The Women’s Success Center has formalized partnerships with these campus and community entities as part of its network of support to better serve students at UVU.
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When Does One Become A Scientist?
Project Summary
Out of a sample size of 495 students that completed the qualitative questions, only 39% of students view scientists as learners. If students view scientists as learners, they view scientists as wanting to gain additional information. Scientists have a passion for learning and want to solve problems. They make mistakes and learn from them. This is described in a non-systematic way.
Students that describe scientists as learners have significantly higher self-efficacy, self-determination, science career motivation, sense of belonging, and science identity.
Out of a sample size of 495 students that completed the qualitative questions, 17% of students view scientists as experts. If students view scientists as experts, they describe scientists as knowing a lot of information. Scientists who are experts tend to be focused on one area and are an expert in that area. Scientists are the best at what they do and are intelligent.
Students who describe scientists as experts have a significantly lower sense of belonging in science and a lower science identity.
To best meet the needs of the UVU student body, the Women's Success Center partners with faculty members. Complete this form to apply to become a Women's Success Center Faculty Fellow.
The FEMME (Females Empowered by Movie Making Experiences) Project at Utah Valley University is an opportunity for female Digital Cinema Production majors produce a short film once a year with an all-female crew.
The Women’s Success Center partners with the Femme Project through a student-producer scholarship. One female producer receives a scholarship for one calendar year while their film is in progress.
UVU Conference on ending domestic violence.
This single-day event is scheduled for Friday, April 2, 2021 - held virtually. The conference will provide education, build awareness, and offer insight to those touched by domestic violence and those who provide treatment and services for them.
The Utah Women’s Leadership Exchange is a Utah System of Higher Education initiative to provide opportunities for mid-career women in higher education to develop leadership skills through mentorship from males and females in leadership position within USHE.
UVU is proud to host the Utah Women's Centers Coalition, gathering all higher education women's centers together to share best practices, data and research, and support our state community as collaborative partners. The coalition focuses on women's centers who provide student support and faculty support as we strive to reach equity in representation throughout our institutions.
Did you know that, as of July 1, 2019 there are less than 50 fully-tenured female professors at Utah Valley University?
We believe that female representation in the classroom is critical to UVU’s mission of student success and inclusion.
To address the issue of low female faculty retention at UVU, the Women’s Success Center, Office of Teaching and Learning and the Utah Women in Higher Education network invite you to the Female Faculty Forum.
This forum is a series of informal events with the goal to guide and inspire more female faculty at UVU to complete the retention, tenure and promotion process.
