President's Commission for Women

The President’s Commission for Women was established to ensure and publicize Dickinson’s commitment to gender equity in the classroom, on campus, in the broader community and among students, faculty, administrators and staff.

In 2005, the commission launched several working groups, including a gender-climate study group; campus health & safety group; salaries, promotions and gender-equity group; and a women’s center group. Their work has resulted in: 

• A renewed focus on gender climate in the Dickinson campus community
• The elevation of the women’s studies certificate program to a women’s & gender studies department and major
• The creation of an institutional Women’s Center.

Today, the commission continues to establish practices that regularly identify and articulate the diverse issues relating to women on campus.

Resources for Faculty and Staff

• Children’s Center
• Family and Medical Leave Act
• Hiring and Retention Data
• LGBT Climate Study 
• President’s Commission on Diversity 
• Public Safety
• Women’s Center

Resources for Students

• Counseling Center
• Health Center
• Feminist Collective
• Office of Diversity Initiatives
• Pan-Hellenic Council
• Public Safety
• Spectrum
• Women’s Center  
• Women’s & Gender Studies 
• ROWS Symposium

 Read About Women’s Experiences at Dickinson

• Archives & Special Collections: Women’s Experiences at Dickinson Blog
• Dickinson Magazine: 125 Years and Counting (Winter 2010)