Mission Statement

The Dickinson College Women’s Center is a resource that builds gender education and equality into the life of the institution through space and community, resources and skills, and events and opportunities.

Dickinson College opened its first institutional Women’s Center in 2008, but the Women’s Center 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 has been a trailblazer in women’s education; female-identified students were admitted to the college in 1884, nearly a century in advance of students at Franklin and Marshall, Princeton, and a host of other top American institutions. Dickinson’s pursuit of independence and active learning necessitates that all of our students benefit from the competitive edge of gender-based education. The Women’s Center presents opportunities for integrated learning in five key areas: