Commission for Women: 2008-2009 Committees

The Commission for Women engages in issues pertaining to the advancement of women here at the University. Our committees have been broken down into two groups: Standing Committees and Special Committees.

We encourage you follow our progress through our meetings minutes, Commission's listserv, WMNSPEAK and our CFW newsletter, The Networker. Feel free to contact the Commission with any thought or concerns you have pertaining to women's issues. We thank you for the opportunity to serve you and look forward to meeting the challenges before us.

STANDING COMMITTEES

Standing Committees, which are noted in our Bylaws, represent established areas of concern for women. These are on going committees that seek to build upon each prior year's advancements.

Chair's Advisory Committee

Advisory Chairperson: Pamela Hindle
Kathryn St.Clair Ellis, Lori Epperson, Nancy Goslee, Deborah HainesNancy McGlasson, Mary Papke, Jennifer Richter, Cheryl Travis

The Chair's Advisory Committee supports the Chairperson in formulating plans, expressing concerns, engaging in research, and implementing Commission activities. The Committee, a microcosm of the larger Commission, represents various constituent components of the Commission, and provides balanced advice and counsel to the Chairperson. In addition, the Advisory Committee participates with the Chairperson in monthly meetings with the Chancellor.

Communications Committee

Communications Chairperson: Deb Haines
Lori Epperson, Pam Hindle, Rose Parker

The Communications Committee is important to the CFW because it provides visibility and connectivity for CFW members and campus community through use of the website (http://cfw.utk.edu), the CFW biannual publication The Networker and by instituting online committee communication via the Blackboard CourseInfo CFW site at online@utk.edu.

Equity Issues Committee

Equity Issues Convener: Pam Hindle
Alan Chesney, Kathryn St. Clair Ellis, George Hoemann, Kerry Howland, Jo Milton, Jenny Richter, Cheryl Travis

The Equity Issues Committee is engaged in several exciting activities. This Committee is working with the Office of Equity and Diversity and the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment to recast the historic annual Faculty Salary Study in a new, user-friendly format. The goal, embraced jointly by these offices, is to render the report accurate and more widely understandable. The Equity Issues Committee is also working with Institutional Research to harvest information form the 2003 Gender and the Workplace Survey, in preparation for a comprehensive report to the Chancellor on a variety of gender and workplace issues. An additional goal for this Committee is to conduct a study of gender and salaries for non-academic UT personnel

Mentoring Committee

Mentoring Chairperson: Nancy Goslee
Fadia Alvic, Joy DeSensi, Kathryn St. Clair Ellis, Pam Hindle, Kerri Lovegrove

The Mentoring Committee offers opportunities for women faculty, staff, and students to form mutually beneficial mentor/mentee relationships. One goal of this committee is to more clearly define its purpose. Another goal is to codify a plan for developing and executing mentoring activities that target women students who are undecided about their academic goals and introduce them to mentors who have broad and varied interests and backgrounds. This Committee is also keenly interested in introducing this campus to “mentoring circles”. These circles are small groups of campus citizens from diverse backgrounds who form relationships with each other, based on mutual trust and respect, for the purpose of identifying and overcoming obstacles blocking personal and professional growth.

Safety Advisory Committee

Safety Advisory Chairperson:
Kasey Baker, Tammi Brown, Maxine Thompson Davis, Kathryn St. Clair Ellis, Deb Glenn, Pam Hindle

This committee is involved with issues of high concern for students, faculty, staff, administrators, and families of all definitions: the safety of individuals who live, work, and learn on this campus. A major goal for this year is for the CFW Safety Committee to work with the Campus Safety Committee and the Traffic and Parking Authority to increase awareness of safety issues of particular importance to women. A secondary goal is to coordinate activities with the Fraternity Affairs and Panhellenic Advisors to educate men and women students on issues of dangerous and hurtful behavior such as drinking to intoxication and date rape.

Work and Family

Work and Family Convener: Pam Hindle
Alan Chesey, Kathryn St. Clair Ellis, Mary Evans, Wendy Syer

The Work and Family Committee will explore issues that affect campus citizens and their families. Examples of these issues are: child care, elder care, family and sick leave, flex time, other employment benefits, positions requiring overtime work, and preparing for retirement. This Committee is also interested in living wage issues. The Work and Family Committee is engaged with the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment in planning a series of focus groups for assessing campus needs for child and elder care assistance.

SPECIAL COMMITTEES

In addition to the standing committees, the CFW has several special committees, which tend to be narrowly focused or pertinent to a specific need. These committees are: Angie Warren Perkins Award Committee, the History and Archives Committee, the Notable UT Woman Committee, the Women of Achievement Committee, and the YWCA Tribute to Women Committee.

Angie Warren Perkins Award Committee

Nancy Goslee, Pam Hindle

CFW Logo Committee

Lori Epperson, Noriko Horiguchi

History and Archives Committee

Margaret Crawford, Melanie Feltner-Reichert, Christina Goode, Nancy Goslee,
Deb Haines, Pam Hindle, Chris Hodge, Thura Mack, Mary Papke, Aaron Purcell, Anthony Smith

Notable UT Woman Committee

Margaret Crawford, Brandice Green, Denise Harvey, Pam Hindle, P.J. Snodgrass

Professional Development Committee

Alan Chesney, Kathryn St. Clair Ellis, Deb Haines, Pam Hindle, Nancy Howell, Rosa Thomas

Women of Achievement Committee

Nancy Goslee, Pam Hindle, Noriko Horiguchi

YWCA Tribute to Women Committee

Denise Harvey, Pam Hindle