OUR MISSION

The Women’s Resource Center (WRC) at the University of Utah serves as the central resource for educational and support services for women.  Honoring the complexities of women’s identities, the WRC facilitates choices and changes through programs, counseling, and training grounded in a commitment to advance social justice and equality.

OUR HISTORY

The Women's Resource Center at the University of Utah was founded in 1971 by a group of visionary women faculty, staff and graduate students. During the 1970's and 80's the Center was at the forefront of many changes on and off campus:

  • Helped found the Women's Studies Program in 1975 (later changed to   Gender Studies)
  • Assisted women who wanted to return to school
  • Began a feminist therapy counseling program
  • Authored or coordinated major reports on the status of women on campus
  • Advocated for campus child care
  • Monitored the general campus climate for women,
  • Advocated for the hiring of women faculty and staff
  • Supported and advocated for individual women
  • Established scholarships for non-traditional students
  • Began a program for single-parent students.

The Center played a role statewide and nationally helping to found:  The Consortium for Utah Women in Higher Education; The Utah Math Science Network; The National Women's Studies Association; HERS/WEST, a professional development and networking organization for women in the Rocky Mountain West.  Today, the WRC continues its tradition of leadership on women's issues.