University Connections
 

Index of links.

Albany Coeducational Intramural Association

Office: PE B104
Phone: 442-3067
Web site: www.albany.edu/studentlife/groups/intra.html

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Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL)

Stephen DeLong, Associate Director
Office: Science Library G-60
Phone: (518) 442-5333
E-mail: cetl@albany.edu
Website: www.albany.edu/cetl

To ensure University at Albany students continue to receive the best teaching and the most advanced knowledge available, the University's Division of Academic Affairs established the Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL) in 1994. CETL signifies faculty commitment to high-quality instruction, the effective educational preparation of men and women at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and a conviction that students must be richly nourished through learning processes that encourage active engagement and through diverse educational opportunities inside and outside the classroom. CETL is committed to building a community of dedicated faculty, supporting the instructional goals of those faculty, and effecting beneficial changes in the University's teaching culture. The Center works to champion the importance of teaching in the context of a research university and to ensure that excellence in teaching is recognized, supported, valued, and rewarded. Women are encouraged to take full advantage of all the services CETL offers to its teaching faculty and graduate teaching assistants.

Center for Women in Government & Civil Society

The Center for Women in Government & Civil Society is part of the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York. Through research, teaching, leadership development, networking and public education, the Center works to: strengthen women's public policy leadership; broaden access of women and youth to policy knowledge, skills and influence; advance equity for women in the workplace; promote collaboration across sectors to enhance nonprofit management and leadership; inform policy makers and policy activists on issues related to women, children and families.

CSEA Capital District Region IV Women's Committee

The goals of the Women's Committee are to inform, communicate and educate women, men and families within the region, listen to their concerns and develop appropriate programs which will help them to address their issues.
Managing in today's workplace, with the rapidly changing diversity in our working lives, has a large impact on us and our children and families. We strive to deal with these changes in a positive manner thereby lessening the burden on our loved ones. We believe it is important to continue to protect the rights of women in the workplace and feel that we can make a difference.
It is our hope that we can bring to you information which can be used in both your personal and professional lives.

CSEA Local 691 Women's Committee

Sandra Gainor, Chairperson
Phone: (518) 437-3754
E-mail: CSEA691.albany.edu

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Don't Walk Alone -Safety Escort Service

Main Office: CC 115
Phone: (518) 442-5511

e-mail: UPDweb@uamail.albany.edu

No place is 100% safe, no matter how well-lit or familiar it may seem! The probability of a crime is substantially reduced when you DON'T WALK ALONE. "There is safety in numbers." Don't Walk Alone Safety Escort Service is a volunteer safety escort service which operates Sunday-Thursday nights, 7-11 pm, except during the summer and during University recesses. Escorts are based in the library lobby of the uptown campus. You can either meet the escorts at their station or call 442-5511 and two escorts, preferably a male and a female, will walk you wherever you need to go on the uptown campus. Don't Walk Alone Safety Escort Service escorts wear green arm bands and carry flashlights. Don't Walk Alone Safety Escort Service consists solely of student volunteers. All potential Don't Walk Alone Safety Escort Service volunteers must fill out a short application. To volunteer you must be a registered student at the University at Albany for the current semester, in good academic standing (overall 2.0 or above) as well as in good judicial standing. Student organizations can also volunteer through the Don't Walk Alone Safety Escort Service "Adopt-A-Night" program for one night per week, one night per semester or two nights per semester. Applications are available in the Don't Walk Alone Safety Escort Service Office-Campus Center 115 as well as in CC-116, CC-130/137, and in all six quadrangle/apartment complex offices.

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Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Coordinator:
Management Services Center, Room 200
Telephone: (518) 442-5483
Information and Fax number: (518) 442-4440
EAP.com
E-mail: eapforu@uamail.albany.edu

The Employee Assistance Program is here to help and provide assistance in many different ways. The work site is the perfect place to provide support and assistance, because people may have problems at home that can affect their functioning at work, and some may have concerns at work that affect their lives at home. Therefore, the most important goal of EAP is to increase the quality of wellness for faculty, staff and their family members, at home and at work. EAP is an assessment, information and referral program in which the Coordinator helps to clarify the issues of concern, and looks through a wealth of community resources for appropriate referrals to help reach a solution.
The Employee Assistance Program is overseen by a committee of fifteen staff members representing the unions (CSEA, UUP, CSEU, Council 82), management, and other groups (the Research Foundation, UAS, the Albany Foundation) on campus. EAP welcomes suggestions and feedback on its services and encourages staff to provide input to the Coordinator or to any of the Committee Members (whose names are published regularly in the EAP newsletter). Please call if you want to get more information on how the program works.

EAP at the University at Albany is part of the New York State Employee Assistance Program-NYS MC/CSEA/PEF/UUP Council 82-Joint Labor Management, 55 Swan St. Albany, NY 12223.

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Initiatives For Women (IFW)

Sue Faerman, Leadership Council Chair
CETL, LE-G54, Phone: (518) 442-3950
E-mail: ifw@uamail.albany.edu
Website: http://www.albany.edu/ifw

Initiatives For Women (IFW) benefits women students, faculty, and staff - and the University at Albany and our community as a whole - by providing them the means to advance their educational and professional goals. Through individual donations, corporate and foundation contributions, IFW supports women in a variety of ways: · Scholarships, graduate fellowships, and general awards. · Research on women's issues and causes. · Assistance in the purchases of books, software, and course materials. · Internships and training programs. · Tuition and course registration fees. · Travel and research affiliated expenses. · Career planning, advisement, mentoring, and counseling. · Workshops and seminars on topics of interest. · Disabled women's services and assistance. · Leadership development opportunities. An all-volunteer Steering Committee runs the Initiatives For Women program under the auspices of the University at Albany Office of the Provost. The Steering Committee members are absolutely dedicated to the IFW motto: Support Her Dream

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Institute for Research on Women (IROW)

Co-Directors: Iris Berger, Christine Bose and Gwen Moore

Iris Berger, Ten Broeck 204-2, (518) 442-4815
E-mail: iberger@uamail.albany.edu

Christine Bose, Arts and Sciences 330, (518) 442-4670
E-mail: cbose@uamail.albany.edu

Gwen Moore, Arts and Sciences 308, (518) 442-4995 FAX: (518) 442-4419
E-mail: gmoore@uamail.albany.edu

The Institute for Research on Women (IROW) at the University at Albany was established in 1987 to promote interdisciplinary research and scholarship on women and gender. Building on a long-standing University commitment to women's studies teaching and research, the Institute brings together specialists from a wide variety of disciplines to engage in individual and collaborative research and development.

The main functions of IROW are: 1) to promote and facilitate individual and collaborative research and scholarship on women and gender; 2) to publish conference papers, instructional materials, bibliographies and other material pertinent to the study of women and gender; 3) to disseminate information on women's studies and gender research to scholars, educators, and organizations in the public and private sectors in the Capital Region, the nation and abroad; 4) to establish linkages and joint projects with other women's research centers in the United States and internationally, in order to promote research, training and educational exchanges of faculty, students and materials; 5) to provide technical and consultant services in specialized areas to public and private institutions in the United States and abroad; 6) to organize conferences, workshops and lectures that enable scholars to discuss and advance the current state of research on women and gender; 7) to provide an organized vehicle for faculty to seek external funding for individual or collaborative research projects and to aid grant writers through an on-campus proposal review service; 8) to facilitate contact with our faculty and the use of the institution's research facilities for visiting scholars and fellows.

IROW Faculty Associates come from all units of the university, including the Schools of Business, Education, Public Health, the College of Arts and Sciences, the University Library, and the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy. The Institute is a research unit of the College of Arts and Sciences and works in close collaboration with the Women's Studies Department.

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Middle Earth Peer Assistance Program (see University Counseling Center)

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Office of Diversity and Affirmative Action

The Office is established in accordance with Federal, State and SUNY guidelines. The office advises the President on the implementation of the State and Research Foundation Affirmative Action Plans and related concerns; reviews and reports on compliance with state and federal guidelines, monitor search procedures for all faculty, professional, management confidential, Research Foundation, and entry level labor positions; maintains informal and formal complaint and grievance processes for allegations of illegal discrimination including sexual harassment; and assists the campus community in its efforts to increase and support diversity.

President's Task Force on Women's Safety

Dr. Estela Rivero, Chair
Phone: (518) 442-5800

The Task Force works to ensure the safe environment necessary for work and study at the University by identifying potential dangers, providing a forum for discussions, and initiating action on issues of women's safety. Meetings are open to the University community and held throughout the academic year in various locations on teh uptown, Downtown and East campusus. Times and locations are posted in Today@UAlbany. All are welcome!

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Project Shape: Sexual Health and Peer Education. See University Counseling Center

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Sexual Assault Prevention and Educational Programming See University Counseling Center

Thirteenth Moon

Contact: Judith Johnson

Office: HU 369
Phone: (518) 591-8516
E-mail: moon13.albany.edu
Website: http://www.albany.edu/13thMoon/index.html

13th MOON is a collective that promotes ingenuity, creativity, and interaction within its feminist core, our goal is to share this with others. 13th MOON is currently the oldest continuously published feminist literary journal. The subject matter consists of art, poetics, drama, prose, the translations of various works, and a multidisciplinary array of critical essays. Since its inception in 1974, 13th MOON has introduced more than 500 artists, writers, and thinkers, therefore promoting and expanding the field of women's literature. In a social-historical time when women around the world continue to be subjugated for sexual, political, religious, and economic reasons, feminism finds itself in a continual struggle. Read and buy our journal, submit your works and simply enjoy the writings and art on these pages. Anyone with interest in the production of this feminist journal can call for more information. Interns are welcome. Publication includes poetry, fiction, artwork and drama by women. Please assign to your classes if possible.

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U-Kids Child Care Center

Dutch Quad, Phone: (518) 442-2660

U-Kids Child Care Center is a satellite of Campus Children's Center, Inc., and is located at the uptown Albany campus, on the ground floor of the Dutch Quadrangle. Our mission is to provide the University community with the highest quality child care. The Center provides a diverse, educational, friendly, nutritional, and safe environment that meets the needs of its children. The Center's atmosphere encourages children to learn through discovery, providing care with concern for each individual child's needs, interests, and ability levels. Qualities of independence and interdependence are fostered as the children are guided through a program rich with stimulating learning centers and creative activities. A special emphasis is made to foster these qualities in a culturally, socially, and economically diverse environment.

In accordance with the Department of Social Services' regulations, the goal of the U-Kids Child Care Center is to provide quality, affordable child care designed for the University at Albany students, faculty, and employees in a safe, warm, loving, nonjudgmental atmosphere. We are committed to providing activities which will foster the cognitive, psychomotor, social, and emotional development of children.

The Center operates Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., and services children aged eight weeks through twelve years. The weekly tuition rate is $125 plus the following surcharges: Infant, $10; Toddler, $5; Part-time (U-Kids only), $5; Community Rate, $20. Scholarships are available for those who qualify.

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University at Albany Secretarial/Clerical Council

Kathy Gurney, DR 113, Phone: (518) 442-5115
Office: DR 113
Phone: (518) 442-5115
E-mail: gurney@albany.edu

The Council's missions are to recognize and enhance the professional status of secretarial/clerical (s/c) staff; to identify areas to improve quality of worklife and effectiveness of s/c staff; to recommend and organize professional development programs for s/c staff; to provide an information exchange for s/c staff through the Council's activities; and to foster effective communication between administration/faculty and s/c staff. The S/CC holds an annual professional development workshop focusin on these goals, concluding with a fund raising raffle to help support Initiatives For Women (IFW) which benefits women, students, faculty and staff, and the UAlbany community as a whole, by providing them the means to advance their educational and professional goals.

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University Council of Women's Groups

Anna Radkowski-Lee, Chair
Phone: (518) 442-3573
E-mail: azrl@uamail.albany.edu
Website: http://www.albany.edu/women/

This is an umbrella organization of campus women's groups. The group represents faculty, staff and student populations as well as various unions and institutional units. Among the concerns are attracting and retaining women faculty and staff, and increasing the visibility of women at the University. The Council, sponsors an annual potluck luncheon for new faculty and professional staff. The Council also sponsors a luncheon during the fall semester to introduce new women employees to the valuable resources and support networks that exist among the women's community here at the University. In the Spring, the Council cosponsors the Bread and Roses Award for Excellence in Service on behalf of gender equity.

For further information on meeting dates and times, contact Anna.

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University University Counseling Center

Estela M. Rivero, Ph.D., Director
Phone: (518) 442-5800
E-mail: http://www.albany.edu/counseling_center/memain.html

The University Counseling Center provides a range of education, prevention, and clinical services to assist students in adjusting to University life and in meeting their educational and personal goals. Consultation services are available to all members of the campus community, and addressing the concerns of women on campus is a vital part of the Center’s mission. Clinical and Consulting Services: Services include psychological consultation and short-term psychotherapy for emotional, social, relationship and academic concerns as well as psychological evaluation of academically underachieving students. Prevention programs, including anonymous on-line mental health screening for the University community, address a broad range of health and mental health issues. The Counseling Center also provides leadership for alcohol and other substance abuse prevention, coordinates sexual assault prevention and education, and provides educational intervention programs to the University community. The Counseling Center trains faculty, staff, and student groups concerning their role in the University's Coordinated Response to the Sexual Assault of Students and is available to directly assist students and concerned others in the aftermath of sexual assault. University personnel, parents and students consult psychologists by telephone, email or in person regarding issues or problems affecting University students. Peer Assistance Programs: Middle Earth Peer Assistance Program: This Nationally recognized peer assistance program trains student volunteers to help other students. Through its hotline service, Middle Earth peers lend a listening ear, assist with problem solving, and provide information or referrals. Middle Earth also provides outreach programs and workshops for the campus community. The Middle Earth hotline (518-442-5777) is open from noon to midnight, Monday through Thursday, and 24 hours per day from noon on Friday until midnight on Sunday when classes are in session. Middle Earth also provides training with the option of receiving course credit. Students interested in volunteering can pick up an application at Middle Earth, or call the business line at 518- 442-5890. Project SHAPE: Sexual Health and Peer Education: Project SHAPE is a peer education program comprised of student volunteers who assist the University’s Coordinator for Health Promotion in facilitating more than 100 programs annually for the University community. These programs cover a variety of topics such as HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infection’s and communication with a partner, and are presented in academic courses, residence halls and for student groups. In addition, Project SHAPE coordinates week-long events such as the annual World AIDS Week, STI Awareness Week, and Black HIV Week. Project SHAPE members complete an accredited training course. Those interested in volunteering or requesting a program should call 442-5800. The Counseling Center, staffed by psychologists and a health promotion specialist, also provides supervised training for doctoral students in the University’s Clinical and Counseling Psychology programs. There is no charge for Counseling Center services. The Center is located on the second floor of the Health and Counseling Building. Office hours are 8:30AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. Please call with questions or to make an appointment.

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Women's Studies Department

Christine E. Bose, Chair
Office: SS 341
Phone: (518) 442-4220
E-mail: http://www.albany.edu/ws/

Provides a supportive and empowering educational environment, intended to raise students' aspirations and sense of self-worth. The curriculum explores how institutionalized sexism, racism, classism and heterosexism limit human achievement and dignity -- and examines the changes necessary for society to eliminate these limitations. Fundraising supports scholarships and activities.

The Women's Studies Department offers AWSS 492, Internship in Women's Studies every spring semester. Preferably in late fall, the internship director, Professor Bonnie Spanier (442-9084 or spanier@albany.edu), matches each student with a feminist mentor in a placement appropriate to each student's career and activist interests. Students work with their mentors for eight (8) hours each week through the spring semester. Students also meet weekly in a one hour and twenty minute class taught by the internship director. In the seminar, studenta pply feminist theory to the internship experience; they also investigate activism, career development and work issues. A requirement for the major, 492 is open to juniors and seniors who have taken at least one Women's Studies course.

Some recent placements include Birthnet, Campus Action, Capital Region Action Against Breat Cancer, The Center for Women in Government's immigrant women project, Environmental Advocates, Family Planning Advocates, The Legal Project, NYS Coalition Against Sexual Assault, University at Albany's Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood and The Women's Building.

Students with majors and minors in Women's Studies may also set up 1 to 4 credits of feminist community service through AWss 397Q by arrangement with the Internship Director, Professor Spanier.

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