History and Mission

The UofL Women's Center serves as a catalyst for empowering women at UofL and throughout the Louisville area.

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.

U OF L WOMEN’S CENTER ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS

IN GENDER EQUITY; GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The University of Louisville Women’s Center recently presented awards in the following categories at their annual Elizabeth Cady Stanton Luncheon held in November.

The Dr. Mary K. Bonsteel Tachau Gender Equity Award was presented to Julie Hermann, Senior Associate Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator in Athletics at U of L.  Hermann is also a Champion 4 Her. The Tachau award is given to a member of the U of L community who has done significant work towards gender equity.  The award is named in honor of Mary K. Bonsteel Tachau, constitutional scholar, the first woman to serve as chair of the U of L history department, and the first woman chair of the faculty senate.

The Dr. M. Celeste Professional Development Award was presented to graduate students, Kim Roper, English Rhetoric & Composition; Jamie L. Izlar, School of Law; and Nichole Burruss, Humanities. The award is given to a U of L graduate student for travel or other professional development beyond normal graduate program expenses.  The Nichols award is named in honor of M. Celeste Nichols, student, scholar, mentor and professor.  She was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from U of L’s English Department.

The Women’s Center serves as a catalyst for empowering women at U of L and throughout the Louisville area.

Upcoming Events

Get Healthy Now   -  Be a Champion

U of L’s health management program, Get Healthy Now, is coordinating U of L’s involvement in the Champions 4 Her Run, Walk & Festival. Whether you are a seasoned athlete or a novice, Get Healthy Now has designed a program that allows you to work with a team toward individual cardio goals and to earn prizes. Get Healthy Now support includes: personalized fitness training by certified coaches, your own personal web site for tracking progress towards goals, and a supportive group of teammates. More information can be found at: http://www.louisville.edu/hr/gethealthynow/champions-4-her 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for your wonderful support of the Women's Center in Champions 4 Her!  Through your participation and generous donations the Women's Center received $13,777.89! 

Stay tuned to our web site for more events and information! 

 

 *The Champions 4 Her Walk, Run & Festival was created to improve the health and financial well-being of women and girls in Louisville.  Selected beneficiary partners for 2008  focus on: youth mentoring; treatment of severely traumatized children; leadership development for women and girls;  prevention of sexual violence and services for its victims; artistic expression for underprivileged girls;  the needs of single mothers and their children;  and education and competitive athletics for college-aged women. No funds will be distributed to organizations whose primary focus is religion, politics, or reproductive rights

 Women's Center Hot Topics

National Womens History Month-  For the calendar submission form and further information, please Click Here.

UofL joins Project Women to address important community need-  The University of Louisville will take part in a project near its Belknap Campus to help unemployed or underemployed single parents pursue an education to become self-sufficient.  Project Women Open Book Spring 2007 Newsletter outlines the project in further detail.   Visit the U of L Website for more information.  Hot off the presses read President Ramsey's address .

Current Women's Health News 

Click now on this very valuable link for Women's Health take the challenge and get healthy now.

You can advance Women's Health for Women by Women!  GET INVOLVED

You can advance the health of Kentucky Women by joining the Kentucky Women's Health registry.  Help yourself and women across the Commonwealth by filling out a confidential questionnaire once every year.  From the privacy and comfort of your own home, in just 20 minutes each year, you can help improve the health of 2 million women.  Please join your sisters today and fill out the survey at www.kywomensregistry.com.   If you have further questions please call 1-800-929-2320.

Visit our Raising Women’s Voices project news page to find out how you can help to raise women’s voices in local, state and national debates over health care reform, so that women’s perspectives about their health care needs and those of their families can be powerfully articulated, genuinely considered and incorporated into health care reform policy.

Raising Women’s Voices is a collaboration between the Avery Institute for Social Change, the National Women’s Health Network and The MergerWatch Project.

Current Scholarship News

The Women's Center promotes many local and national scholarships and are pleased to provide the following current links.  We are pleased to provide a grants, scholarship, and intern booklet(PDF) which contains 100's of opportunities for you to download for free.  This download requires adobe acrobat.

The University of Louisville Women’s Center announces the sixth  annual Dr. Celeste Nichols Professional Development Award and the Mary K. Tachau Gender Equity Award.

Nominations are invited for the Mary K. Bonsteel Tachau Gender Equity Award which will be presented  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. The award will be given on November 13, 2008, by the UofL Women’s Center and the UofL Commission on the Status of Women, at the Women’s Center Elizabeth Cady Stanton Luncheon. The deadline to submit the award is September 28, 2008.  Read more about the Mary K. Bonsteel Tachau Gender Equity Award.

Dr. Celeste Nichols Professional Development Award- Graduate students are invited to apply for an award- up to $500- that supports academic and professional enrichment beyond normal graduate program expenses.  Application deadline is  September 28,  2008 with the award given in November at the U of L Women's Center annual Elizabeth Cady Stanton Luncheon.  Learn more about the Dr. Celeste Nichols Professional Development Award. Read More about the Dr. Celeste Nichols Professional Development Award.

Contact Information

Office Hours: 8:30-5:00 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday

Address: Administration Annex (Belknap Campus)
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292

We are on the ground floor of the Administration Annex, building #15 on the Campus Map, near the corner of Eastern Parkway & 3rd Street; not far from the Information Center South (1B).

Phone: (502) 852-8976

E-mail: womenctr@louisville.edu