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Meet the Center
Meet The Center
Meet The Center
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DREAMING IS EASY, but often when we attempt to make those dreams a reality the world laughs and shuts the door. The Center for Women and Gender works to create opportunities and open doors. So, we asked our incredible staff...
When faced with an obstacle, how have you responded?
“...I went through the front door anyway.”
At the end of my senior year, all of the Kennecott scholarship winners were invited to the Alta Club in Salt Lake City for a celebratory dinner. There was a sign on the front door of the club that stated firmly, “Women and those making deliveries must go to the west door.” I walked around to the west door and found it was a teensy little hole at the end of an alley. I was sure the boogeyman waited in the alley, so I went through the front door anyway.”
Dr. Ann M. Berghout Austin
Professor & Center Director
“Take a deep breath.”
Reni McBride
Staff Assistant
Every day we are faced with obstacles. I have learned to take a deep breath, look, listen, and then act. If that doesn’t work, then smile and tomorrow is a new day to try again.
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“Keep the faith until the end!”
Michelle Hixson
Women’s Leadership Initiative Coordinator, WGS Program Advisor & Perspectives Editor
I consider myself to be pretty resourceful. My first response is to investigate what processes are already available to overcome the obstacle. Then I brainstorm with others to develop the best course of action and keep the faith until the end!
“I often think of my parents.”
Justin Wheeler
Office Aid
I often think of my parents when faced with an obstacle. My parents have both modeled the power of hard work throughout my life, and their example helps me to embrace difficulties and enjoy the process of overcoming them.
“I look at them like advantages.”
Jerra Fowers
Office Aid
When I take a step back and look at all of the obstacles in my life so far, I think it is easy to agree that my “obstacles” became some of the most positive moments of my life. As much as obstacles can be some of the hardest times in our lives, we have to realize that without them our world would be completely different. Every obstacle in my life made me stronger, wiser, more grateful, and even more resilient. One of my favorite quotes is ‘obstacles don’t block the path, they are the path.’ I overcome obstacles by looking at them like advantages. With every step up my mountain climb, the view gets more beautiful. The view from the top makes it worth every step.
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