Resources
If you would like additional information on these initiatives or would like to offer assistance, please contact a member of the commission.
- Parental Leave for all Employees - Maternity/Paternity Leave and Faculty Modified Work Assignment
- Mentoring and Support Network Establishment
- Campus Security
- Annual Event - Once per year, usually in the spring, the Commission on Women hosts a public forum, panel discussion or guest speaker for the campus community. Watch http://news.uark.edu for announcements.
The following items were championed by the Commission on Women or have been provided here as a resource.
Maternity parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis for expectant mothers
in their final trimester of pregnancy. The program offers temporary parking for regular
permit holders at no additional cost closer to the mother’s office, if possible and
available. Contact hrbenf@uark.edu.
Private Nursing Mothers’ Rooms are available across campus for women who need to express
milk for their babies – click here for a partial list. You can access an interactive map of nursing rooms on campus here. Building executives may add a location to the list by contacting facilities management .
Several formal and informal resource and affinity groups exist across campus designed for mentoring, to improve collegiality, offer networking among women in certain fields, and to share information.
Would you like to list your affinity group here? Please send the name, purpose and contact to sally@uark.edu.