The President S Commission on the Status of Women

The President S Commission on the Status of Women

The President’s Commission on the Status of Women

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

3:00-4:00pm Alumni Foundation Center Conference Room 238

Meeting Minutes

Attendance: Jennifer Guyer-Wood, Denise Thompson, Jenny Turner, Wanda Viento, Anne Blackhurst, Jeni Haddad

Regrets: Sara Granberg-Rademacker, Deb Schulz, Linda Hanson, Suzie Dugan, Carol Jensen

Absent: Gail Abraham, Maria Bevacqua, Heather Camp, Wendy Meyer, Meagan Hagerty, Linda Hanson, Deborah Jesseman, Rosemary Krawczyk, Jeane McGraw, Amy Wagener

  1. Special Guest: Becky Barkmeier, Director of Human Resources
  2. Becky was not able to attend, but was asked to come to our next meeting
  1. Committee Updates
  1. Mentor Match Project
  2. No current updates
  1. Listening Panel
  2. Minutes were forwarded to Dr. Blackhurst, and she will bring them to the attention of the President
  1. Women of Courage and Vision Recognition Reception
  2. Food ran out quickly at the event, need to order more for next year
  3. Many people who weren’t expected ended up showing up. How can we prepare for this next year? Some options that were voiced included: asking individuals that don’t have certificates to pick them up before they are seated, having a list of nominators (since they won’t have certificates), making the RSVP more prominent on the e-mail invite
  4. Marketing wanted more purple and gold
  5. The mug was similar to Gustavus colors
  6. Good feedback from the video. Is there a way to get it online?
  7. Question as to the Commission would ever consider honoring a Woman of the Year at the WCV Reception. For example, Barb Keating had the idea of nominating Ronnie Berton next year as a special guest. Another idea was that we could honor a faculty, staff, and student Woman of the Year. It could help add to a history of those who came before us, and serve to be inspirational
  8. The question was raised, however, as to whether or not this would take away from the idea that so many women on this campus are of courage and vision?
  9. Becky Copper-Glentz approached members of the Commission to ask if the Minnesota Ace Network Board could have a table at the event next year to distribute information. The members present at this meeting thought it would be more appropriate to ask her to come table for the New Faculty and Staff Reception and the Recourse Fair
  1. HERS and other opportunities
  2. No committee members present to report
  3. Jen Guyer-Wood will follow up on the press release
  1. Project of the Year Awards
  2. When the committee met a few weeks ago, they thought it would be helpful to have a “reflection” component to the Project of the Year submissions
  3. Heather Camp drafted a sentence to add to the website, if approved by the Commission
  4. Heather Camp also put together a rubric.
  5. Committee members are submitting feedback about these two additional aspects, and will present the final drafts during the next Commission’s meeting
  1. Research and Professional Development Grants
  2. Met last week, had a few questions on two of the applications
  3. Ended up doing a vote via e-mail
  4. Jeni will e-mail the applicants this afternoon
  1. STEM
  2. The web seminar wasn’t as successful as thought it would be (due to technical difficulties), but a link was sent out to the Commission with the information
  1. Parents on Campus
  2. Heather Camp spoke with Wanda Viento about the student group
  3. Wanda explained that student groups aren’t always strong because parents often have so many responsibilities that it can be difficult to make time
  1. Marketing
  2. No current updates
  1. Point of Contact
  1. No current updates
  1. Other
  1. Nominations
  2. Wanda Viento, Sara Granberg-Rademacker, and Deb Shulz are all willing to run
  3. Jen Guyer-Wood spoke to carol Stallkamp, and told her that the Commission would like to recommend based on a vote
  4. Waiting to hear back from the Presiednet on this
  5. If we do a vote, will do it electronically, and Jen Guyer-Wood will ask for a volunteer to count votes with her so that it is fair
  1. Mommapolooza
  2. Jeni has approached by the woman organizing this event, who wanted to know if PCSW wanted a table at the event
  3. Jeni can set-up and take-down, but won’t be there throughout the event
  1. Meetings
  2. PCSW Co-chairs discussed standing meetings for next year
  1. Letter to the President
  2. The proposal for gender-neutral language was passed out in a staff directors meeting, and seemed to have a good response
  3. Generally well-received, and people seem to want to be inclusive
  4. President’s Cabinet also took it seriously and were willing to go back to their departments with this proposal
  5. Discussion about what terms to use, as “first year” and “freshman” mean different things when looking at credit hours
  6. The word “frosh” has been presented, instead of “freshman”

Minutes submitted by Jeni Haddad

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