Workman
continued from page 1A
“We cut her a lot of slack. She
was having problems,” Breslow
said. “I can’t imagine that we
could have been any more flexible
than we were.”
Even after her resignation,
Workman said her job was still a
worthwhile experience.
“It gave Whitney a real sense of
responsibility, commitment and
involvement and a firsthand view
of affecting change if you don’t
like the way things are,” Workman
said.
Upon her departure from the
ASUO Executive office, Workman
received an overload of e-mails
from student parents who said
they would miss Workman’s re
sponsiveness to addressing stu
dent parent issues.
Workman administered the
Child Care Subsidy, which distrib
utes $27,000 to 195 families. Bres
low said only about 120 student
parents actually take advantage of
this available funding.
Breslow said Workman lobbied
for a child care block grant to in
crease funding at the state level
and national level. Last year,
Workman helped the University to
receive a $50,000 campus grant of
federal money for four years, and
she was active on committees with
the University administration so
that student parents would not be
forgotten.
“People right now don’t think
about what life must be like for a
student parent,” Workman said.
“Most undergrads are 18 to 22, so
faculty and administration are not
thinking about the 2,500 student
parents on our campus.”
Even though Workman isn’t
heading movements anymore, she
isn’t abandoning her position alto
gether.
“A lot of change can still be
made, and even though I’m not
running the campaigns, I get to be
involved in them,” Workman said.
Workman, founder of the Uni
versity Student Parent Associa
tion, is still involved with the Ore
gon Student Association, a student
lobby group that aids traditionally
underrepresented students by lob
bying for state need grants, child
care funding and tuition freezes.
Leaving her job has already al
lowed Workman more time to fo
cus on her studies and spend per
sonal time with Whitney.
“I took my daughter to ice skat
ing lessons yesterday instead of
[going to] a staff meeting,” said
Workman, a junior computer sci
ence major.
Tris O’Shaughnessy, assistant
dean for family programs, said the
campus hasn’t seen the last of
Workman.
“I don’t think Kathleen is gone,”
O’Shaughnessy said. “She will
still be a presence for student par
ents and the University.”
O’Shaughnessy said Sarah De
Laura Smit Emerald
Kathleen Workman has resigned from her position as the ASUO non-traditional-student
advocate to spend more time with her 6-year-old daughter, Whitney.
Vore will take over for Workman
as the new non-traditional student
advocate in a 3-month interim po
sition. Breslow said DeVore, who
is also a student parent, met an ur
gent need by filling Workman’s po
sition, and he is confident that De
Vore is a natural fit for the position
because she is familiar with cur
rent student parent issues.
But O’Shaughnessy said while
Workman may be focusing on a
different part of her life, she will
be missed.
“I think Kathleen, in her posi
tion, was one in a million,”
O’Shaughnessy said. “She has sen
sitivity to issues that make her an
activist at heart.”
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