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Watch Messages to Women from FHSS Alumnae

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Follow us on our NEW Instagram page

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Prepare for Post-Graduation Opportunities with the Career Studio

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Follow the Women of FHSS YouTube Channel

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Announcing Recent Grad Video Series

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Join our Student and Alumni LinkedIn Community

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Watch Videos from our Kick-off Panel

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Get Involved, Request to be Interviewed, Volunteer

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Dixie Sevison Discusses Women, Life, and Career

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Highlighted Research: Factors Impacting Decisions, Success, and Fulfillment

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Women of FHSS logo
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OUR MISSION

The Mission of Women of FHSS is to foster an environment in the college where all women in FHSS majors thrive and are encouraged to identify and pursue educational and career opportunities, enabling them to uniquely distinguish themselves to achieve any possibility.

Connect With Us
Connect With Us

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Sarah Reed

Assistant Professor

History/Family History


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Scott Sanders

Associate Professor

Sociology


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Lindsey Blau
Lindsey Blau

Lindsey Blau

Academic Advisor and Professional Development Manager

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Lindsey Blau
Natalie Hansen

Natalie Hansen

Career Director of Humanities & Social Sciences

Questions, Comments, Concerns? Please contact Lindsey Blau.

Relevant Organizations and Work
Supporting Organizations
Supporting Organizations
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Research
Research
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ABOUT US
WHAT WE DO
WHY WE STARTED
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WHAT WE DO
We aim to develop practices and programs (partnering with other entities when appropriate) that will help students identify and develop a deep understanding of career development experiences, promoting conversations that sustain fairness and equity as they seek multiple applications of a BYU education.
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WHY WE STARTED

National studies show that students often face particular gendered obstacles as they navigate the academic landscape, consider opportunities, and make important educational and career decisions. Female students at BYU face unique challenges because of religious and cultural ideas. In a Salt Lake Tribune article in 2018, the Utah Women’s Leadership Project reports that, “Utah’s female college and university students are more likely to end up in the “some college, no degree” category of educational statistics, and to self-select into lower-paying fields.”