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Summer Book Club - TBA

WRC Hours

Monday
9am - 6pm

Tuesday

9am - 5:45pm

Wednesday

9am - 5pm

Thursday

9am - 6pm

Friday

9am - 4pm

Contact Information

Women's Resource Center

University of Houston

279A University Center

Houston, TX 77204-4014

Phone: (832) 842-6191

FAX:  (713) 743-5097

www.uh.edu/wrc

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The Vagina Monologues were a huge hit. We had an audience of over 150 people over three performances and raised $1500 for The Women's Home, a Houston non-profit residential program that supports women by providing training, skill building, and therapy. Thanks to our wonderful TVW committee, cast and crew. Our two alumni directors, Lisa DeWaardt and April Richard were fabulous and dedicated, spending countless hours on the event. It was a wonderful success. Audience members were moved by the performances; one man even fainted!

Cast and directors of TVM.

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Gender Talk on Summer Hiatus

Our Gender Talks on Wednesdays at 11:45am were a great hit. Malkia led exciting discussions on interracial relationships, revenge porn, sexting, birth control and abortion. No topic was taboo! Join us in the fall when Gender Talk starts up again.

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Sexual Assault Information

Although the college experience should about gaining knowledge about the world and oneself, unfortunately, sometimes sexual assault is part of the college experience as well. The University of Houston is concerned about preventing and intervening in such cases. The Equal Opportunity Services offices just added extensive information to their website on the topic; click here for more information. If you are assaulted or know someone who has been assaulted, please seek assistance. We are here to help!

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WRC Director's Overview of Services and Programs

WRC director, Beverly McPhail, describes the services and programs the Women's Resource Center offers. Check out the video here. Thanks to the College of Education interns for making the video.

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Female Condom Training Video

Some of our great UH students in the Bauer College of Business made this great female condom training video after being instructed by Beverly, director of the WRC. Check out the video here. The more clicks, the better their grade!

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We Love our Volunteers!

Thanks to our great WRC volunteers and Lisa from SFO who staffed the table for Global Female Condom day. They did an awesome job educating UH students!!

wrc volunteers at FC2 table

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The WRC is a Dress for Success member organization with the ability to refer clients to be suited. If you are a female UH student who is job ready (within 30 days of graduation or scheduled for a job interview or job/ intern fair) and cannot afford a business suit for your interview, we can refer you to Dress for Success. You must come into our office and we help you fill out the paperwork and obtain an appointment. You will receive a professional suit, shoes, a handbag and necklace. Call or drop by our offices for more information.

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Status on Women Report

The University Commission on Women, a presidentially- appointed commission, is pleased to release the second edition of the Status of Women at the University of Houston: Students, Staff, and Faculty report.  Authored by three commission members, the report documents the status of female staff, faculty, and students on campus. The report reveals that women have made some progress since the issuance of the first report in 2007, but also documents some areas where women still lag behind their male counterparts. For instance, there are continued disparities in the number of full professor positions with regard to gender and  there are gendered salary differences among staff, faculty and coaches. The report concludes with a series of recommendations for the campus community to consider adopting to increase equity for women on campus. Download your PDF copy here.

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University Commission on Women

The University Commission on Women is a presidentially-appointed Commission that seeks to advance the status of women on campus through education, programs, and policy. Visit their website to see what activities they are currently involved with.

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My Safe Campus

Do you have a concern about the University of Houston that you would like to anonymously report? Perhaps the incident involves sexual harassment or assault, fraud, burglary, or an ethics violation. The University of Houston participates in the My Safe Campus anonymous reporting program. In addition to, or instead of, reporting to our campus Department of Public Safety, you can make an anonymous report to My Safe Campus. The report will be forwarded on to the appropriate campus personnel and acted upon. You can check back through My Safe Campus to see how the report was resolved. Let's keep our campus safe. If you know something, say something. Click on the link above to make a report or call the hotline phone number at 1-800-716-9007.

Of course, always feel free to call our UH Department of Public Safety. For an emergency call 911 and for non-emergencies call 713-743-3333.

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Mother's or Lactation Rooms

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The University of Houston is pleased to offer multiple lactation sites in order to facilitate the special needs of students, staff, and faculty members who are new mothers.

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Parenting Cougars

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Are you a UH student and a parent? Being a parenting student is both a challenge and a joy. We are here to help. Check out our Facebook page for parenting students to connect and share resources.  Read the campus wide task force report on child care issues on campus. Check out the UH Children's Learning Centers on campus for information on child care, with some reduced rates available. We are here to support you, so please be in touch! Want to know what other services are available for children on campus? Check our our new brochure here.

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Stop the Violence:

A project to educate and empower individuals about violence affecting the collegiate community

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Rape Aggression Defense

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The Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) Program taught by UHDPS officers empowers female students, faculty, and staff to combat various types of assaults by providing them with realistic self-defense tactics and techniques. This empowerment is taught through four basic principles: education, dependency on self, making one’s own decisions, and realization of one’s own power. For more information, click here.

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Need a Program Delivered to your Group?

WRC staff is happy to come to your UH student group organization to present a program on a number of topics including 1. A Question of Consent: How to Ask for Sexual Permission (aimed at groups of young men), 2. Healthy sexuality, 3. Healthy Relationships, and 4. Violence Against Women, dating violence or sexual assault. Call us to have us visit and present. We can also represent the WRC at your event with informational tabling. Call us at (832) 842-6191 or email us at wrc@uh.edu.

 

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STAFF SPOTLIGHT

Nia Soeharto

What is your position and title at UH? Coordinator of Measurement & Evaluation Center, a unit of the Learning & Assessment Services.

How long have you worked here? I worked here at UH Main Campus for 17 years.  I started as a student and hired full time as Coordinator of MEC since 2003.

What are your job responsibilities and duties? Responsible for course evaluation, faculty exam grading, data analysis, and testing.

What do you enjoy about your work? Meeting with faculty, staff, students, examinees, and the public.

What advice or encouragement would you give UH staff and students? For students coming in for course credit advising based on credit by examination and testing, I tell them to get involved with student organizations, go to football games, and never give up on anything.  Be optimistic as glass is always half full.

What is something about you than many co-workers do not know about you? I am an open book, so most of my co-workers know about me. I am originally from Indonesia. But…I think they do not know that I like reading teenagers’ books as they are fun and easy reading, such as vampire books and Greek story mythology.

 

 

 

 

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