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News and Events

• February 2012 Black History Month - this year's theme "Black Women in American Culture and History" honors African American women and the myriad of roles they played in the shaping of our nation. The theme urges all Americans to study and reflect on the value of their contribution to the nation. View the slideshow and web site
  
  Thanks to the work of the Women's Commission, the University of New Hampshire has announced it is establishing a Flexible Work Arrangements Task Force to develop polices and guidelines to support flexible work arrangements, while meeting the operational needs and goals of all UNH departments.
  Flexible Work Arrangements - Find out More.
• Understanding Worker Leave Policies an Overview (National Partnership for Women and Families)
• Work-Life Balance & Gender Equity in Tough Budget Times (Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Pathways - a mentoring program for students, is now accepting applications, alumni are encouraged to apply as mentors
• Women Changing Wall Street (Time Magazine)
• Feminism of the Future Relies on Men (article from NYT)
• Despite New Law, Gender Salary Persists (NPR article)
• Is Rape Serious? (Nicholas D. Kristof, NYT)
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Welcome!

The UNH President's Commission on the Status of Women was established February 15, 1972, to explore conditions and attitudes within the University of New Hampshire, relating to the mobility and functional equality of women, and to encourage movement toward the goal of full participation of women.

Forty years later, the UNH President's Commission on the Status of Women continues in its mission to create equal educational and employment opportunities for all UNH women by promoting an environment free of sexism and discrimination, through policy, advocacy and education.

UNH Women Making Strides

	Monica Chiu Associate Professor of English and Director of the University Honors Program at UNH, Monica Chiu has received a prestigious Fulbright Award to conduct research and teach at the American Studies Department at Hong Kong University. Find out more. Find out more
	Profile on UNH Alum Elisa Steele '88 As Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing officer at Yahoo, Elise Steele is one of the senior-most women in internet services. Read more about Elisa in the UNH Whittemore School of Business Newsletter (page 2)
	Learn about UNH student Tsion Woldu-Mamo Tsion is a Psychology major and a student enrolled in the McNair Scholars Program, she also is an Ethiopian first generation immigrant. Read about Tsion's experience on coming to New Hampshire. Learn more about her research on how negative feedback affects insecure people.
	Meet Cara Fiore, Aquanaut on Undersea Research Station Cara Fiore is a Ph.D. candidate in Microbiology and is spending her summer conducting research on the Aquarius Reef Base undersea research station. Read more about her experience at the station