Welcome to the UW Women’s Center

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The UW Women’s Center is one of the largest University-based Women’s Centers in the nation, serving over 12,000 campus and community members each year. Our mission is to spread equity and diversity by opening doors for girls and women through education and access to resources that will help them achieve personal,
professional, and academic success.

The UW Women’s Center is celebrating 100 years of service to women! Join our yearlong commemoration during our “Opening Doors for Women & Girls” series with prominent speakers and other events.

2010 Women Unbound Gala

Sponsor the Gala!

The UW Women’s Center is offering free introductory computer classes for both women and men looking to hone their computer skills in a supportive environment.

Basic Computer Literacy

Mondays, September 13, 20 from 5:30-7:30pm and September 27 from 7:30-9:30pm

Intro to Word and Excel

Tuesdays, September 14, 21 from 5:30-7:30pm and Monday September 27 from 5:30-7:30pm

Register Today!

Contact instructor Neha Gaur for more information about the content of the classes: ngaur89@cs.washington.edu

If you are in the midst of a divorce or dealing with the aftermath of a divorce, and seeking a support group, look no further!  Lee Staves is a long-time support group facilitator whose mission is to help women navigate life’s challenges. Lee offers weekly sessions for women dealing with divorce, women seeking support after divorce, as well as,  women caregivers looking to connect with other women in relatable situations. For more information please contact Lee at: cecelia2112@yahoo.com

UW Women’s Center Internship Opportunity

The UW Women’s Center is seeking a smart, organized, energetic business/marketing school student with a passion for community engagement and women’s empowerment to work on outreach and marketing for our Lifelong Learning program. The Lifelong Learning Program offers low-cost no-credit continuing education classes to the campus and larger community to facilitate personal, professional, and academic development.

Interns will work closely with the Program Coordinator to develop a strategic marketing/business plan, coordinate campus outreach, and perform guerrilla-marketing efforts both online and in-person.

Desired Skills/Knowledge:

• Qualified applicants will be positive, detail-oriented, take initiative, have follow-through and be able to meet deadlines
• Active knowledge of social media platforms (Face book, Twitter, Blogging, YouTube, etc)
• Awareness of the power of social network and web-based organizing
• Have passion and aptitude for viral and guerrilla marketing tactics.
• Be knowledgeable and passionate about community engagement and women’s empowerment
• Have knowledge of Seattle communities and UW campus
• Knowledge of HTML a plus
• · Knowledge of Word Press Blog template a plus

Specific tasks may include but not limited to:

• Outreach to communities and specific organizations about the UW Women’s Center and specifically our lifelong learning classes.
• Using online resources to broaden our base and initiate strategic alliances.
• Assistance with website updates (word press template) and designing registration system for classes
• · Some writing, meeting coordination, administrative support, and correspondence may also arise on a project-specific basis

This position will be unpaid, part-time (10 – 20 hours/week), for a 3 month period beginning as soon as possible.  We are willing to provide excellent recommendations. The internship will be at our temporary office in Bagley Hall.

Please submit resume to Claire Vander Woude at clairevw@uw.edu.
For more information, please call us at 206.685.1090.

(Applications due October 1st)