Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County has received a $100,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support three projects administered by the department of gender, women’s, and sexuality studies. The funds will be used to develop a LGBTQ+ oral history program to provide undergraduate students with oral history interview skills; expand the department’s Korenman Lecture Series; and create social change-skills development workshops for students and faculty.
Bryn Mawr College, a women’s liberal arts college in Pennsyvlania, has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Charles E. Kaufman Foundation to support a research project overseen by Asja Radja, assistant professor of physics. With a focus on training undergraduate students, the grant will fund research into the understanding of the prey-capture mechanism of the carnivorous plant Drosea.
Bennett College and Salem College, two North Carolina-based women’s liberal arts colleges, have received a Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad grant to send faculty, staff, and administrators from both institutions to a four-week seminar in Morocco. The project will introduce participants to the intersection of women’s rights, health, and culture in Morocco. Upon return from the seminar, leaders from both institutions will work together to develop new coursework and programs relating to global women’s health and intercultural competence.
With over 25 years of experience in higher education, business, and public service, Dr. Kollmann has been serving as chancellor of the New Mexico State University Global Campus. She is slated to become the next president of Vermont State University in July.
Throughout her career, Leeds has gained more than 25 years of experience as a professor and university administrator. Currently, she serves as dean of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.
Dr. Recasner has over two decades of experience as a tenured faculty member and senior administration in higher education. She has been serving as the interim president of Seattle Central University.
Dr. Quiñones, who has been serving as president of California State University, Monterey Bay, is slated to become the first Latina president of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona on July 1.
Dr. Cooper Whitehead brings extensive experience in student affairs and academic leadership to her new role. She comes to Regis university from Boston College, where she has served as vice president of student affairs since 2021.
The University of Arizona School of Music seeks a visionary and collaborative Director to lead its comprehensive music program through a time of opportunity and transformation.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seek candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the non-tenure clinician educator track.
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The Social Sciences Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago is now accepting applications for a full-time Assistant Senior Instructional Professor who will teach in and contribute to the management and administration of the Social Science Inquiry sequence in the Social Sciences Core.
The Department of Cinema & Media Studies at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia invites applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor position in the field of media studies.