Provost Advisory Committee for Women’s Initiatives (PACWI)

PACWI serves as an advocate for women-identifying faculty, staff and graduate students at the University of South Carolina (USC Columbia and Palmetto College) by providing engagement and educational opportunities and creating awareness and effectuating change for benefits, pay, equality and equivalent and unimpeded opportunities at USC.

• PACWI sponsors the annual Women's Leadership Institute offered in the spring to women in all higher education institutions in South Carolina. 

Strategic goals

• Advocate for fair and equitable opportunities through awareness, engagement and education.
• Prepare and equip women-identifying persons to achieve their personal and professional goals.
• Engage and educate allies to promote systemic transformation.
• Network across higher education throughout South Carolina to cultivate a supportive coalition.

Become Involved

• Subscribe to the PACWI Listserv^®
• To be more active and involved in PACWI subcommittees, complete this interest form
• For general information, contact the PACWI committee chairs

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In the news

• State Parental Leave Act signed by Gov. Henry McMaster
• Increasing representation of women in leadership positions at the University of South Carolina, October 19 Brief [pdf]

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• Dawn Campbell, Faculty Co-chair, Senior Instructor and Undergraduate Director, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
• Gloria Y. Washington, Staff Co-chair, Instructional Designer, Center for Teaching Excellence