West Chester University - Serpentine Yearbook (West Chester, PA)

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OMEN AT WEST CHESTER The Women ' s Center is one of the two parts of the Institute for Women on the West Chester State Campus. It was originally founded to serve the needs of the non-traditional student — one who is return- ing to school after a long absence — but, in Septem- ber of 1975 it expanded to serve all interested students. The Center functions basically as a service agency and provides advice for both campus related and personal problems. Questions about admission and scheduling procedures are answered and help with financial aid is given. One of the center ' s larger roles is to lend support and aid to those students encountering problems foreign to the typical stu- dent that can ' t be taken elsewhere. It also offers the opportunity for the students to share experiences. The center has as its all encompassing goal the interest of women, both as a group and as individ- uals. It directs its energies toward programs that will improve the over-all attitudes toward and conditions of women on campus. It is presently seeking to establish procedures to be used by admissions, scheduling, and advisors which can be utilized by the special student. The center is staffed by volunteers all of whom are full-time students. The director of the center is a faculty volunteer. The major accomplishment for the center (and other concerned individuals) is the creation of the day care center. After a long struggle, the day care center will open in the fall and will serve the needs of the faculty and staff as well as students. The second facet of the Institute for Women is the Women ' s Studies program. This program con- centrates on developing courses for credit which are centered around women. Women in American History pinpoints the actions of individual women throughout our history, and there are courses offer- ed for women in literature, in art, and in contem- porary society. These courses vary with each semes- ter but the standard ones are listed in the catalog. There is no major in Women ' s Studies and the minor consists of a concentration of 21 credits. 25