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UAF Women's Center

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The Women's Center alone cannot erase or challenge all sexism on campus. Our efforts must be combined with other units, departments, campus organizations and community members to promote a fair and equitable learning and working environment. You can contribute to this effort.

Dr. Kayt and Soc students challenging inequity

How to Get Involved

We offer volunteer and internship opportunities for anyone interested. Both provide a way to get involved with women's issues, to be creative about your work, and to make a contribution.

  • become a volunteer
  • participate in events and programs (see our calendar above, or get on our email list)
  • inform the Center's staff of your needs and interests

The following is a list of some internship and volunteer positions that have existed through the Women's Center, or been proposed...

Social Work/Psychology Intern: Researches and provides workshops held at the Center on issues of concern, such as Rape/Date Rape, AIDS, Women in the Media, etc.

Women's History Month Volunteer: Helps out in general with the events during Women's History Month. Staffs a table in the Wood Center with information on women in history, and issues of concern to women, to help educate the community. Offers a performance or reading on International Women's Day, helps plan events.

Advocacy Volunteer: Volunteers to be trained to help out at the Interior Alaska Center for Non-Violent Living satellite office relationship violence Help Desk on campus. Or, holds workshops to disseminate information on what is involved in advocacy, and recruits potential advocates.

Community Education Volunteer: Volunteers to hold a talk or workshop on a topic of special interest relating to women.

Library and Research Volunteer: Responsible for library and resource file maintenance and updating. Includes compiling a wish-list of new books needed for the Women's Center library and gathering up-to-date articles and other news-worthy items for the resource files.

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Contact Us

The Women's Center is located in the Eielson building (adjacent to Signer's Hall) room 112

Phone: 474-6360 Email: fywoc@uaf.edu

Last updated on November 14, 2008


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