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    WGSS Resource Center

    The WGSS Resource Center provides a meeting place for individual or group studying, a 1,500+ volume library, computers, printing services, food and beverages, and a safe space for students to meet and hang out. The WGSS Resource Center is located on the 2nd floor of Rachel Cooper Hall, in Room 234.

  • Students observe artwork in the Rachel Cooper Gallery.

    Rachel Cooper Gallery Features Student Artists

    Since 2008, the WGSS Program has offered ISU Fine Arts students opportunities to exhibit their work in our small gallery setting. Students interested in curating both individual and group shows must apply for these opportunities in advance. Applications can be found here .

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WGSS Annual Newsletter

Two students, Michael Severino (left) and Angelica Alvarez (right) pose in front of a curtain with their Triota certificates.

WGSS Triota members mark end of school year with final meeting

On April 26, members of Illinois State University's Delta Phi chapter of the Iota Iota Iota (Triota) national honor society gathered in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Resource Center housed in Rachel Cooper for an informative end-of-the-year celebration.  

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Students look through the WGSS 50th Anniversary Exhibit in Milner's Benway Gallery , leaning over display cases with photos above them on the walls and the Gallery name displayed prominently behind them.

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies marks 50th anniversary with historic exhibit
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies faculty and staff attend the program's annual fall retreat, 2023. A group of people posed in front of trees and a bench outside of Stevenson Hall.

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies turns 50
WGSS faculty, staff, and students pose around a 50th anniversary cake.

WGSS launches Hatch campaign to coincide with 50th anniversary celebration

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