Women's Center
What We Offer
The Women’s Center offers a comprehensive array of programs, services, and resources to meet the needs of students of all genders. These include:
Gender Violence Support Services Program
Services gender violence advocates provide:
- Support/processing related to an experience of violation or abuse, dating/relationship/intimacy issues, or concern for a peer/friend/partner
- Provide options and information on campus, criminal, and civil laws, policies, reporting, legal processes, and victim rights
- Safety planning and assistance with campus supportive measures
- Assistance with filing a lease termination form or a Harassment Restraining Order
- Identifying needs and referrals to campus and community resources/support
- Educational resources on relationships, sexuality, feminist and gender issues
One-to-one services are delivered by certified advocates who have undergone at least 40+ hours of training on gender violence issues. Advocates provide confidential, non-victim blaming, trauma-informed support for students of all genders who have experienced sexual violence, relationship/partner abuse, stalking, sexual harassment, exploitation, and trafficking. You do not need to report to get support.
To make a confidential in-person or virtual Zoom appointment, please contact Rebecca at rebecca.kotz@stcloudstate.edu or call 320-308-3995
Other offerings
- Free safer sex, menstruation, and reproductive health supplies for members of the campus community including tampons, pads, liners, internal and external condoms, dams, lubricant, pregnancy tests, reusable menstrual cups, and emergency contraception.
- Presentations to introduce the Women’s Center programs/services, or on topics such as violence prevention, affirmative sexual consent, patriarchal violence and abolition, rape culture, supporting survivors, and equitable relationships and sexuality. Check out our menu of presentations and connect with us to schedule!
- Special events, speakers, workshops, groups, educational programming, activism, and community organizing
- Scholarships for nontraditional students
- Opportunities for student internships and employment with a team committed to the practice of gender equity and social justice. The Women’s Center typically hires new staff in March/April each year, but if you are interested in applying at another time, please e-mail us a cover letter and resume to our Office Manager, Angelica, at angelica.gentile-jordan@stcloudstate.edu
- Coordination and implementation of the Aunt Flow free menstrual product dispensers in Atwood Memorial Center at SCSU. If you would like to support this initiative, please fill out this survey!
- Support and advocacy related to gender equity issues, discrimination, violence, and/or harassment based on sex/gender
- Dear Pat is a catalogue of stories, rants, and experiences of everyday sexism, misogyny, and patriarchal violence. You're invited to submit your story online or in-person at the Women's Center drop box.
- Staff/faculty trainings
- Assistance with student academic projects
- Faculty curriculum assistance and consultation about women’s, gender, feminist, sexism, and violence-related issues
- Referrals for on-campus and off-campus community resources.
