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The U.T. Faculty Women’s Organization

The U.T. Faculty Women's Organization The Faculty Women's Organization is a community of women scholars that gives a space to interact and network with other women faculty and professional staff on campus through panels, talks and social events. The purpose of the organization is to provide support for women and families in the campus community, to sponsor programs concerned with the professional development of women faculty, and to disseminate information about University practice and policies vital to our interests.

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Save the Date!

Join us for the FWO holiday party on Tuesday, December 16! More details coming soon.

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Breakfast with the President

🌮Join us for a Breakfast Q&A with the interim president Jim Davis! 🌮

🗓 Date: April 21
🕘 Time: 9:00 – 11:00 AM
📍 Location: Kendra Scott Center, Doty Fine Arts Building (DFA 1.101), 2301 Trinity St

Please RSVP now + encourage all women-identified colleagues to join!  

At the bottom of the RSVP link, please submit your questions for Interim President Davis by April 11.

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Promotion & Tenure Panels 2025

UT’s Promotion & Tenure Panels took place on April 14 (3:30 – 4:30 pm) & April 16 (3:15 to 4:14 pm), thanks to the FWO & Provost office. We had an incredible lineup of panelists (shown below), and both rooms were full.  Notes of all highlights/key take-aways (including those from 2024) are available here. Attendees registered & submitted questions for panelists here: bit.ly/fwoPT2025

 

 

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Women’s Basketball Game 2/16/25

We & our families & friends had a wonderful time watching our SEC Champions Women’s Basketball team take on (& squeak by) powerhouse LSU!

Date: Sunday Feb 16 at 2 pm

Location: Moody Center

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FWO Holiday Party 2024

Some pictures from the Holiday Party at Jeanne’s historic home on Dec 16th. Thank you all for attending!

 

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Meet the UT Leaders!

Please join us on October 23 (3:30 to 5:30 pm in MAI 212), where you’ll get to meet the fabulous female faculty members and the following UT leaders:

Rachel Mersey – Interim Provost, Jen Moon – Vice Provost for Professional Track Faculty, Tasha Beretvas – Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs,  Sarah Ades – Dean, Graduate School & Vice Provost for Graduate and Post-Doctoral Studies, Claudia Lucchinetti – Dean, Dell Medical School, Lillian Mills – Dean, McCombs School of Business, and Claudia Mora – Dean, Jackson School of Geosciences.

Please RSVP here: https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cYYInWpvjtSnDiC

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Summer Goings-on!

The FWO’s first-every Child Care + Summer Camps list is up at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P-ODnQkBlyy46iUp6bdJYSyrYpny_Tb_tYs0Znq2mas. Please don’t hesitate to let us know what improvements/additions & changes we can make.

Please hold the date for our Fall Meet the Leaders event!  We’ll meet at a fun spot on campus on the afternoon of Wednesday, September 18, 2024 (tenatively 3:30 to 5 pm), with drinks & snacks, and an assortment of female deans, chairs, admin leaders, & beyond. Please tell your colleagues, stay posted for more details, & join us then.

UT’s New Faculty Launch will be on August 21, in the Alumni Cente, from 8 to 9:30 am. Please let Diane Ginsburg know if you can help her stand by our FWO table, get signups for our listserv, & answer any questions our new colleagues have. Thank you!

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2024 Promotion & Tenure Panels

UT FWO hosted its annual P&T Panels, with 5 distinguished panelists each, on April 16 & 18, 2024. Notes of all highlights/key take-aways are available here.

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Presidents’ Day with President Hartzell

Q&A with President Hartzell, held on February 19th, where the President spent 90 minutes giving the highlights and tackling loads of questions from members of the Faculty Women’s Organization. The session was moderated by Professor Norma Fowler.