Lactation Rooms
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.
Summer Book Club
Now is the time to vote on our two book selections for our annual UH Summer Book Club, co-sponsored by the Women’s Resource Center and the UH Libraries. We gathered suggestions on books to read, one fiction and one nonfiction, and now have the suggested titles for you to vote on.Go to Survey Monkey using this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WLRPKDW. Select one book from the fiction page and one book from the nonfiction page. Vote anytime between now and Thursday, May 31. On Friday, June 1, we will announce our two books for the summer.We will meet on Wednesday, June 27 at 12 noon until 1pm in the Women’s Resource Center in the University Center room 279A to discuss the fiction book first, and then meet again on Friday, July 27 at 12 noon to discuss the nonfiction book. Feel free to bring your lunch to eat while we talk about the book. Catherine Essinger, my library partner in books, will endeavor to get some extra copies of the book in the library for you to check out, if you would rather not buy the books.
More details on that when we announce our book selections on Friday, June 1. All are welcome, women and men. Look forward to seeing your votes!
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New 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 staff 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 and staff, faculty and coaches salaries. 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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A Tier One University Deserves a Tier One Women's Resource Center
The Women's Resource Center is currently undergoing a self-study and having an external reviewer come to campus to evaluate our programs and suggest ways we can be a more vibrant and helpful center. Stay tuned for changes in programming for Fall 2012. If you have suggestions about what we can do or changes we can make, please do not hesitate to contact us at wrc@uh.edu. Thank you. We are here to serve the campus community in the best way we can.
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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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Parenting Cougars
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!
Stop the Violence:
A project to educate and empower individuals about violence affecting the collegiate community
Rape Aggression Defense
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.
The WRC is a Dress for Success member organization. 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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The UH WRC is proud to be a co-sponsor once again of the Texas Conference for Women. The conference will move from Houston to Austin this year. One of the keynotes speakers is UH professor Dr. Brene Brown. Check out the website here.
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