In addition to their primary service of personal counseling, the Women’s Center offers the following programs and services:
Resource information and referral to other women's services
The Women's Center provides information about women's issues and mental health-related services throughout the UAB community and the Birmingham area.
Outstanding Women
The next Outstanding Women Reception will be held on Thursday, March 8, 2012, from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the UAB Green and Gold Room, Bartow Arena (617 13th Street South).
The honorees for this year's reception are as follows:
- The Becky Trigg Outstanding UAB Woman Faculty Member
- Dr. Lynda Law Wilson
- Outstanding Woman UAB Staff Member
- Ms. Jamika Kirk
- The Susan D. Marchase Outstanding Woman Administrator
- Ms. Melanie Talbot Montgomery
- Outstanding Woman UAB Graduate Student
- Ms. Alison Barnard
- Outstanding Woman UAB Undergraduate Student
- Ms. Joycelyn Biggs-Smith
- Outstanding Woman in the Community
- Ms. Jeannie C. Burton
Parking for the event will be available in both Lot 15A and Lot 15 C, both of which are located conveniently to Bartow Arena. Lot 15A is located diagonally across 13th Street from the Arena, while Lot 15C is located on 6th Avenue South between 12th and 13th Streets.
If you would like to attend the reception, please call us at 934-6946 by March 5, 2012 to be added to our RSVP list.
Co-Sponsored by UAB Women’s Center, UAB Women’s Studies, and the UAB Commission on the Status of Women.
Educational outreach on women's issues
The Women's Center participates in health fairs, eating disorder screenings, educational workshops on topics such as acquaintance rape, conflict resolution, sexual harassment, and a variety of other issues. We normally advertise upcoming events in the student newspaper Kaleidoscope and on bulletin boards around UAB's campus. We also use informational mail-outs to distribute educational material to our women students.
Sexual assault support and advocacy
Our Women's Center Counselor works closely with Rape Response to meet the needs of UAB students who have been through a sexual assault. If you are seeking counseling because you have been raped and our Women's Center counselor is not available, you can call Rape Response's crisis line at (205) 323-7273 (or 323-RAPE).
Sexual harassment consultation
If you are a UAB student and feel that you have been sexually harassed, our Women's Center counselor can help you deal with your feelings and can explain what your options are should you decide to file a formal complaint. Should you decide not to go through the formal process, your disclosure will be held in confidence.
Sexual harassment—what you can do