The following is a list of faculty, staff, and student groups that focus on professional development and provide development opportunities for women. Also included is a list of OSU administrative offices and academic departments that focus on women and women's issues.
Faculty & Staff
- Association of Staff and Faculty Women
- Women+ Faculty Network
Group that brings faculty who are women identified together to meet and establish a professional and social network inclusive of others with shared interests. - Black Women Faculty and Professional Staff (BWFPS)
An affinity group that provides networking, support and professional development opportunities for both faculty and staff at the university.
Contact: The Women's Place - Women of Color Faculty Network
A working group that provides networking, support, and professional development opportunities for women of color faculty at the university.
Contact: The Women's Place - RISE Professional Development Network
Focused on the unique experiences and needs of those identifying as women and open to people of all gender identities on the Newark campus. - Women of Color Employee Resource Group (ERG) (see page 25 of pdf linked here)
Contact: woc@osumc.edu - Body Image & Health Taskforce
- Women in Medicine and Science Committee (WIMS)
- Women in Technology (WITNET)
Grass-roots group of women who work in technology-related jobs throughout the university community; meets once every two months. - Gender Subcommittee within the Athletics Department Buckeye Inclusion Initiative (scroll to the bottom of the website page)
- Ohio State University Administrative Professionals
- Women & Philanthropy
- REACH for Commercialization
A year-round resource and network designed to encourage women to amplify the impact of their research by exploring technology transfer, commercialization and entrepreneurship. - Center for Feminist Research, Education and Engagement (FREE Center)
The Center aims to inspire, generate, and support collaborative research and community engagement projects rooted in feminist approaches and perspectives.
Professional Development Organizations for Women Students
- Association of Computing Machinery Committee on Women
- FOCUS (Females of Chemistry Uniting Scientists)
- Graduate Women In Science
- Fisher Graduate Women in Business
- IGNITE OSU (helps women develop political ambitions)
- New Leadership Ohio at The John Glenn Institute
- Leadership Initiatives for Women of Color (LIWOC)
- Society of Women Engineers
- Triota Women's Studies Honors Society
- UBWA Undergraduate Business Women's Association
- Women in Economics
- Women in Medicine
- Society of Women in Physics
- Women's Legal Society
- Women's Studies Graduate Association
Contact Stacia Kock
Departments and Administrative Offices
- Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
- President and Provost's Council on Women
- Office of Student Life Multicultural Center Women’s Student Initiatives
- Where Women Go
Offers resources and services for Ohio State women students - A Comprehensive College Experience for Single-Parent Students (ACCESS) Collaborative Program
Assists students of all genders