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Three Women Scholars Announce Their Retirements
Deborah Lamm, president of Edgecomb Community College, has announced that she will retire this coming May. Joyce Rothschild, professor of public and international affairs at Virginia Tech, and Retha Warnicke, professor of history at Arizona State University, have retired.
Three Women Stepping Down From High-Ranking Posts at Leading Universities
Lauren Benton, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Vanderbilt University, Jackie O’Neil, University Marshall at Harvard University, and Anne Massey dean of the School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are leaving their posts.
Two Women Scholars Announce Their Retirements at the End of the Academic Year
Amanda Cockrell, the co-founder of the graduate program in children’s literature at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, and Rebecca N. Nagy, the director of the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida, announced that they will retire at the end of the current academic year.
Two Women Administrators in Higher Education Have Stepped Down
Peggy Quinn, president of Kaskaskia College in Centralia, Illinois, has resigned her positioned with seven months remaining on her three-year contract and Christine Sheets, assistant vice president in the Division of Student Affairs at Ohio University in Athens, has retired.
Three Women Scholars Announce They Are Stepping Down From Their Posts
Carolyn Meier was named professor emerita at Virginia Tech. Susan Baldridge, provost at Middlebury College, and Patricia E. Beeson, provost at the University of Pittsburgh, will be leaving their administrative posts and return to tenured faculty positions.
Two Women Announced Their Retirements From High-Level University Posts
Nancy Cochran, director of the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver, will retire in September 2018 and Janet Lowe, associate vice president for fiscal administration at the University of Wyoming, will step down in December.
Two Women Deans Announce They are Stepping Down From Their Posts
Mary Kerr, dean of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and Lizabeth A. Cohen, dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, will step down in June, take one-year sabbaticals, and then return to their respective universities to teach.
Cameron Brunet-Koch to Step Down From Presidency of North Central Michigan College
Dr. Bruney-Koch has led the college at the north end of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula since 2001. Previously, she was dean of student services at the college. Earlier, she was dean of student personnel services at West Shore Community College in Scottville, Michigan.
Two Women Scholars Resign Their Administrative Posts to Return to Full-Time Faculty Roles
Margaret Himley has been serving as associate provost for international education and engagement at Syracuse University in New York and Lisa Freinkel was dean of undergraduate studies at the University of Oregon. Both women will remain at their respective universities in full-time faculty positions.
Two Women Announce They Are Stepping Down as College Presidents
Cynthia A. Zane, president of Hilbert College in Hamburg, New York, and Anna D. Weitz, president of Reading Area Community College in Pennsylvania, have both announced that they will step down from their posts at the end of the current academic year.
Three Women Deans Are Leaving Their Posts
Katy Smith Abbott, dean of the college at Middlebury College in Vermont, and Sally Blount, dean of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, announced they will step down and return to teaching full-time. Nancy Marcus, dean of the Graduate School at Florida State University has retired.
College of Idaho President Charlotte Borst Has Stepped Down
Charlotte Borst became the thirteenth president of the College of Idaho July 2015. She is the only woman to serve as president in the 126-year history of the college. But just over two years into her tenure, Dr. Borst has announced that she is stepping down to “pursue other opportunities.”
Two Women Scholars at Southern Universities Have Retired
Frankie O. Felder, senior associate dean at the Clemson University’s graduate school has retired and Gayle I. Hersch has retired and was named professor emerita of occupational therapy at Texas Woman’s University.
Three Women Higher Education Administrators Are Leaving Their Posts
The three women administrators who are leaving their posts are Katy Smith Abbott at Middlebury College in Vermont, Maridith Walker Geuder at Mississippi University for Women, and Sandy Hatfield Cobb at Drake University in Des Moines, iowa.
Three Full Professors Are Stepping Down From Their Teaching Positions
The women professors who have retired are Helen Whall at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, Lynda Moore at Simmons College in Boston, and Sherri Burr at the University of New Mexico School of Law.
Four Women Academics Who Are Retiring From Their Posts
The women who have announced their retirements are Roberta Bell at Vanderbilt University, Karen Turner at the College of the Holy Cross, Mary Roberts at Boston College, and Eleanor Davidson at Case Western Reserve University.
Three Women Who Have Retired From High-Level University Positions
Elizabeth P. Latt, assistant vice chancellor for news and communications at Vanderbilt University, has retired. Linny Frickman has retired as director of the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art at Colorado State University and Maureen K. Martin has retired as director of the DuBard School of Language Disorders at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Four Women Announce They Are Stepping Down From High-Level Academic Posts
The women who are retiring are Cheryl Thompson-Stacy, president of Lord Fairfax Community College, Sally Wiant, a professor of law at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, Natalie Shirley, president of Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City, and Sue Maes, dean of the Global Campus at Kansas State University.
Three Women Scholars Granted Emerita Status at Princeton University
Princeton University has conferred emerita status on Anne Case, the Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Esther da Costa Meyer, a professor of art and archaeology, and Joan Girgus, a professor of psychology.
Four Women Scholars Announced Their Retirements From Top-Level University Posts
The four women scholars who have announced their retirements are Martha Hill of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Colleen Hegranes of St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, Amy Meyers at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, and Margaret Howard of Washington and Lee University’s School of Law in Lexington, Virginia.
Five Women Scholars Announce They Are Stepping Down From High-Level Academic Positions
They are Joan Hirt, a professor of educational leadership at Virginia Tech, Laurel Jones, president of Cabrillo College in California, Dian Fox, a professor of Hispanic studies at Brandeis University, Milla Cozart Riggio, a professor of English at Trinity College in Connecticut, and Gloria Cordes Larson, president of Bentley University.
Four Women Retiring From Their High-Level Posts at Colleges and Universities
The women who are retiring are Christine Jackson at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Mary Blaine Campbell at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, Joan Morrison at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and Paula J. Giddings at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Elizabeth Kiss Announces She Will Retire as President of Agnes Scott College
Elizabeth Kiss, president of Agnes Scott College, a liberal arts educational institution for women in Decatur, Georgia, has announced that she will step down at the end of the 20017-18 academic year. President Kiss has led the college for the past 11 years.
Four Women Stepping Down From High-Level Posts at Colleges and Universities
Stepping down from their positions are Terrie Fox Wetle at Brown University, Christine M. Shelton at Smith College, Ellison Banks Findly at Trinity College and Helayne Spivak at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Four Women Scholars Have Announced Their Intention to Retire
Stepping down from their posts are Ruth Darling at the University of Tennessee, Darlene Clark Hine at Northwestern University, Lisa Brown at Washington State University-Spokane, and Sheila V. Adams at Mississippi University for Women.
Four Women Retiring From High-Level Posts in Higher Education
The four women who are stepping down are Anna Wasescha, president of Middlesex Community College in Connecticut, Susan Athey, an associate professor at Colorado State University, Sue Eveland, registrar at the University of Oregon, and Carolyn Lynn Coleman, an associate professor at California Lutheran University.
Four Women Stepping Down From Their University Positions
Retiring or moving on to new ventures are Liz Cariaga-Lo at Brown University, Jean Hampton at Texas Southern University, Karen Renick at California Lutheran University and Branwen Smith-King at Tufts University.
Four Women Announce Their Retirements From High-Level Posts in Academia
The four women retiring from the their university posts are Judith M. Cole at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Karen M. Sowers at the University of Tennessee, Iris Rosa at Indiana University, and Catherine C. Scroggs at the University of Missouri.
Four Women Who Are Stepping Down From Their Posts in Academia
Stepping down from their posts are Louise Lonabocker at Boston College, Nancy Kleniewski at SUNY Oneonta, Sue Haug at Pennsylvania State University, and Susan Grover of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Three Women Scholars Announce Their Retirements
Sandra J. Deloatch, a professor of computer science at Norfolk State University, Susan Grover, vice provost at the College of William & Mary, and Sue Day-Perroots, associate provost at West Virginia University, have retired or will do so later this year.
Two University Deans Announce They Are Stepping Down
Barbara W. Shank, a professor and dean of the School of Social Work at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, will step down in June and Pamela Matson, dean of the School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences at Stanford University, will step down in December and return to her faculty post at the university.
Three Women Scholars Who Are Leaving Their Posts in Higher Education
Kathleen Keane is retiring as director of the Johns Hopkins University Press. Professor of kinesiology Patty S. Freedson has retired from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Ruth A. Knox is stepping down in June from the presidency of Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia.
Three Women Scholars Stepping Down From Their Teaching Posts at Major Universities
Martha WIlliams of the University of Montana School of Law was named to a government position in Montana. Professors Marina Angel of the law school at Temple University in Philadelphia and Karla FC Holloway at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina are retiring.
Five Women Who Are Stepping Down From Their Current Posts in Higher Education
Stepping down from their current posts are Nasrin Jewell at St. Catherine University, Mary Spilde at Lane Community College in Oregon, Carol M. Swain at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Deborah Jenson at Duke University in North Carolina, and Nancy Winship at Brandeis University in Massachusetts,
Two Women Stepping Down as Deans in the Ivy League
T. Kyle Vanderlick, dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Yale University, will step down at the end of the calendar year to return to teaching and Martha Minow, dean of Harvard Law School, announced that she will step down as dean at the end of the current academic year.
