News

Next meeting: See you in September.

In celebration of Women's History Month (March), the UI Libraries has released the UI Department of Physical Education for Women digital collection for viewing on-line.

Events

You can find information about the annual Celebration of Excellence and Achievement among Women that was held on Wednesday, April 1, in the Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol Museum.

Women at Iowa can be seen on UITV. See the Herstory page for a more information about that program.

The mission of the Council on the Status of Women (CSW) is to ensure an environment that supports the rights of all women at The University of Iowa. The council is committed to working in partnership with the University to develop policies that remove barriers to women’s learning, professional growth, creativity, employment, and contributions to the institution and to the broader community.

csw photo, june 2008

CSW acts as an advisory body to the University administration and as an advocacy group for all women on campus. The Council consists of twenty voting members (five faculty, five professional and scientific staff, five merit staff, and five students) and ex-officio members from the offices of the University Vice Presidents and Provost, Student Services, the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, the Women's Resource and Action Center, the Rape Victim Advocacy Program, Women in Science and Engineering, UI Student Government, Graduate Student Senate, Staff Council, Faculty Council, and Women's Studies.

(photo of 2007-2008 Council with Sally Mason by Greg Johnson)