Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte has received a $100,000 grant from the MetLife Foundation that will be used to establish a Women in Business Leadership program in the university’s College of Business. The program will include workshops, networking events, and lectures by prominent women in the business world.
Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, has received a $300,000 gift from the estate of Anne LaBastille to establish the Woodswoman Scholarship Fund. The fund will support women doctoral students in conservation or natural resources fields. Dr. LaBastille held a bachelor’s degrees and a Ph.D. from Cornell University. She was an adjunct professor in the department of natural resources at Cornell.
With more than 30 years of experience in higher education, Dr. Richtermeyer has spent the past three years as executive vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost at Rutgers University-Camden
Cheryl Norman was appointed president of Ridgewater College in Minnesota and Ellen Kennedy was named interim president of Cape Cod Community College in Massachusetts.
Dr. Scarlatta has led the University of Michigan-Dearbon on an interim basis for the past year. Pending approval from the board of regents, she is slated to become the university's permanent leader on May 22.
Nicole Reaves has been serving as executive vice president and chief programs officer at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh, North Carolina. On July 15, she is slated to become the first woman president of Schenectady County Community College within the State University of New York System.
The selected candidate should have expertise and experience in theoretical models in labor and public economics as well as in microeconometrics and programming.
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.