All Entries in the "Retirements" Category
Two Women Stepping Down From High-Level University Posts
Karin Wittenborg, university librarian and dean of libraries at the University of Virginia, will retire in December and Lynn Dorn, the director of women’s athletics at North Dakota State University, has announced that she will retire in March.
Three Women Scholars at Dartmouth College Transition to Emerita Status
The three women scholars who are retiring are Kathleen Corrigan, associate professor of art, Linda L. Fowler, professor of government, and Keala Jane Jewell, professor of Italian language and literature.
Johnson State College President Announces Her Retirement
Barbara E. Murphy, who has served as president of Johnson State College in Johnson, Vermont, for the past 14 years, has announced that she will retire at the end of the 2014-15 academic year.
Two Women Announce Their Retirements From High-Level Posts in Academia
Margaret Grey, dean of the School of Nursing at Yale University, has announced that she will step down from her post in August 2015. Christina Chavez Kelly has retired from her position as assistant vice president in the Office of Student Diversity and Outreach at New Mexico State University.
Two Women Announce Their Retirements From Key Educational Posts
Suzanne Thompson, a professor of psychology at Pomona College in Claremont, California, has retired and been named professor emerita. Margaret Phillips, vice president for human resources at West Virginia University, will step down from her post on November 7.
Beverly Daniel Tatum Stepping Down as President of Spelman College Next June
President Tatum has led Spelman College since 2002. Previously she was a professor of psychology and dean of the college at Mount Holyoke College. Dr. Tatum expressed her wish to return to her research and writing.
Four Women Academics Announce Their Retirements
The women who are stepping down from their posts are Beverly Sparks at the University of Georgia Extension, Breda Bova at the University of New Mexico, Karen Cottrell at the College of William and Mary, and Lynn Landmesser at Case Western Reserve University.
University of Michigan’s Longest-Serving Faculty Member Announces Her Retirement
Dr. Marilyn Mason, now 88 years old, has taught organ music at the University of Michigan since 1947. Her 67 years on the faculty makes her the longest serving faculty member in the history of the University of Michigan.
Board Suspends President of Winthrop University and Issues a Notice of Termination
Jamie Comstock Williamson has been president of the state-operated university in Rock Hill, South Carolina, for less than one year. Previously, she was director of the Executive Leadership Group at the American Council on Education and vice president for academic affairs at Butler University in Indianapolis.
Five Women Announce Their Retirement From Higher Education Posts
The women stepping down from their posts are Cheryl Levick at Georgia State University, Terry Arendell at Colby College, Margaret C. Merrill at Virginia Tech, Gillian Knapp at Princeton University, and Judy Katz at Juniata College.
Three Women Faculty Members Named to Emerita Status at Carleton College
Alison McNeil Ketterling was appointed the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Arts History Emerita. Anne Close Ulmer was named professor of German emerita and Ruth Weiner was named the Class of 1944 Professor of Theater and the Liberal Arts, Emerita.
Four Women Announce Their Retirements From High-Level University Posts
The women stepping down from their positions are Sarah Wallace at Lenior-Rhyne University, Delores Taylor at Virginia Commonwealth University, Alla Efimova at the University of California, Berkeley, and Linda R. Crump at the University of Nebraska.
Vanderbilt University Confers Emerita Status on Six Women Faculty Members
The six women named to emerita status are Susan Berk-Seligson, Carolyn J. Bess, Colleen Conway-Welch, Carol Etherington, Jane H. Park, and Charlotte-Pierce Baker.
Seven Women Scholars Announce Their Retirements
The seven women who have announced their retirements include the presidents of Georgia Court University in Lakewood New Jersey, Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri, and Kentucky State University in Franfort.
Four Women Who Are Stepping Down From Their Higher Education Posts
The women stepping down from administrative or faculty posts are Dorothy Robinson at Yale University, Linda Abriola at Tufts University, Carolyn Callahan at the University of Louisville, and Elizabeth Tyree at the University of North Dakota.
Madonna University President Announces Her Retirement
Rose Marie Kujawa has announced that she will step down at the conclusion of the 2014-15 academic years. At that time, she will have served as president of the Livonia, Michigan, university for 14 years.
Brown University to Hold a Symposium to Honor Professor Anne Fausto-Sterling
The Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Biology and Gender Studies at the university is retiring from teaching and will assume emerita status on June 30. She has served on the Brown University faculty for more than 40 years.
Four Women Stepping Down From Key Higher Education Posts
Sue DeWin is retiring as president of Hanover College in Indiana in 2015. Also, Carla Sanderson, provost of Union University, Nancy Meglar, provost at the University of Oklahoma, and Connie Vinita Dowell, dean at Vanderbilt University are stepping down.
Triton College President to Retire at the End of 2014
Patricia Granados joined the staff at the college as an a hourly employee in 1984. She later served as vice president of academic affairs and student services before being named president of the college in 2001.
Dianne Boardley Suber Ousted as President of Saint Augustine’s University
Dianne Boardley Suber has been president of the historically Black educational institution in Raleigh, North Carolina since December 1999. She is the only woman to serve as president in the institution’s 147-year history.
Two Women at Virginia Tech Awarded Emerita Status
Anne H. Moore and Eleanor Schlenker were awarded emerita status at Virginia Tech.
Two Prominent Academics Announce Their Retirements
Mary Ellen Kondrat, dean of the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas, and Judith Nadler, University Librarian at the University of Chicago, will both step down in June.
A Pair of Women Administrators Announce Their Retirements
Susan D. Phillips, provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University at Albany of the State University of New York system, and Norma Carr, the director of athletics at Salt Lake Community College in Utah, have announced they will retire later this year.
President of Oakton Community College Announces Retirement
Margaret B. Lee, president of Oakton Community College in Des Plains, Illinois, announced that she will retire at the end of the 2014-15 academic year. Dr. Lee has been president of the college since 1995.
Two High-Level Administrators Announce They Are Stepping Down
Marilyn Sherrer, provost at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, and Bev Lewis, the associate vice chancellor and executive associate athletic director at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, are leaving their administrative positions.
Two Women Stepping Down From Their Dean Positions
This spring Adle Naude Santos will step down as dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT and Mary Miller will leave her post as dean of Yale College. Both women will continue to teach at their universities.
Four Women Academics Announce Their Retirements
Lois Banner at the University of Southern California, Louise Vale of the University of Colorado at Boulder, Phyllis Johnson at the University of North Dakota, and Ruth Ault at Davidson College are retiring from their present positions.
Long-Time Public Affairs Officer at the University of Missouri Is Stepping Down
Chris Koukola, assistant to the chancellor of university affairs at the University of Missouri in Columbia, has announced that she will step down at the end of January. She has led the university’s communication programs for more than a quarter century.
Mercile Lee Retires As Vice Provost at the University of Wisconsin
For the past 30 years, Lee’s responsibilities have included overseeing the Chancellor’s and Powers-Knapp Scholarship programs, which she founded in 1984 to help students from minority or disadvantaged backgrounds.
President of Mid Michigan Community College Is Stepping Down in June
Carol Churchill has served as the fifth president of the three-campus community college serving 7,000 students in central Michigan for the past seven years. She will leave office on June 30, 2014.
Two High-Level Administrators Transitioning Back to the Classroom
Nancy Clark, dean of the Honors College at Louisiana State University and E. Joahanne Thomas-Smith, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Prairie View A&M University, are stepping down from their posts and returning to teaching.
Two Women University Executives Announce Their Retirements
Jean Landa Pytel, associate professor and assistant dean for student services at Pennsylvania State University, and Trudy Anderson, associate vice president at the University of Idaho and CEO of the university’s Boise campus, are stepping down at the end of the calendar year.
Jo Ann Gora Announces Her Retirement as President of Ball State University
When she took office as the 14th president of Ball State in 2004, she was the first woman to lead a public university in the state of Indiana. She will step down from her post at the end of the academic year on June 30, 2014.
Two Deans Announce Their Intention to Step Down
Kim Tanzer is stepping down as dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia and Ann Dugan is leaving her post as assistant dean of the business school at the University of Pittsburgh.
President of Black Hills State University Is Retiring at the End of the Academic Year
Kay Schallenkamp, the ninth president of Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota, has announced that she will step down from her post at the end of the academic year. Dr. Schallenkamp has been president of the university since 2006.
