About us

The Dickinson College Women's and Gender Resource Center promotes and fosters gender education and equity by providing resources, sponsoring events and educational opportunities, and encouraging conversation and dialogue. Practicing an intersectional approach, the WGRC values collaboration and partnership as it works toward equity and social justice.

As a result of the activist work of a coalition of faculty, staff, and student women, Dickinson College opened its first institutional Women's Center in 2008, but the Women's & Gender Resource Center (WGRC) has existed in a variety of forms since 1983. It is significant that this year also marked the bicentennial of the college's founding. Dickinson College has been a trailblazer in equitable education, admitting women students to the college in 1884, which was nearly a century before women were admitted to Franklin and Marshall, Princeton, and a host of other top American institutions.

While the WGRC was founded as a center focused on women's issues, our mission today considers all members of our community as important members of our constituency.  The WGRC uses an intersectional approach to gender equity that values collaboration and partnership as we work toward equity and justice for everyone, while continuing to be a leading advocate on campus for women and non-binary people.  Dickinson's pursuit of developing engaged leaders and thinkers for a global society necessitates that all of our students benefit from the competitive edge of gender-inclusive and gender-aware education.

Our office is located in Landis House, one of the homes for the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at 101 S. College Street, with staff available from 9am until 4:30pm on weekdays.