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Giving Tuesday helps make cards of encouragement

Jake Bergquist November 29, 2017

The Women’s Center at Weber State University, in connection with the Safe at Weber program, created an event for Giving Tuesday to help those who have survived acts of domestic and sexual violence....

Pride week previews 10/9–10/15

Pride week previews 10/9–10/15

Jake Lueckler October 6, 2017

October 9, 2017: From 9 a.m.–2:00 p.m., there will be a table set up in the Shepherd Union Atrium. Information about LGBTQ+ identities and various resources and services available in our community...

Statistics show that most victims of sexual assault know their attackers and that 85 to 90 percent of assaults are alcohol related. Sexual assault victims at Tinker can call 734-SARC, which is a 24-hour hotline. (Air Force photo illustration by Margo Wright)

Women’s Center confidentiality status furthers fight against sexual assault

Briana Whatcott September 15, 2017

The Women's Center's recent change to confidentiality status furthers the efforts of Weber State University to protect victims of sexual assault. Before this change, students who came to the Women’s...

Weber State University Police Department Chief Dane LeBlanc listens to Lillian Llanos in 2015, a WSU student at the time, and the importance of students' safety from sexual violence. (The Signpost Archives)

Know your Title IX rights: Stay safe on campus

Ashton Corsetti April 2, 2017

  Sex discrimination and sexual violence are pressing issues on college campuses, but Weber State University has established resources for victims. Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments...

Gia Ghanbari, program coordinator for the Women’s Center, speaks at Generation F* workshop, funded by the Women's Center at Weber State University on Nov. 8. (Sarah Earnshaw / The Signpost)

Generation F* reforms student knowledge on social justice movements

Sarah Earnshaw November 13, 2016

  Generation F* brought students together to discuss organizing and supporting social justice movements on Nov. 8 in the Shepherd Union Building. The workshop was hosted by the Weber State...

Painted T-shirts addressing violence against women hang along a clothesline above the Union atrium. The shirts were made for The Clothesline Project, hosted by Weber State University's Women's Center. (Emily Crooks / The Signpost)

Clothesline Project draws attention to effects of violence

Rachel Badali October 4, 2016

Dozens of T-shirts are hanging on clotheslines in the Shepherd Union Atrium and Stewart Wasatch Hall, each painted with a message to honor survivors of domestic and sexual violence. The string of...

Weber State 's Center for Diversity & Unity holds a Taboo Talk to discuss sexual education in Utah. (Photo Illustration by Emily Crooks / The Signpost)

Let’s talk about sex, baby

Delaney Woodfield March 31, 2016

  Weber State University students gathered together Tuesday afternoon to discuss sex — more specifically, sex in Utah. To start, attendees were asked how many of them received “the sex...

Feministas Internacionales Discuten los Movimientos de Todo el Mundo

Feministas Internacionales Discuten los Movimientos de Todo el Mundo

Christopher Murphy December 2, 2015

Women’s Center (Centro de mujeres) de Weber State University será el anfitrión de un taller del movimiento internacional feminista, y la discusión se llevará a cabo el lunes 23 de noviembre....

Sumyya Khan, an intern at Women's Center, helps collect clothing for the Consignment Shop for Sub-for Santa.  (Keela Disterhaft / The Signpost)

Consignment shop raises money for Sub-for-Santa

Keela Disterhaft November 19, 2015

Weber State’s Shepherd Union Lair was turned into a consignment on Wednesday. All the proceeds from the shop will go to this year’s Sub-for-Santa. The Women’s Center is just one of Weber’s many...

La lucha contra el cáncer de mama en Weber

Keela Disterhaft October 25, 2015

Aunque octubre se asocia principalmente con el color naranja, rosa sería la siguiente más reconocible. Octubre alberga una serie de eventos pero uno en particular es la conciencia del Cáncer de Mama....

Fighting breast cancer at Weber

Keela Disterhaft October 25, 2015

Although October is mainly associated with the color orange, pink would be the next most recognizable. October hosts a number of events, but one in particular is Breast Cancer Awareness. Weber State...

Women's Center wants to know what love looks like

Keela Disterhaft September 26, 2015

October is Domestic Violence Prevention Month and the Weber State University Women’s Center is hosting a poster contest to support the awareness of domestic violence in connection with the Safe@Weber...

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