Faculty Assembly

Report of the Women's Faculty Committee 05/00

The committee sponsored our annual end-of the year reception for women faculty and lecturers last week in the Gallery of Contemporary Art. The event was well attended, celebrated the recent promotions of numerous women faculty, and contributed to our goal of faciliatating informal metoring networks among women faculty and lecturers. Finally, we have
received and reviewed the applications for our Transforming the Curriculum Workshop this summer. We have accepted 10 applicants to participate in the workshop series, and hired two experienced faciliators from CSU. We were pleased with the strong interest expressed by the many applicants, and hope to be able to secure funding to offer the workshop again in future years. Workshop participants will transform an existing course or develop a new course focused on gender and race. The Committee is also celebrating the new Parental Leave Policy approved by the Regents last month. We have worked with th Faculty Council's Committee on Women to develop this policy over the past three years. The new policy will be available on the Regents web page, and guarantees parents a semester of leave at half pay after the birth of a child, and specifies other alternative arrangements which can be negotiated.

Abby Ferber
Chair, Women's Faculty Committee

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