Chair: Mariko Dawson Zare
Email: gpsscge@gmail.com
Office Hours: Th 12:00 – 1:00
Goals:
The Committee for Gender Equity (formerly the Women's Concerns
Committee) is committed to addressing the concerns of women and men in
the graduate and professional schools. We have several projects in the
works for the 2007-2008 academic year. We will continue to develop the
online Graduate Student Parent Network (GSPN). We will host a luncheon
panel series to bring in speakers to talk about a variety of issues,
ranging from negotiating on the job market to how to achieve a
work-life balance as a graduate student. We will also plan to work
with other GPSS committees to plan at least one arts based event in
the spring. If any of these sound interesting to you, please join us!
Next Meeting: Thursday, November 15 at 1:30 – 2:30 in Doheny Library 240.
Meetings are regularly held: Every 3rd Thursday of the month at12:00
– 1:30. Location TBA.
Members: Margaret Sallee, Laura Fauteux, Daniel Chamberlain, Jillian
Burcar, Natasha Alvandi, Nora Gilbert, J.J. Keith, Melissa Maisch.
NEW!
NEW Childbirth and Adoption Accommodation Program for
Ph.D. students!
At the urging of the GPSS Committee for Gender Equity, a policy was talked about
and finally brought about! Follow the link to a copy of the announcement from
Jean Morrison's office. Please share this with folks in your respective
departments.
- Memorandum (.doc)
- Full details document (.pdf)
The Committee for Gender Equity announces the creation of the USC Graduate Student Parent Network,
an electronic forum for graduate student parents to ask and answer questions and to connect with others with kids on
campus. If you're interested in joining the network, please e-mail Mariko, the Committee for Gender Equity chair at
gpsscge@gmail.com to be added to the group.
Lactation Room @ USC
About three years ago the GPSS Women's Concerns Committee, now the
Committee for Gender Equity (CGE) approached the university
administration with the request to open lactation rooms on campus that
can be accessible for both staff and student. USC has just opened the
first lactation room in the women's locker room of the Lyons Center at
UPC. The facility includes: a door with a latch, so no one can enter
unexpectedly, built in shelves for your pump and other belongs, hooks
for your clothes, a lamp, and a plug for your pump. Future locations
are currently under consideration. If you would like further
information, you can check out the website for the Center for Women
and Men (CWM), where they have a lactation room page with a phone
number to call: http://www.usc.edu/student -affairs/cwm/ .
