Our New Baby Café
St. Cloud State University mothers will soon have access to a comfortable,
private space designed specifically for breastfeeding or expressing milk.
Scheduled to open in March 2004, the lactation room, dubbed Baby Café,
will contain a rocking chair, changing table, hospital-grade electric
breast pump for women who don't own a pump or prefer not to bring their
from home, and a refrigerator for temporary storage of breast milk.
Visit our "Baby Café" page
Programming
The Women's Center offers a variety of educational programming including
presentations, panels, forums and workshops that examine a variety of
issues related to gender, sexism and feminism. Most of our programming
is of interest to a diverse constituency including students, staff, faculty
and community members, and to both women and men.
Visit our "Events and Programs" page.
Advocacy
Victims of sexual harassment, sexual assault, harassment based on sexual
orientation, and relationship violence (dating or domestic) are encouraged
to report these crimes and obtain assistance from the Women's Center.
The staff can help people learn about
legal rights, how to file complaints, and campus and community services
designed to help victims of violence and harassment.
Women's Center: Gender Violence Prevention Program
The Women's Center: Gender Violence Prevention Program exists in response to the pervasive
problem of sexual assault on college campuses, and in the larger society.
A combination of education, meaningful policies, and victim-centered
services
is the framework for the program at SCSU.
The Women's Center is the designated department at St. Cloud State University
to collect reports of sexual assault, and students, staff and faculty
are urged to report such incidents. Third party reports are accepted
and anonymity is preserved. We work closely with the Public Safety Department
and St. Cloud Police Department in order to serve the needs of victims.
For information, or to report a sexual assault, contact the Women's
Center's Sexual Violence Prevention Program at (320) 308-3995 or 308-4958.
Visit the "Women's Center: Gender Violence Prevention Program" site
Resource Library
The Women's Center houses a small, specialized resource library that
holds books and other materials by and about women that address a variety
of topics of interest to women: domestic/dating violence, multi-racial
and multicultural issues, sexual assault, homophobia, eating disorders,
women and work, and financial management.
Visit our "Resource Library"
Scholarships
The Women's Center implements six scholarships for non-traditional
women students at SCSU that provide
more than $13,000 annually for SCSU women students. Application packets
are available from the Women's Center on February 1 of each year and
are
due on April 1. For more information about the specific scholarships
administered by the Women's Center.
Student Activism
The Women's Equality Group (WEG), Campus Advocates Against Sexual Assault
(CAASA), Today's Women and Students for Choice have their offices at
the Women's Center, but many of their meetings and activities are in
Atwood
Memorial
Center.
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