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The Women's Center at Virginia Tech operates with a commitment to social justice by providing support, assistance, and educational programming. The Center also provides an opportunity for students to build useful skills, develop leadership skills, increase knowledge about women's issues, develop friendships, and help improve the community through a variety of different ways including: volunteering, service learning, work-study, and internships.

Project Teams (Volunteering/Service Learning): A key objective of the Women's Center is to sponsor programming that educates the campus community about women's and gender issues. Often times we will assemble project teams in support of our programming initiatives. Volunteers help coordinate many of the Women's Center programs and events. If you are just looking for a place to get involved and learn more about gender related programming we encourage you to fill this form out and be a part of our team. Ideally we ask that volunteers commit to the full duration of the project (including planning, implementation, and wrap-up), though exceptions can be made. 

If you are interested in exploring opportunities for 2012-13, contact Sharbari Dey at sharbari@vt.edu for more information.

 

Internships & Field Study Placements: The Women’s Center regularly hosts student interns from a variety of departments. If you are interested in working with the Center for academic credit, consult the requirements for your major or program and contact us for more information. Every semester we accept interns and field placement studies for special projects at the Women's Center. We will work with internship coordinators in your home department to ensure that you get the experience needed to fulfill course/departmental requirements. Level of commitment will be determined by internship/field placement requirements. 

We welcome both senior level undergraduate students and graduate students to apply for these positions. Please contact Sharbari Dey at sharbari@vt.edu for more information.

 

Employment Opportunities: The Women's Center's receptionist area is staffed by student employees receiving work study funds. Applications are accepted each semester and on an as-needed basis. We will have several positions in Fall 2012. If you qualify for work study, have questions or want information about possible opportunities for 2012-13, contact us at 231-7806.

 

We have no full time employee postings open at this time. Please check the VT employment page for job vacancies.

 

Volunteer Contributions:

  • The Women's Center recorded 2,078 total hours by 112 volunteers during 2009-10.
  • Value added to the Center is $20,780 (using average dollar value of volunteer time, 10.00/hour)