OFW History
In early 1996, the Task Force and the IU Indianapolis Administration submitted a Strategic Directions Charter Initiative Proposal to the IU President Myles Brand to fund the Office for Women for three years. When the initiative was funded, Chancellor Gerald Bepko initiated the search for a Director and appointed the Commission on Women Steering Committee to provide oversight for the office. Kathleen Warfel, a Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine was named director and the office was established in October 1996. Other staff included Kimberly Quaid, an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Molecular Genetics as Assistant to the Director and Betty Wolf as Secretary. In 1998 Kathleen Warfel resigned and Kimberly Quaid became the Director. Rebecca Van Voorhis was appointed Assistant Director at that time.
Chancellor Bepko Remarks at Inaugural Meeting 1997
1997 Report on Work-Life Initiatives
IU Indianapolis Commission on Women 1997-98 Agenda
January 1998 Progress Report on Office for Women
May 1998 Progress Report on Office for Women/Commission on Women
Commission on Women 1998-99 Agenda
IU Indianapolis Commission on Women 1998-99 Agenda Update
June 1999 Progress Report on Office for Women/Commission on Women
February 2000 Progress Report on Office for Women/Commission on Women
March 2001 Progress Report on Office for Women/Commission on Women