Many of the issues of importance to women on campus require ongoing efforts to address. We do this by providing and cosponsoring programming to educate and raise awareness, and through support services and advocacy as described by our mission. We do this by providing and cosponsoring programming to educate and raise awareness, and through support services and advocacy as described by our mission. Our special efforts to address concerns of UD women are implemented through work in our initiative areas: personal safety, women’s voices, and professional development. You will find helpful campus resources organized by these initiative areas, as well as national and international organizations.
Many women and male allies have expressed concern about safety for women on campus. Women’s Affairs partners with Wellspring, SOS, UDPD, and other campus offices to provide support services to victims, offer programs and self-defense classes, and advocate for faculty, staff, and students with safety concerns.
Women’s Affairs has participated in programs and traditions such as:
University Policies regarding Personal Safety:
Informational Brochures:
Women’s Affairs believes that women’s voices are a vital part of society and in the shaping of history, and we are not alone in this belief. All year long, Women’s Affairs promotes the progress that women have made while still recognizing the unique opportunities and challenges women may face. We collaborate with academic departments and programs, University offices and student groups, to ensure women’s voices (past and present) are represented.
Women’s Affairs has participated in programs and traditions such as:
The Geis Student Research on Women Conference, sponsored by the Women’s Studies Program, is a program designed to recognize student excellence in research. The conference is open to female and male students, at either the undergraduate or the graduate level, from the member institutions of the Greater Philadelphia Women’s Studies Consortium. Group-authored projects are acceptable. Faculty help and advice are assumed, but the paper must be entirely student-written. All papers will be reviewed, and acceptance will be based on excellence and relevance of the research to women and/or gender issues. Past winners are encouraged to submit new work for presentation but are not eligible for awards.
For more information about the Conference, Click Here.
Professional development often refers to skills required for maintaining a specific career path, including the more general skills area of personal development. Women’s Affairs believes that women to women relationships, combined with knowledge, skill, and hard work, create unique opportunities for our women students, faculty, and staff. We sponsor, develop, and promote initiatives that foster an environment in which UD women can identify and achieve their fullest potential.
Women’s Affairs, has participated in programs and traditions such as:
The annual Women of Promise dinner honors undergraduate women students of exceptional promise. Tenured women faculty nominate students and accompany them to the dinner. The dinner also fosters mentoring relationships between faculty and students, and increases the students’ involvement in the intellectual life of the University.
The University’s women graduate students are honored each spring with a reception at the annual Women of Excellence program. Lecture topics have been varied but largely address concerns of women entering the corporate or academic world with topics such as: perspectives of women in certain careers, improving overall campus climate, the under representation of women in certain fields, educating inside and outside the classroom, and dealing with institutional barriers.
Each year, Women’s Affairs partners with other campus groups to sponsor an informal lunch for new women faculty. The luncheon provides an opportunity for new faculty to learn about university resources pertinent to women, as well as meeting many advocates for women on campus.
Women’s Affairs helps organize an annual workshop to inform faculty regarding the promotion and tenure process. Topics discussed include, among others, the dossier, the role of external reviews, and the stages of the University’s tenure and promotion procedures.
