consultant to members of the President’s Executive Cabinet, and individual units that seek assistance with implementing the Task Force recommendations, particularly environmental changes.
The Early Learning Campus: http://louisville.edu/education/elc
The Early Learning Campus (ELC) is part of the Gladys and Lewis "Sonny" Bass Louisville Scholar House Campus and is an exemplary pre-school for children of UofL faculty, staff and students, and residents of the Louisville Scholar House. The facility offers extended day opportunities for children aged six weeks to four years, (children who will turn four by October 1).
The ELC is located at the corner of 5th and Bloom Streets, (behind or just north of Betty Johnson Hall on UofL's Belknap Campus). Hours of operation are 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.
*Camp Edwards* Child Development Center:
pcdc@bellsouth.net
Sharon Mohn, Director
701 South Hancock
UofL has collaborated with the *Camp Edwards* Presbyterian Child Development Center, located at 701 South Hancock Street, to offer childcare spots for UofL children. This center, operated by the Presbyterian Community Center, is a state‑licensed facility caring for children from ages 6 weeks to 8 years. The center is open Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Please call (502) 583‑8914 for more information.
The Women’s Center: http://louisville.edu/womenscenter/
The UofL Women's Center serves as a catalyst for empowering women at UofL and throughout the Louisville area. Programs include the Kentucky Women’s Book Festival http://louisville.edu/womenscenter/kwbf , Women 4 Women Student Group and the MOMS ( Modern Outlook on Motherhood) Support Group. The Women’s Center maintains a webpage with links of interest at the university and across the commonwealth http://louisville.edu/womenscenter/links. The Women's Center comes under the purview of the Office of the Vice Provost for Diversity and International Relations. See the Office of Diversity website for more information on Diversity at the University of Louisville.
Mission
The mission of the Women's Center is to build alliances with campus and community groups in order:
- to promote equality
- to increase women's self-reliance
- to heighten the understanding of women's contributions to all societies
The Women's Center carries out this mission by designing programs that encourage participation, including performances, discussion, exhibitions; by involving women and men of diverse races, classes, ethnic origins, sexual orientations, and age groups in creative activities contributing to public education, research, and policy development; and by producing informative and coalition-building publications.
Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT) http://louisville.edu/biasresponse
The Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT) is a group of faculty and staff who are committed to creating a proactive response to instances of hate and bias in the following ways:
Support those who are targeted by hate or bias.
Refer them to the resources and services available.
Educate the campus community about the impact of hate and bias.
Promote initiatives and new ideas that further a welcoming, bias- and hate-free climate at UofL.
There are two simple ways to contact a member of the Bias Incident Response Team:
(1) Call us at 502-852-BIRT (2478);
(2) Send an email message to BIRT@louisville.edu
Please check the website for a full schedule of events.
Office for LGBT Services: http://louisville.edu/lgbt
Our Mission
The Office for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Services works to strengthen and sustain an inclusive campus community at the University of Louisville, one that welcomes people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions through support, educational resources, and advocacy. The office works in partnership with other diversity efforts on campus supporting the Vice Provost for Diversity and International Affairs.
What We Offer
- Support for LGBT members of the university and their allies, including students, faculty, staff, alumni, and visitors
- Consultation about LGBT issues
- Educational, social, and supportive programming
- Coordination for LGBT-related groups and clubs on campus
- Comfortable, accessible space for anyone interested in a place to talk, listen, or find support
PEACC: https://louisville.edu/peacc/
PEACC works to end power-based personal violence by utilizing a prevention model that decreases victimization and builds capacity for positive relationships and social interactions.
PEACC:
ADVOCATES for anyone affected by sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, or sexual harassment.
EMPOWERS students to develop ethical non-violence skills to negotiate relationships and sexual intimacy positively.
EDUCATES on the impact of power-based personal violence.
CHALLENGES norms that contribute to violence and hinder social justice.
UTILIZES the ARTS as a medium of personal expression & reflection.
Builds student CONNECTION and MENTORSHIP through peer education and Men of PEACC.
MOBILIZES students to create their own safe & healthy community.
Faculty and Staff for Human Rights: http://louisville.edu/org/humanrights
Mission
UofL Faculty & Staff for Human Rights (FSHR) is a group of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer-identified (LGBTQ) employees and allies dedicated to promoting policies and a campus climate that ensure equality for all.
Activities
Faculty and Staff for Human Rights is working for LGBTQ employees. Recent activities include:
- Leading the effort to extend benefits to partners of employees
- Working successfully to add gender identity and expression to the nondiscrimination policy
- Advocating for an Office for LGBT Services
- Representing the university president in accepting an award from the Kentucky Fairness Alliance for courage in promoting benefits
Get Healthy Now http://louisville.edu/hr/gethealthynow/ Get Healthy Now offers a multitude of services and programs/classes to help you on your journey of wellness. The majority of services and programs/classes are free to Get Healthy Now participants.
Academic Departments
Select Departments that have a focus on women's health research:
In Nursing, some faculty members focus on research on women throughout the lifespan:
· parent infant relationships,
· perinatal loss
· arthritis in women
· Women's Mental Health
· Cardiovascular health of mothers and daughters
· Physical activity in low income women
Kent School of Social Work
Social Work has several faculty members who conduct research on women. http://louisville.edu/kent
Women and Gender Studies Department: https://louisville.edu/wgs/
Women's and Gender Studies is the interdisciplinary examination of women and gender across cultures and epochs. Women's and Gender Studies addresses significant omissions in traditional scholarship by examining the history, contributions and accomplishments of women and by studying the ways gender has structured intellectual and social life. Women's and Gender Studies calls attention to how issues of gender intersect with other structures of power such as race, class, and sexualities.
Student Affairs
Laura E. Ulmer, Project Coordinator
Dean of Students Office
University of Louisville
502.852.5787
Grants
Research On Women Grant (ROW): http://louisville.edu/research/irig/intramural-research-incentive-grants.html
This grant is available to full- and part-time faculty. The primary purpose of an ROW grant is to provide support to stimulate scholarship on women and encourage research on women's issues. Funds may be used for equipment, expendable supplies, and travel necessary for the conduct of the research, student wages, release from teaching duties, or other reasonable and appropriate research expenses. Grants are provided up to $4,000.
Scholarships/Awards
Lilialyce Akers Travel/Research Awards for the Study of Women & Global Issues https://louisville.edu/wgs/akers-award.html Sponsored by: The University Commission on the Status of Women
Undergraduate and graduate students who have not previously won an Akers Travel Award are invited to apply for awards up to $1000 to facilitate the study of issues affecting women in the global south or newly democratizing nations (Eastern Europe; countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia). The awards are to be used to subsidize travel or expenses related to on-site research outside of the United States in 2011. Projects focusing on the United States, Canada, or Western Europe are not eligible for funding. Research conducted in conjunction with UofL’s Alternative Spring Break program is eligible for funding under this program. Award recipients must complete all research by September 1, 2011. Upon returning from abroad, each recipient must provide a one-page written report on the results of research to the Department of Women's and Gender Studies and also give a public presentation at the “Celebration of Research” during fall semester 2011. All awards will be processed through the Financial Aid Office.
Mary K. Bonsteel Tachau Gender Equity Award
The Award is given to a member of the UofL community - broadly defined to include all of those, past and present, who have some affiliation with the University of Louisville - whose work has directly furthered gender equity. It is presented by the UofL Women’s Center and the UofL Commission on the Status of Women, at the Women’s Center ‘s Annual Elizabeth Cady Stanton Awards Luncheon.
The Eighth Annual M. Celeste Nichols Award
Graduate students are invited to apply for an award - up to $500 – that will support academic and professional enrichment beyond normal graduate program expenses. The award will be given in November at the UofL Women’s Center Elizabeth Cady Stanton Luncheon.
Administrative Units
Human Resources http://louisville.edu/hr/
Provides products and services that support UofL employees and departments in the areas of benefits, payroll, regular and temporary employment, affirmative action, Employee Relations and training and professional development.
Campus Health Services https://louisville.edu/campushealth/
The mission of The University of Louisville's Campus Health Services is to enhance all students’ educational experience by providing confidential, affordable, effective and student-focused medical, mental and health education services to all students in the university community. By providing these services, students will be able to better complete their academic goals by minimizing the effects of illness and maximizing health and wellness.
Policies
Tenure Clock Stopping:
This recommendation expands language in a Redbook policy that grants faculty a six-month to one-year extension of the probationary period prior to tenure review. The policy allows the extension if a faculty member faces extenuating circumstances that do not require a leave of absence but result in a significant reduction in ability to perform normal duties. The new language lists examples of those circumstances: personal illness, the birth or adoption of a child or care of an ill family member. It also allows for a second extension of the probationary period for a second extenuating circumstance.
Six Weeks Parental Leave: Extending parental leave from three weeks to six weeks for all regular FT & PT employees effective January 1, 2011.
Lactation Rooms: Listed this website.
Student Groups
American Association of Women Dentists Our chapter's goal is to enhance lives through dentistry and enrich lives beyond dentistry.
Empowering Ladies Together http://louisville.edu/culturalcenter Empowering Ladies Together is an organization geared towards empowering women, in particular minority women. In addition to empowering the mind, body, and soul of minority women we also provide a support system for women and attempt to unite the women of the University of Louisville Campus and provide a comfortable space for young women.
Modern Outlook on Motherhood http://louisville.edu/womenscenter/
The mission of MOMS is to provide resources, information, and genuine support for student mothers,
empowering them to more effectively meet the needs of their personal, academic and professional lives. The goal for the group is to promote the academic success of the university's student-parents.
For details on dates, times and locations of meetings, e-mail Phyllis M. Webb, phyllis.webb@louisville.edu or call the Women's Center, 852-8976.
PEACC Volunteers work as peer educators for power based interpersonal violence prevention and intervention. PEACC Volunteers:
* Increase awareness on violence prevention
* Build capacity for positive relationships and social interactions
* Mobilize students to create their own safe and healthy campus community.
Activities include: Men of PEACC, Social Justice, Gender Discussions, arts & activism, GREEN DOT, Take Back the Night, Vagina Monologues, Thursdays in Black, International Women’s Night, and WOMENSTRONG 502- 852-2663 http://www.louisville.edu/peacc
Society of Women Engineers http://louisville.edu/rso/swe/?searchterm=women%20engineers SWE is a nationally recognized organization that supports women in Engineering. This Louisville chapter is driven to increase involvement of the women students in Speed School to create a better community for them. It offers programs throughout the year that promotes women in engineer and to bring the girls together.
Women 4 Women Student Chapter http://louisville.edu/rso/women4women Strives to improve the health and economic well being of women and girls by increasing awareness, expanding resources and creating solutions to strengthen our University of Louisville Community. Programs we offer: Mentoring, Finance 4 U Workshops, Safety Programs, Film Series, Planning Committees on Campus, volunteer opportunities, Networking, Human Trafficking Education Program, and GRE study group and much more. For details e-mail vmcase01@louisville.edu or call the Women’s Center, 852-8976.
Womens Law Caucus http://www.law.louisville.edu/students/wlc The Women's Law Caucus is a non-partisan organization composed primarily of women law students, although it is open to the entire student body. Its purpose is to provide an opportunity for women to meet and discuss the goals and problems which face them in law school.
Please contact Georgette Moore at glmoor01@louisville.edu to add to this list.
