Chatham launches chapter of the National Women’s & Gender Studies Honor Society

Chatham University is pleased to announce that Chatham has been recognized as the newest chapter (Zeta Zeta) of the National Women's & Gender Studies Honor Society, Iota Iota Iota (a.k.a. Triota).

A national honor society with over 150 chapters, Triota’s purpose is to encourage and support scholarship, excellence, and activism in women's and gender studies. At Chatham, the honors society will help bring the campus together to recognize students who have excelled academically in women's and gender studies and to foster intersectional feminist scholarship, promote personal growth, and increase awareness of issues of gender, race, class, sexuality, and other intersecting dimensions of identity.

Membership is open to any currently registered student at Chatham University who is a Women's & Gender Studies major or minor, pursuing the Women's Leadership Certificate, or who has completed at least six (6) credits in Women's & Gender Studies with an overall cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 and a minimum GPA of 3.0 in Women's & Gender Studies courses. Dr. Jessie Ramey, Director of the Women's Institute and Associate Professor of Women's & Gender Studies and History, will serve as the faculty advisor for the society.

Chatham University has been empowering women since our founding in 1869 to give women access to a transformative liberal arts education denied by other institutions at the time. Since then, we’ve kept women’s leadership and gender equity at the forefront of our mission with nationally recognized leadership and gender centers; programming and resources; scholarships and support; and majors, minors, and certificates in women’s and gender studies. Chatham’s commitments and offerings helped Chatham to be ranked # 3 on the Top Colleges for Aspiring Women Leaders list by College Magazine.