Welcome Women Faculty!

Our hope is that this webpage helps improve the academic and professional environment for women at the University of Minnesota. On this page you’ll find resources that women faculty have suggested would be helpful to their success. We encourage you to get involved in campus life—via the Women’s Center, through the Women’s Faculty Cabinet, by nominating yourself or colleagues for awards, and through the thousands of other fantastic opportunities available to you. Please contact us if you have a great idea to help the Women’s Center be a stronger catalyst for the University to achieve equity for women.

Awards, Grants and Scholarships for Faculty Women

• Ada Comstock Distinguished Women Scholar Lecture
• Distinguished Women Scholar Award
• Mullen-Spector-Truax Women’s Leadership Award

Professional Development

• Faculty Affairs and Development
• Faculty Development
• Promotion and Tenure
• OHR Training and Organizational Development
• Center for Teaching and Learning - Faculty Programming
• Mid-Career Faculty Learning Community for Women
• U Senate Faculty Affairs Committee (SCFA)

Child Care Resources

On Campus Child Care

• List of On Campus Child Care Resources
• University of Minnesota Child Care
• Child Care Resources from the University of Minnesota Extension
• Child Care publications from the University of Minnesota Extension
• Nursing Mothers

Off Campus Child Care

• CareQuest
  The University offers referral services through CareQuest, a telephone network to help students, staff, faculty and hospital employees find childcare off campus. This service is free to eligible University families earning less than $50,000 per year. Parent counselors will answer your questions about childcare in the community, and help you identify programs that will meet the needs of you and your child. You interview the providers yourself and make your own arrangements. To get started, call (651) 222-4664 weekdays between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Spousal Hire Resources

• Conducting a Spousal/Partner No Search Hire – University Policy
• Domestic Partner Benefits

Additional Helpful Links

• Academic and Corporate Relations Center (ACRC)
• Relocation Assistance Program (RAP)
• Career/Life Alliance Services, Inc. (CLAS)
  resources on family care, parenting, personal finance and daily living. (LOGIN: University, PASSWORD: Minnesota)

Women's Faculty Cabinet

The Women’s Faculty Cabinet, with support from the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost and the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs, works to provide leadership to improve and enrich the academic and professional environments for women faculty at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

Click here to enter the Women's Faculty Cabinet site.