Returning Women Students Program

The Returning Women Students Program

Portland State has a high population of students returning after a break in their formal education, who share similar concerns. Our mission is to help students make their return to school a positive and rewarding experience. We provide women an opportunity to relate, communicate, and connect to one another. The Returning Women Student's Program offers services designed to support and inform women, as well as providing one on one advocacy and support and hosting social events.

Program Goals:  

  • To enhance the college experience of the returning woman student
  • To provide resource referrals on campus and citywide
  • To provide fellowship and peer support by bringing together women students of similar situations
  • To provide cultural competence and understanding campus wide to women of all races, culture, sexuality, and religion
  • To foster an environment of understanding and problem solving in regards to college success

 

Spring Programming

WS 120: The Returning Women's Workshop

Ease your transition back to school by talking, learning, and sharing with other returning women. This 4 credit seminar will cover topics including balancing multiple roles, study skills, and campus resources. WS 120 (CRN 64179) will be offered Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12-1:50 during spring term. For more information, contact Carmen Anderson at 503-725-9788 or rwp@pdx.edu.

The Sister Circle: Empowerment for Women of Color

The Sister Circle is a support group for women of color in Higher Education that will be meeting April 17, May 1, and May 15 from 6-8pm in the Women's Resource Center at PSU.

Some of the topics that will be discussed are marginalization and inferiority in higher education, family and relationship issues, academic issues, and student support services at PSU. This support group is a collaboration between the NAACP and the Women's Resource Center. It is open to students and faculty. Children are always welcome in the space. The facilitators of this group are Erica Lee-Johnson, President of the NAACP and Carmen Anderson Coordinator of the Returning Women's Program. Bring your wisdom, experience, worries, and let's uplift each other! For more info, email rwp@pdx.edu.

 

Program Coordinator

Carmen Anderson, the coordinator of the Return Women Students Program, can be reached by phone at 503-725-9788 or through email at rwp@pdx.edu. To schedule an appointment with Carmen, please call 503-725-5672.