UC Women's Initiative for Professional Development

Overview

UC Women's Initiative is a unique, experiential professional development program committed to enabling the full participation, success, and advancement of women identified professionals at the University.  The program is open to all who support this mission and who are interested in the development of women identified professionals. The 2021-2022 program will be offered virtually.

This year, UCI has been allotted 12 participants and 6 alternates. The following dates are planned:

Cohort 1 = Sept – Nov 2021
Cohort 2 = Jan – March 2022
Cohort 3 = April – June 2022

NOTE: The UC WI program is focused on women's professional development, and the target audience is early to mid-career professionals; this is a different program from the UC-CORO Systemwide Leadership Collaborative and the UCI-CORO Faculty Leadership Collaborative.

Nomination Process

Completing the Nomination Form

The nomination form requires the following information:

• Nominator's name, title, contact information, years at UC, and years in career
  • Nominee statement:
    • What other development programs have you attended in the past 1-2 years?
• Nominator name, title, and contact information
• Supervisor name, title, and contact information
  • Written endorsement/support from supervisor or chair/division chief. Please address each of the following areas:
    • Why is this the right time for nominee to participate in UC WI?
    • What is the reason the nominee wants to participate in UC WI?
    • How will the nominee and the university benefit from the nominee attending the program?
• Chartstring for $1,050 participation fee (your department will not be charged until your nominee is admitted to the program)