Our Goal
To provide menstrual sanitary products for students, staff, and faculty on campus at Illinois Tech (Mies campus/Rice campus).
FREE MSPs!
The Mies Campus of Illinois Tech is proud to roll out its pilot program for providing free Menstrual Sanitary Products (MSPs) to students, staff, and faculty as needed. Free sanitary napkins and tampons are now available in thirteen restrooms around the Mies campus and in both women’s restrooms on the Rice campus. The following Mies locations will be regularly stocked:
- The McCormick Tribune Campus Center (main floor women’s restroom south of welcome desk)
- The McCormick Tribune Campus Center (main floor gender-neutral restroom)
- Keating Sports Center (first floor women’s restroom)
- Galvin Library (first floor women’s restroom)
- John T. Rettaliata Engineering Center (first floor women’s restroom)
- Kaplan Institute (first floor women’s restroom)
- Kaplan Institute (first floor gender-neutral restroom)
- Pritzker Science Center (first floor women’s restroom)
- Stuart Building (first floor women’s restroom)
- Crown Hall (basement women’s restroom)
- Wishnick Hall (first floor women’s restroom)
- Perlstein Hall (first floor women’s restroom)
- Michael Paul Galvin Tower (first floor women’s restroom)
Each restroom containing MSPs will be marked with a sticker of the following image on the entrance door:
Each dispenser contains a QR code to scan so that the community may report back regarding any issues such as a dispenser needing to be restocked. The form linked to the QR code is open for users to provide feedback. Your feedback will be key in the success of this program!
Project Origin
This project was initiated by third-year pre-medical student Barien Gad, B.S. Candidate of Biochemistry and minor in Applied Mathematics. Barien is also the co-founder of Women and Gender Minorities in STEM (WiSTEM) and President of the Camras Scholars Program. After producing a research-based proposal during her Fellowship for The Socially Responsible Modeling, Computation, and Design Journal (SoReMo) that shaped the pilot program, Barien continued to work closely with the Facilities department on the Mies campus to make her efforts a reality.