The Center
With comfortable furniture, windows, and even a fish tank, the Center offers the campus community a quiet space to relax, reconnect, and rejuvenate.
Luann Dummer Center for Women
Our Center (the LDCW) addresses the needs and aspirations of women. We welcome students, faculty, staff, and community members to engage with our programs and resources. These services foster the intellectual, personal, and spiritual development of women, in addition to promoting an open and diverse culture at the University of St. Thomas. The LDCW was established in 1993 by a special bequest from Dr. Luann Dummer’s estate.
Contact Us
Email: CenterforWomen@stthomas.edu
Phone: 651-962-6119
Location: O'Shaughnessy Educational Center, Room 103
Office Hours:
Monday & Friday: 10a.m. - 5 p.m.
Tuesday - Thursday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
2024 Women's History Month Speaker
Alison Bechdel
Since 1994, the LDCW has hosted a Women's History month speaker in March, offering our community an opportunity to engage with a distinguished woman speaker.
Our 2024 speaker was internationally beloved and critically acclaimed cartoonist, Alison Bechdel. Bechdel's analysis has been popularized in common parlance, like the 'Bechdel Test,' a measurement of gender bias in film. Her graphic memoir, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, was adapted into a Broadway musical and won five Tony Awards.
Engage With Us
We offer students, faculty, staff and community members a wide variety of opportunities to further the mission of our Center while fulfilling their own intellectual curiosities.
Events
Our Center hosts and creates events engaged in a variety of disciplines, from biology to journalism. Learn more about our upcoming regular programming, like our monthly Book Circles and Making Waves as well as our weekly Yarn Tamers sessions in Tommie Link.
Student Opportunities
The LDCW offers paid student internships and research opportunities, supports the Feminist Community (both undergraduate and graduate), partners with student groups across campus, and hosts student-led events.
Grants
The LDCW offers grant opportunities to faculty, staff, and students to engage in research that both furthers our mission and bolsters our campus community.
LDCW Resources
The LDCW space offers resources for all members of the St. Thomas community!
Library
The LDCW carries a vast collection of books—from novels to essays—that highlight women throughout history.
Art Collection
Inspired by Luann’s own collection, the Center holds diverse works including painting, pottery, sculpture, photography, book arts, weaving, quilting, beadwork, mixed media and a grave rubbing.
Many Voices
Many Voices has been in publication for over 15 years, highlighting LDCW programming and amplifying voices across campus. Check out our latest issue!
Many Voices Past Publications
For additional past issues or screen-reader friendly versions, please contact the Luann Dummer Center for Women by email: centerforwomen@stthomas.edu.
Note From the Director
Over the years, the LDCW has made a tremendous investment in both the campus and Twin Cities communities. I am committed to maintaining the traditions of the Center and ensuring that our doors are open to all. I look forward to engaging with faculty, staff, students, and community members interested in every discipline to further our mission.
Shaherzad Ahmadi
Associate Professor of History, author of forthcoming monograph, Bordering on War: A Transnational Social and Political History of Khuzistan. She teaches courses on Islamic civilization at the University of St. Thomas.