The American Medical Women's Association (Student Chapter on the Health Sciences Campus) is a national organization of women physicians and medical students committed to promoting women's health issues, and to building a strong network of women in medicine throughout the country.
- Contact Heather Stocks, stocks@usc.edu or Rachel Preece, preece@usc.edu
The Black Women's Caucus promotes communication and unity among Black women on campus and enables them to deal with life on and off campus.
- Contact Brittany Hall, brittanh@usc.edu or Lanita Williams, lanitawi@usc.edu
The Feminist Council is an advisory group of faculty, administrators, staff, students, alumni and friends, seeking to promote gender equity at USC and dedicated to helping the university continue to develop an atmosphere that is intellectually and professionally hospitable to women from all racial and ethnic backgrounds. It has worked to improve the university's parental leave and sexual harassment policies and to document and rectify gender inequities in faculty salaries and appointments to university committees.
The Graduate Student Feminist Network encourages feminist activism on the USC campus; provides opportunities for graduate students to present work in progress at conferences and brown bag lunches, bringing feminists together across the disciplines; networks with community agencies on matters of concern to women, such as stalking; invites faculty members to discuss contemporary critical issues in an informal setting with students; and co-sponsors events with the Gender Studies Program and the Center for Feminist Research. To be placed on its e-mail distribution list,
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Contact Jaime Lester, lester@usc.edu, Alice White, alicewhi@usc.edu
The USC Helenes is a service organization comprised of women students who act as the official hostesses of USC.
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Contact them at helenes@scf.usc.edu.
Nuestra Alma Latina is a sisterhood of Latina students, encouraging and motivating one another to succeed in college, to develop leadership abilities, and to overcome societal perceptions that hinder women. The group meets every Wednesday evening in El Centro Chicano.
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Contact Sarita Michaca, michaca@usc.edu and Lorena Salazar, babybugsmym@aol.com.
The Panhellenic Council is the governing body for the sorority system, and provides information on sorority life and rush.
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Contact Beth Saul at 213.740.2080.
The Rites of Sisterhood is a mentor program designed to promote the development of girls in middle school. The group challenges young women to speak their minds, explore their hidden talents and learn life's hard, yet important, lessons through its monthly themes aided by workshops, forums and activities organized by other minority professional and college women.
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Contact Gigi Garland, ggarland@usc.edu or Denicia Cormier, dcormier@usc.edu
The Society of Women Engineers is a support organization for engineers and computer science majors, introducing students to industry and scholarships. A regular newsletter is published and several events are held each semester, giving students the opportunity to interact with industry executives and managers.
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Contact Lynne Lam, lynnelam@usc.edu or Sonia Khurana, skhurana@usc.edu
The Society of Women in Science and Mathematics aims to bring together women from the sciences and mathematics in a pro-active, non-discriminatory environment to create a visible presence of scientific women on the USC campus and to promote, support, and encourage women interested in the sciences.
Take Back the Night, an annual candlelit vigil protesting sexual violence, is co-sponsored by Women's Student Assembly and the Center for Women and Men. Contact 213.740.4900 for details.
The USC National Organization for Women is a member of the national feminist organization that serves to protect and fight for women's rights.
Women in Accounting addresses the unique challenges facing women entering accounting. Regular seminars tackle contemporary issues that women encounter in the workplace.
Women in Film and Video furthers the education of women in film and video, creating an awareness on campus of the special problems and obstacles women face in the film industry.
Women in Medicine provides an academic and social support service for pre-med women at USC interested in medicine as a career.
The Women's Festival of the Arts, which includes film, music, and other performance art contributed by women at USC, takes place each March, sponsored by Women's Student Assembly and Gay, Lesbian, Bi Assembly.
The Women's Law Association works to improve the lives of women in the legal profession as well as society as a whole. The annual WLA luncheon brings together students and professionals in order to provide female role models in a male-dominated profession and to honor those women who have paved the way for the upcoming generation of women attorneys. The WLA sponsors lunchtime speakers, produces a newsletter of upcoming events and also keeps a list of alumnae who are interested in mentoring law students in order to promote networking opportunities for women.
TheWomen's Student Assembly is an agency of the Student Senate Program Board, linking the many different women's student groups on campus for communication and funding purposes and promoting awareness of women's issues.
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Contact Kristen Schultz 213.740.5656.
Information concerning activities for women students of specific ethnic or national backgrounds may be obtained from:
- Asian Pacific American Student Services at 213.740.4999
- Black Cultural and Student Affairs at 213.740.8257
- El Centro Chicano at 213.740.1480
- International Students at 213.740.2666
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Office of Minority Affair, Health Sciences Campus, at 323.442.1050
Cultural Arts and Activities at 213.740.5693 can provide a complete listing of student organizations, their current leaders and telephone numbers.
Graduate students may contact the
Graduate and Professional Student Senate at 213.740.5649.
Students on the Health Sciences Campus may call the Office for Women at 323.442.2554.