ABOUT THE WOMEN'S CENTERS COMMITTEE

Women's Centers have representation on the NWSA Governing Council as a standing committee. This is more than a symbolic recognition of the important role that women's centers play in feminist education.

NWSA recognizes that "women's studies" is broader than what happens in the classroom. NWSA acknowledges women's centers as chief out-of-class feminist educators and encourages participation in the national organization.

Campus-based women's centers have a long history of working together with women's studies to transform the curriculum, the campus environment, and society at large. The Women's Centers Committee of NWSA provides an opportunity for women's center directors, staff and others to gather and share information, ideas, challenges, successes and support. The Women's Centers Committee sponsors an annual pre-conference event as well as sessions during the NWSA annual conference.

CHAIR AND ADVISORY COUNCIL

View our Advisory Council member contacts for specific questions or issues. Or you may send an email to the Chair,
Xenia Markowitt, at xenia.markowitt@dartmouth.edu

INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS

Click here to see a list of current NWSA Women Center institutional members.

THE NWSA WOMEN'S CENTERS LISTSERV

The purpose of the CAList is to improve communication and networking among center administrators in the U.S., and also to provide assistance, trouble-shooting, support, and information to each other.

This is an unmoderated discussion list for center administrators, people involved in the nitty-gritty of developing programming of all sorts, at all kinds of institutions.
Click here for more information.

Because it is crucial that programs support our national organization, participants must hold current institutional membership.

REGIONAL WOMEN'S CENTERS MEETINGS

Southeast Regional Women's Centers Conference on Dec. 6 & 7, 2007.

I hope that you will all be able to join the staff of the Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center at Vanderbilt University for the Southeast Regional Women's Centers Conference on Dec. 6 & 7, 2007.

This conference is our opportunity to network with one another, learn about
new programs, ideas and challenges, and support each other in the rewarding work that we all do. This message is going out to all of last year's conference attendees, so please feel free to forward it to any other colleagues who might want to attend.

By clicking on the link below, you can register for the conference and view information about hotel options. Please be sure to make your own hotel reservations. We have reserved a block of rooms at two different hotels within walking distance of the campus, and that information is available to you by clicking this link.

To register for the SE Women's Center Meeting and to see hotel information, please click on this link.

Second annual NASPA "women's and gender centers pre-conference workshop"
9-5 PM Sunday, March 9th, 2008 (the day prior to the official start of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators conference in Boston).

The theme for this year's women's/gender center pre-conference is "charting
a feminist course for student success." The pre-conference will focus on
information sharing and skill-building in three specific areas:

-- using the CAS standards and other methods to assess women's centers work

-- creating and utilizing innovative educational approaches for sexual
assault awareness and violence prevention

-- innovative fundraising strategies for women's centers

In addition, there will be ample opportunities for meaningful discussion,
best practices sharing, and networking.

To learn more, or to register for the preconference, visit the NASPA website
at: http://www.naspa.org/conference/

Please feel free to email me if you have any questions about the conference,
or the pre-conference day! Please note: you must register for the full NASPA
conference in order to attend the pre-conference.

Hope to see you in Boston in March 2008!
Susan Marine
Director, Harvard College Women's Center (617) 496-2029

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If you are the contact person for a regional Women's Centers gathering, please email me your contact information along with the following info: approximate dates that your meeting is held; also note whether the meeting takes place annually, bi-annually, etc., and for which region you organize meetings. Send to: Xenia Markowitt, at xenia.markowitt@dartmouth.edu