Functions

The Women's Leadership Consortium fulfills the following functions in support of women at Iowa State:

to serve as a resource for the President and the Executive Vice President and Provost, along with the UCW
to share information about on-going initiatives, issues, and plans
to coordinate and leverage activities of individual programs and committees
to coordinate and co-sponsor events, from Women's History Month to Colloquia
to propose new policy and programming initiatives (sponsoring conferences, proposing hiring, etc.)
to supervise the continuation of leadership initiatives in support of women, such as SLIC and Truman Scholars
to support the recruitment and retention of women of color as students and employees
to enhance the mentoring of women employed on campus
to undertake coordinated fund raising associated with women's issues and programs
to seek grant funding for scholarly and instructional initiatives