While my primary project as a Women’s Center intern has been to market the center through branding, I have learned so much from my fellow interns’ projects. Collaborating with everyone at our weekly meetings has made my experience more meaningful than I ever thought it could be. As the semester quickly comes to an end, I have been setting up meetings and contacting the Design Department in order to create some type of tangible piece—a pamphlet, a brochure—to hand out at events and to have available at the Women’s Center. Most departments at Dickinson have informational brochures to hand out to students who have questions about the major, minor, resources, study abroad, and other programs. I realized that the Women’s Center didn’t have anything like this.

Creating a pamphlet for the Women’s Center would help spread the word about our mission on campus. Many misconceptions exist about what exactly we do and whom we cater to (hint: everyone on campus.) This project would go along with one of my larger goals—learning more about marketing strategies. A visual, tangible marker will help make the Women’s Center more prominent in the eyes of the students. One concern I have is that most of my peers have little knowledge about the Women’s Center. Some think it’s just for women. Others think it’s just for feminists. As interns, we’ve all been striving to clear up those misconceptions. With our goals and projects written out in plain sight, people will recognize what we stand for.

~Vivian Sicilia
Class of 2015