Women's Studies Committee information sheet

Women's Studies Committee Sara Coulter, English, Co-coordinator Elaine Hedges, English, Co-coordinator Jo Ann Fuchs, Philosophy Eric Miller, Art Donald Mulchahey, Evening and Summer College Fred Rivers, History Jane Sheets, Modern Languages John Toland, Sociology Penny Lawrence, Student Leah Schofield, Student Shiela Terry, Student The Committee appointed by Dean Shaw, three responsibilities: "1. To organize effots to develop Women's Studies courses; 2. To explore means by which women can be more adequarely represented in the entire curriculum; 3. To assist in the development of grant proposals to fund Women's Studies courses and/or programs." Women's Studies Office and Facilities We have an office in the Women's Center (temporary A-1) with the usual supplies and a Xerox budget. We have a part time secretary who is available to work for any faculty member needing information or assistance relevant to Women's Studies. She is in the office from 8-10 and 11-2 on MWF and can be reached at extension 826. Our intention is to accumulate information so that we may be an adequare resource for Women's Studies in each discipline. We are working at this in several ways. For example, we are int he process of compiling a library of examination copies for which we already have a substantial number of titles. We have the complete, up-to-date volumes of Female Studies (compiled by the MLA comission on the Status of Women) which contains course syllabi, course lists and descriptions, and essays about courses--all of which describe a portion of the nation-wide activity in Women's Studies. Also, we have been keeping lists of research in progress for each discipline. Along with these, we try to be an adequare center of information for Women's Studies activities on both a local and national level.