Welcome!

The Galerstein Women’s Center (GWC) has been in existence since 1996, representing gender issues in our campus and community. The Center actively promotes a prosperous and successful environment for women through mentoring, advising and professional counseling, climate assessment, lectures addressing gender diversity and social justice, leadership development, community engagement and support for girls and women in STEM fields of study, advocacy for the LGBTQ community, and development of child care resources.

The GWC is home to the only dedicated lactation space on campus for nursing mothers. We provide meeting, study space, and a lending library. We offer professional counseling services, provide diversity retention scholarships, internships, volunteer opportunities and organizational advising.

GWC initiatives are guided by the Office of Diversity and Community Engagement.

We invite you to visit the Center and find out how you can become involved. 

SAFE ZONE Community Educator Project

We are currently accepting applications for SAFE ZONE Community Educators. Please complete and print the application below and hand-deliver to the Galerstein Women’s Center, SSB 4.300, no later than 12:00 p.m., Friday, January 18, 2013. No late applications will be accepted.

The SAFE ZONE Community Educator Project provides guidance and support to three undergraduate students at UT Dallas who identify with the LGBTQ and Ally culture, to serve as Community Educators for a period beginning February 2013 and ending December 2013. Under the leadership of a Galerstein Women’s Center (GWC) advisor, they will develop three Advanced SAFE ZONE Dialogues addressing campus and local communities on economic, health and safety issues impacting LGBTQ women. Students will receive $10 per hour for their participation distributed on a semi-monthly basis. Students will be expected to commit to 4-6 hours per week at the GWC to work on the Advanced SAFE ZONE Dialogue Project.

Please click here to download the application.

Please complete and print the application and hand-deliver to the Galerstein Women’s Center, SSB 4.300, no later than 12:00 p.m., Friday, January 18, 2013. No late applications will be accepted.

Engineering Week Encourages Girls in Math, Science

In the field of engineering, the ratio of men to women in the workplace is nearly 9-to-1. To combat this staggering gap, a national movement called “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day” has emerged to show girls the possibilities and the fun in math and science.

In February 2012, UT Dallas’ Office of Diversity and Community Engagement welcomed students from Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School as part of the national program. The visiting girls worked together in groups on activities such as “speedy shelter,” “roving the moon” and the “blimp jet challenge.” They also met with members of the Texas Instruments Women’s Initiative and the UT Dallas chapter of Society of Women Engineers.

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Engineering Week Encourages Girls in Math, Science