Programming & Events
We host and co-sponsor a variety of events throughout the year designed to support your professional growth, personal well-being, and connection with colleagues, ranging from professional luncheons and mentorship opportunities to weekly health sessions our annual Susan B. Anthony awards.
Nurture Your Well-Being: Weekly Yoga
We sponsor weekly yoga sessions for Staff and Faculty:
30 Minute Standing Flow Yoga - every Tuesday at Noon via Zoom, with Travon Steven
30 Minute Restorative Chair Flow Yoga - every Thursday at Noon via Zoom with Travon Steven
For more information and to receive the Zoom link, please contact Christine Homan at: [email protected]
Connect and Learn: Luncheon & Speaker Series
Empowered Voices: A Celebration of Women
The Commission for Women invited faculty and staff to our luncheon with a dynamic panel discussion from UM-Dearborn Women! Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from 11:30am-1:30pm in Michigan Rooms of Fairlane Center South.
Past CFW Events
In addition to the annual Susan B. Anthony Awards event, the Commission for Women sponsors an array of events each year. Here are a few of our past events.
Whether it is a panel discussion, workshop, or speaker event, CFW provides a light lunch and an opportunity for faculty and staff on campus to gather around an interesting and relevant topic or issue.
CFW Luncheon Series Presents: "Finance 201: Beyond the Basics of Personal Finance"
- Date: Monday, Jan. 27, 2020
- Time: Noon -1:30 pm
- Location: Kochoff C
Have you ever wanted to move beyond the basics when it comes to personal finance? Mark Munzenberger, the financial education specialist from University of Michigan Credit Union, has crafted this presentation to be a next step for everyone with a basic knowledge of finance or someone who has ever attended a finance seminar. Topics may include budgeting, retirement, credit, debt, and more.
Utilizing the Degree Benefit Event
If you are a staff member who has questions about how to utilize the degree benefit available to you, then this Zoom meeting is for you! We've invited Kelly Schester from Human Resources as our guest speaker to provide a brief overview and answer any questions you may have! This Utilizing the Benefit event will be held on Friday, September 29, 2023 from 10:00 - 11:00am on Zoom. In order to provide meaningful discussion, we've provided links to information about tuition support and scholarships for your review. Please plan to join us to learn more about available resources for tuition support to increase career opportunities and professional growth!
Our professional development events help faculty and staff to learn and grow their careers and professional skills.
Leadership Workshop
- Friday, April 7, 2023
- 1 - 2:30 pm on Zoom
Cultivating Leadership in Women - A Workshop and Discussion with Guest Speaker Amy Finley.
Add your voice as we identify barriers to leadership, recognize ways that women are and can be supported, and develop strategies to break down those barriers.
Mentorship Mixer #1
- Tuesday, February 18, 2020
- 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
- Kochoff Hall-C, University Center (UC)
The Commission for Women is excited to announce our new mentorship initiative. The benefits of having a mentorship relationship are invaluable. We would like to help facilitate these relationships by pairing interested faculty and staff with one another, both as mentors and as mentees. Participation is open to all female-identified staff and faculty on campus who responded to campus-wide emails calling for participants in both roles. Light food and refreshments will be provided. This event required previous registration (links sent via email to campus) due to limited capacity.
CFW knows that success is holistic, so we also sponsor events that foster health and wellness for faculty and staff on campus.
Yoga With Truth
Held twice weekly, one half hour session and one full hour session.
Truth, a local yoga instructor and reiki master, for a calming yoga session to bring your mind and body peace. Truth is on social media as Transitions by Truth. She also leads a social justice yoga group called the.mindful.movement on instagram. The group does yoga as a form of peaceful protest & the proceeds going to Detroit Black Lives Matter.
Students, Caregivers & Parents - 2023
A virtual space for community, belonging, sharing, caring, and support. All are welcome. Just use the link to join, registration is not necessary.
- Wednesday, January 25, 12-1 pm
- Tuesday, February 7, 6-7 pm
- Wednesday, February 22, 12-1 pm
- Tuesday, March 7, 6-7 pm
- Wednesday, March 22, 12-1 pm
- Tuesday, April 4, 6-7 pm
- Wednesday, April 19, 12-1 pm
Sponsored by the Center for Social Justice Inclusion, Dearborn Support, Commission for Women & Global Inclusion.
Calm the Chaos: Using Your Breath to Overcome Stress & Anxiety
Tuesday, November 10th, 12-1 p.m.
MB Mannino led a guided meditation and breathwork experience focused on helping participants feel refreshed and recentered, and walk away with simple, accessible tools to find calm amongst life's everyday chaos.
Zoom Care Event, Friday, October 27, 2023 10-11:30 am
Open Zoom Care Event, Friday, October 27, 2023 10-11:30 am configuration options
This event is in response to questions/concerns raised by faculty and staff during the winter semester. Several guest speakers from across campus, including the Childhood Education Center, Social Justice and Inclusion, and Human Resources will share their expertise and answer questions about campus child care, support for special-needs children, and caring for aging parents and sick children.
Gender & Reproductive Rights
A conversation among experts on how gender impacts reproductive rights from a practice and public policy perspective. Panelists included:
Joanne Bailey (UM-Ann Arbor): Director of the University of Michigan Nurse-Midwifery Service, & Lecturer in Women’s & Gender Studies Department
Lisa Martin (UM-Dearborn): Interim Chair, Department of Health & Human Services, & Associate Professor, Health Policy Studies; Associate Professor, College-Wide Programs, & Director, Women's and Gender Studies
Yasmine Ergas (Columbia University): Director of the Specialization on Gender and Public Policy
