NEW Childbirth and Adoption Accommodation Program for Ph.D. students!

At the urging of the GPSS Committee for Gender Equity, a policy was talked about and finally brought about! Follow the link to a copy of the announcement from Jean Morrison's office. Please share this with folks in your respective departments. 

- Memorandum (.doc)

- Full details document (.pdf)

The Committee for Gender Equity announces the creation of the USC Graduate Student Parent Network, an electronic forum for graduate student parents to ask and answer questions and to connect with others with kids on campus. If you're interested in joining the network, please e-mail the Committee for Gender Equity chair at gpsscge@gmail.com to be added to the group.

Lactation Room @ USC

About three years ago the GPSS Women's Concerns Committee, now the 

Committee for Gender Equity (CGE) approached the university 

administration with the request to open lactation rooms on campus that 

can be accessible for both staff and student.  USC has just opened the 

first lactation room in the women's locker room of the Lyons Center at 

UPC.  The facility includes: a door with a  latch, so no one can enter 

unexpectedly, built in shelves for your pump and other belongs, hooks 

for your clothes, a lamp, and a plug for your pump.  Future locations 

are currently under consideration.  If you would like further 

information, you can check out the website for the Center for Women 

and Men (CWM), where they have a lactation room page with a phone 

number to call:   http://www.usc.edu/student -affairs/cwm/ .