Registration Open for UK’s Womxn+ Conference
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 5, 2020) — Registration is now open for the University of Kentucky’s Womxn+ Conference, hosted by the UK Women’s Forum. The 2020 Womxn+ Conference will be held fully online and is free to attend. The theme for the 2020 conference is “Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges.” Registration is available here, with more details available here.
The Womxn+ Conference will run from 1 p.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 8, through noon Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, and will include local and university keynotes, special evening programming and a variety of breakout sessions. The entire event will be hosted through Microsoft Teams Online.
The Womxn+ Conference is open to all UK faculty and staff and members of the community. Session topics range from understanding racial trauma, ally development, career advancement, salary negotiation, mid-career development and management, work-life balance, coping mechanisms for anxiety and stress, and mental health.
Be sure to reserve your spot today. Registration closes 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20. Please direct all questions to UKWF@uky.edu.
In 2020, the conference name was changed to UK’s Womxn+ Conference to include not only cis women, but trans women, nonbinary, people of color and female-identified individuals. The swapping of letters promotes inclusivity and the + represents allies that help advance Women's Forum's mission of creating a space to discuss relevant issues and using collective problem-solving and educational opportunities to empower and champion womxn.
The UK Women's Forum was created in 1991 and is an organization for all faculty and staff members of the university. Since the beginning, the UK Women's Forum has existed to create an equitable community at the university as the role of women in the workplace continues to evolve.
As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It's all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $476.5 million research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.
In 2022, UK was ranked by Forbes as one of the “Best Employers for New Grads” and named a “Diversity Champion” by INSIGHT into Diversity, a testament to our commitment to advance Kentucky and create a community of belonging for everyone. While our mission looks different in many ways than it did in 1865, the vision of service to our Commonwealth and the world remains the same. We are the University for Kentucky.