Are you an advocate for workplace equality?

The Hiring, Retention and Assessment Task Force

• Collects and assesses workplace data and distributes findings as it pertains to UNLV women
• Provides advocacy related to gender equity in hiring, salary, retention, and work environment
• Reviews and promotes evidence-based best practices to address gender issues on campus

Accomplishments:

• Advocated for salary equity and transparency among administrative faculty and produced a white paper reporting on trends and best practices in university salary equity efforts nationwide
• Reviewed processes and collected data relating to administrative faculty promotions with further exploration into policies governing retention and promotion
• Researched information about exit interviews and best practices in higher education and shared findings with UNLV administrators
• Established the annual GIVE Diversity Award (Growth, Inclusivity, Voice and Excellence), recognizing individual and student-led initiatives focused on diversity and inclusion
• Developed relationships with other groups across campus and the state of Nevada to support women in advancement, address perceived inequities in service, and identify processes for promotion

Co-Chairs: Brenda Buck and Joanna Jezierska

Resources:

If you would like to listen to the pre-recorded workshop or receive the presentation slides, please contact Brenda Buck at buckb@unlv.nevada.edu.

Do you love networking and making connections across campus?

The Programming Task Force

• Provides educational and networking opportunities to cultivate women’s leadership, research, publication, collaboration, and support
• Collaborates with other campus constituents on programs, research, and outreach
• Shares findings with the Women’s Council and the UNLV community

Accomplishments:

• Collaborated with fellow council members and other UNLV groups to produce special programming and networking opportunities including the Women’s Council fall welcome mixer, Take Your Child to Work Day event, annual membership meeting, new faculty orientation and affinity groups mixer
• Hosted the annual Celebrating Our Successes event featuring keynote speaker, North Las Vegas Mayor Pamela Goynes-Brown – a program highlighting the accomplishments of UNLV women who have achieved important milestones in their professional careers
• Hosted a cooking class at the College of Hospitality to provide summer community programming
• Sponsored and participated in other events throughout the year including:
  • 1st Gen Week
  • Black Professional Women’s Association’s International Women’s Day Workshop
  • Speak Out Event
  • New Leadership Nevada program with the UNLV’s Women’s Research Institute of Nevada

Co-Chairs: Carly Lutes, Winnie David, and Marcedes Butler

Do you enjoy being “in the know” and creating content to get the word out?

The Communication and Networking Task Force

• Communicates information, events and news regarding the Women's Council and UNLV women through the Council’s website, monthly e-newsletter, emails and Instagram account.

• Showcases the accomplishments of UNLV women
• Facilitates networking opportunities for campus women and community partners

Accomplishments:

• Spotlighted the contributions of UNLV women working behind the scenes in the Women’s Council’s monthly newsletter, social media and website
• Expanded the monthly e-newsletter to recognize the accomplishments and contributions of various departments and affinity groups across campus
• Developed the Women’s Council social media presence on Instagram - sharing news, information and upcoming events
• Distributed important and timely information to Women’s Council members regarding programs supporting gender equity and inclusion on campus
• Planned events pertaining to communications and networking to support and build comradery with fellow Women’s Council members

Co-Chairs: Theresa Boucher & Sabrina Cozine

Do you want to support women and their families and ensure they have the resources they need?

The Family Advocacy Task Force

• Identifies the current and growing needs of UNLV women and their families
• Identifies and advocates for resources necessary to meet these needs
• Encourages the development of policy in support of families

Accomplishments:

• Launched UNLV’s annual Take Your Child to Work Day event with more than 700 children, parent, relatives, and friends in attendance and more than twenty outreach events for employees and their families
• Advocated for preschool facility expansion on campus, working with campus leaders to support greater childcare opportunities and alternatives for campus families
• Endorsed university policies supporting working women with young children and their participation in the workplace
• Developed the upcoming Family Support & Advocacy Symposium
• Advocated for the installation and maintenance of lactation rooms on campus to ensure nursing women have a private, safe, and clean space to express breast milk.
• Worked with facilities department to install changing tables across campus in both male, female, and gender-neutral restrooms to protect the health and safety of children and encourage a family friendly environment on campus

Co-Chairs: Dana Angioni and Shellie Brattain

Are you passionate about protecting women and empowering them to lead their healthiest lives?

The Health and Safety Task Force

• Identifies safety issues on campus, then advocates and collaborates to resolve them
• Identifies and shares health and safety resources on campus and in the community
• Hosts health and safety events and programming to educate and share information
• Researches and reviews best practices in higher education for facilitating health and wellness among university employees

Accomplishments:

• Offered more than thirty safety and wellness programs throughout the year including meditation Mondays, active assailant training, pelvic floor health, and more
• Partnered with the Women’s Council Family Advocacy Task Force to offer programs relevant to family issues and wellness, including improved paid parental leave and child care options
• Collaborated with others on campus to address building-specific emergency procedures and evacuation protocols
• Developed upcoming educational programming on the Eight Dimensions of Wellness

Co-Chairs: Tansy Rabijahed and Ren McMullin