Commission on the Status of Women
2009-2010 Membership Application
Functions:
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To advise the President and Executive Vice President, to gather data, and to make policy recommendations on all issues relevant to women, including but not limited to:
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Matters pertaining to all women at the University such as institutional climate, advancement and leaderhsip, safety, childcare, and anti-discrimination/harassment practices.
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Matters pertaining to women employees such as job opportunities, hiring practices, career advancement, salary equity, appointments to key committees in leadership roles, family medical leave, and other benefits.
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Matters pertaining to women graduate and undergraduate students such as: admission practices, awarding of financial aid, graduation rates, fellowships and assistantships, advising practices, and housing.
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To establish close working relationships with other groups on campus and in the community working in areas related to the status of women to include, but not limited to, the Center for Human Rights, Associated Students of WSU, Association for Faculty Women, Coalition for Women Students, Commission on Gender Identity/Expression and Sexual Orientation, Campus Climate Response, Graduate and Professional Student Association, Graduate School, Human Resource Services, the Division of Student Affairs, Equity and Diversity, Governor's Interagency Committee on State Employed Women, Women's Resource Center, and Women's Studies.
- To prepare and disseminate an interim report every
summer, to be disseminated no later than June 30)
advising the President and Executive Vice President of
the current year’s accomplishments,
recommendations and data collected.
- To prepare and disseminate a report every 5 years
advising the President and Executive Vice President and
the WSU communities on the status of women at WSU.
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To recommend to the President and Executive Vice President courses of appropriate action to enhance the status of women and to address inequities or opportunities for women.
Composition and Tenure:
The President outside of the university committee structure appoints the WSU Commission on the Status of Women voting body. The Commission recommends nominees for membership to the President in April of each year. The membership consists of a total of 23 voting members – with a minimum of 16 from the Pullman campus, 1 from the Tri-Cities campus, 1 from the Vancouver campus, 1 from the Spokane campus, and the remaining 4 from any of the previously mentioned constituencies, and/or learning centers, extension offices, or any other WSU statewide locations – and non-voting, ex-officio members representing other WSU constituencies.
Voting Members:
Pullman Campus
- Sixteen (16) members from faculty, administrative/professional, and classified staff, with no fewer than two from each of the three categories, with two-year terms. (F-A/P-S)
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Four (4) students from the following; two (2) undergraduates and two (2) graduate professional. (G-U)
Regional Campus
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One (1) member from each campus. Each campus may assemble a committee comprised of faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students, and administrative/professional members to address women's issues on their campus. Such a committee will elect from its membership one representative (from any category) to serve as the voting CSW member. (F-A/P-G-U)
Variable Positions (Any Campus)
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Four (4) variable positions to be elected from available applicants in any mentioned constituencies, and/or learning centers, extension offices, or any other WSU statewide locations
The chair is elected annually by the membership of the Commission.
Responsible to: The President
Committee Membership:
Voting Members:
Bartlett, Deborah - Public Relations - Variable
- 4 - Civil
Service/Classified
Committee Term
Ends: 2010
Bishop, Alene - Civil Service/Classified -
Position 1
Committee Term Ends: 2009
Blair, Robin - Civil Service/Classified -
Position 3
Committee Term Ends:
2009
Brimelow, April - A/P Staff - Position
3
Committee Term Ends: 2009
Carlson, Erica - Faculty -
Position 3
Committee Term Ends:
2010
Cloran, Jean - Variable - 6 -
A/P
Committee Term Ends: 2010
Day, Ruth - Historian - Civil
Service/Classified - Position 2
Committee Term Ends: 2009
DePrano, Maria - Variable - 1 -
Faculty
Committee Term Ends: 2009
Emerson, Carolyn - Co-Chair - A/P Staff -
Position 1
Committee Term Ends: 2009
Fishman, Valerie - Undergrad - Position
2
Committee Term Ends: 2009
French, Sara - Faculty - Position
2
Committee Term Ends: 2010
Griffin, Jill - Chair-Elect -
A/P Staff - Position 2
Committee Term
Ends: 2009
Hagen, Kathleen - Past and Co-Chair - Variable
- 3 - A/P
Committee Term Ends: 2009
Helfrecht, Courtney - Graduate Student -
Position 3
Committee Term Ends:
2009
Hollenbeck, Cynthia - Variable - 5 -
A/P
Committee Term Ends: 2010
Kmec, Julie - Faculty -
Position 1
Committee Term Ends:
2010
Moore, Danna - Variable - 2 -
Faculty
Committee Term Ends:
2009
Nguyen, Ann - Undergrad - Position
1
Committee Term Ends: 2009
Oviawe, Joan - EEO/AA - Graduate Student -
Position 1
Committee Term Ends: 2009
Posey, Donelle (Dee) - Tri Cities - Position
1
Committee Term Ends: 2009
Rode, Dodi - Spokane -
Position 1
Committee Term Ends:
2009
Rollwagen-Bollens, Gretchen - Membership Coord.
- Vancouver - Position 1
Committee Term Ends: 2009
Sumner, Jean - Recorder - Graduate Student -
Position 2
Committee Term Ends: 2009
Ex-Officios:
Byington, Tori - Graduate School
Cooper, Sandy - Women in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering
Doty, Vernette - Center for Civic Engagement
Eales, Heather - GPSA Representative
Erwin, Turea - Women's Resource Center
Hall, Hilary - GIESO (formally GLBTA)
Heidenreich, Linda - Women's Studies Department
Oviawe, Joan - GPSA Representative
Huskey, Melynda - Equity and Diversity
Keim, Elissa - Center for Human Rights
Lavine, Laura - Association for Faculty Women (AFW)
Little, Leslie - University Publishing
Lugo-Lugo, Carmen - Commission on Race & Ethnicity
Mazur, Gabriela - AP Advisory Council
Morton, Becky - Work/Life Committee Representative
Nichols, Cassie - Vice President Student Affairs
Opyr, Joan - YWCA of WSU
Pavlov, Rosie - Disability Resource Center
Robinson, Texas - GICSEW
Robinson-Smith, Debi - Women's Resource Center & YWCA
Rosapepe, Katie - Coalition for Women Students
Struckmeyer, Ken - Faculty Senate
Szabo, Kathylu - Ad Hoc Committee Labor Relations
Wilkins-Fontenot, Kendra - Human Resource Services