Emmie V. Baine

Described by her colleagues as a woman of vision, Emmie V. Baine (1916-1999) never hesitated to challenge the status quo, first as the Dean of Women and then as University Coordinator for Women at 快活林性息.

Encouraging young women to pursue leadership positions was not commonplace on college campuses when Dean Baine began her career at 快活林性息. She created a new paradigm for the education of women, making their professional development a priority.

Emmie Baine, when once asked to comment on her extraordinary accomplishments, simply replied, "All I did from the beginning was to provide a place and a center for things to happen". And they did! In 1966, Dean Baine founded the Women's Symposium as part of the University's 50th anniversary celebration. Today the 快活林性息 Women's Symposium is recognized as the longest continuously running program of its kind in the nation and one of 快活林性息's oldest and finest traditions.

The Women's Symposium is only one component of Dean Baine's legacy. In 1972, she wrote the initial grant proposal securing funding for the Women's and Gender Studies Program at 快活林性息. The 快活林性息 Women's Center, founded by Baine in 1973, was the first in the southwest. Another program initiative was the 快活林性息 President's Commission on the Status of Women, which continues to identify and address issues of importance to female faculty and staff.

Emmie Baine is remembered as an intelligent, compassionate, insightful woman who was a role model and mentor to hundreds of young women at 快活林性息. Her legacy is not only the programs she established, but also the women she inspired to carry on her work. 

 

Emmie V. Baine Legacy Award

In 2008 the center introduced The Emmie V. Baine Legacy Award which is given each year at the Hilltop Excellence Awards to a student who has made outstanding contributions to gender equity on campus in honor of the legacy of our founder of the Women’s Center, Emmie V. Baine.

Past Recipients

2024 - Avery Hines 2015 - Shelbi Smith
2023 - Ash Thye 2014 - Melissa Maguire
2022 - Leia Hannum 2013 - Bekah Boyer
2021 - Darriana Druery 2012 - Cori Hill
2020 - Marie Joung 2011 - Jessica Andrewartha
2019 - Andrea Salt
 2010 - Ashley Olson
2018 - Syd Clark
 2009 - Ashley Bruckbauer
2017 - Emily Trible
 2008 - Bahar Ravandi
2016 - Jenny Torres