DATE: Oct. 2, 2003, at 4 p.m.

EVENT: University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman will conduct her first President’s Advisory Commission on Women’s Issues forum. She will discuss the new report, “Women at the University of Michigan: A Statistical Report on the Status of Women Students, Faculty and Staff on the Ann Arbor Campus,” and will respond to questions by women’s constituency groups. The report tracks the progress of women in many areas over the past decade, including tenure, appointments to executive positions, and staff composition and compensation. The event is free and open to the public.

PLACE: Law School, Room 100 in Hutchins Hall. The Law School is at State Street and South University Avenue. Central Campus map: http://www.umich.edu/news/ccamp.html

SPONSOR: The event is organized by the Academic Women’s Caucus and the President’s Advisory Commission on Women’s Issues, in conjunction with the Center for the Education of Women, Commission for Women, Gender Equity and Sexual Harassment Policy Office, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Junior Faculty Network, Michigan Student Assembly Women’s Issues Commission, President’s Advisory Commission on Women’s Issues, Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center, U-M-Dearborn Women’s Resource Center, U-M-Flint Women’s Educational Center, Women in Science and Engineering, Women of Color in the Academy Project, Women of Color Task Force, Women’s Studies Program, and the Work/Life Resource Center.

WEB LINKS: For more information about PACWI, http://www.umich.edu/~cew/PACWI.html