UC Women’s Initiative for Professional Development (UC WI)

Program Purpose

• UC WI is an experiential professional development program for women designed to elevate women in leadership, establish a pipeline for advancement, and contribute to women’s and UC's success.

Program Sponsors and Management

• UC WI is sponsored by Systemwide Advisory Committee on the Status of Women (SACSW) and the UC Office of the President.
• Systemwide Talent Management administers program and coordinates nominations with locations.

Target Audience

• Mid-career, women staff and faculty/academic personnel from campuses, health centers, Agriculture and Natural Resources, and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Office of the President, and UCPath Center.
• Women who have demonstrated potential for advancement.

Program Components

• Each cohort includes 30 participants
• Each cohort program is comprised of 4 sessions over 4.5 days:
  • First session of each cohort program being 1.5 days, remaining sessions will be 1 day each
  • Final session of each cohort program will be a combined North & South capstone event and graduation that allows participants to make systemwide connections

Program Facilitators

• Each session will be led by a Coro and a UC Facilitator
  • UC Facilitators will be certified in partnership with Coro through a "Train-the-Trainer" process
  • Facilitator nominations will be handled separately from the participant nomination process
  • A request for nominees will be made directly to past UC WI graduate

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