Welcome Professional and Administrative Women!

Our hope is that this webpage helps improve the academic and professional environment for P & A women at the University of Minnesota. On this page you’ll find resources that P & A women have suggested would be helpful to their success. We encourage you to get involved in campus life—via the Women’s Center, through the P & A Women’s Council, 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 Scholarships available to P & A women

• Mullen-Spector-Truax Women's Leadership Award

Professional and Leadership Development

• Women's Leadership Institute
• Women’s Professional Circles
• President’s Emerging Leadership
• Council of Academic and Professional Administrators CAPA
• OHR Training and Organizational Development

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 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)

P&A Women’s Council

A newly formed group in June 2008, the P&A Women’s Council consists of six P&A women. In the future we plan to chose P&A women to represent the diversity and range of departments and areas at the University. The Director of the Women’s Center serves as an ex-officio member of the Council. Each year a call for nominations will be sent out. Members may be nominated by deans, directors, and department heads as well as by P&A members of the University of Minnesota (including through self-nomination).

Mission

Committee Members