History1975
Women’s Studies Minor First Approved, with six courses
1977
EWU Women’s Center Opened
Women’s Commission Founded
1979
Pat Coontz Appointed Coordinator of Women’s Programs; Lee Swedberg Appointed Coordinator of Women’s Studies
Women’s Studies Minor Revised, with two new courses
1985
Women’s Studies Minor Revised and expanded to 22 credits
1986
Inauguration of the Feminist Research Series, in which faculty give presentations on their research into a broad range of feminist topics.
1986-1996
Establishment of an on-campus Child Care Center. Working with ASEWU, EWU Women’s Commission, YMCA, and the City of Cheney, this ongoing project is finally completed in 1996.
1988
President’s Women’s Commission started by the Women’s Studies Center by Karen Michaelson and Lee Swedberg
Women’s Center redecorated and remodeled
1991
CARE (Creating a Rape-Free Environment) founded by Student Health and Carol Vines
1998
Lee Swedberg retires. Sally Winkle is appointed Interim Director, then becomes Director of Women’s Studies Program in 2000.
1999
Renovation of Monroe Hall begins; Women’s Studies Programs moves to Showalter 120 for one-and-a-half years during the renovation.
2000
Women’s Studies hires the first tenure-track joint position, in Women’s Studies and Philosophy. Mimi Marinucci, Ph.D. in Philosophy from Temple University, comes to EWU in fall 2000.
2001
Renovation of Monroe Hall and Women’s Studies Center completed.
2002
Women’s Studies Center at EWU celebrates its 25th anniversary.
2005
Gender Studies Certificate is added to the course offerings.
The Women’s Studies Program changes its name to Women’s and Gender Studies to reflect growth and changes in the field.
2006
EWU’s first faculty member is tenured in Women’s Studies, as Mimi Marinucci is appointed Associate Professor, with tenure in Philosophy and Women’s Studies
A new major in Women’s and Gender Studies is offered for the first time.
Women’s Studies gains two more faculty members, with the hiring of Rachel Schneider, joint appointment in Women’s Studies and Criminal Justice, and the re-appointment of Elizabeth Kissling, professor of Communication Studies, to half-time in Women’s and Gender Studies.
2007
EWU presents its first class of students with Bachelor’s degrees in Women’s and Gender Studies.
