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Two Women Scholars Are Leaving Their Posts in the Academic World
J. Nwando Olayiwola, director of the Center for Primary Care Excellence at the University of California, San Francisco, is taking a job in the private sector and Diane Cassels, chief administrative officer at the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University in Atlanta, has retired.
Molly Corbett Broad to Step Down From the Presidency of the American Council on Education
Molly Corbett Broad became the 12th president of the American Council on Education in 2008. She is the first woman to serve in the post since the organization’s founding in 1918. She will step down as president on October 31.
Three Women Scholars Are Leaving Their University Posts
Naomi Rosenberg, dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University in Massachusetts, and Farideh Dayanim Goldin, director of the Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding at Old Dominion University in Virginia, are retiring. Tina Mims of Texas Woman’s University is stepping down to take on a new nonacademic post.
Columbia College President to Step Down in June
Elizabeth A. Dinndorf, the 18th president of Columbia College in South Carolina, has announced that she will step down at the end of the academic year. President Dinndorf has led the women’s college since 2011.
Five University Women Who Have Announced They Are Stepping Down
At the end of the calendar year or the end of an academic semester, there are always a number of announcement regarding retirements. Here are five women who are leaving their high-level university posts.
Four Women Who Are Stepping Down From High-Level Posts at Colleges and Universities
The four women are Kimberly G. Walker at Washington University in St. Louis, Barbara Ryder at Virginia Tech, Lynn Garafola at Barnard College in New York City, and Ann R. Britt, president of Martin Community College in Williamston, North Carolina.
Two Women Academics Are Leaving Their Posts at Major Universities
Gail Steketee, dean of the School of Social Work at Boston University in Massachusetts, has announced that she will step down at the end of the academic year and Carol Burch-Brown was named professor of art emerita at Virginia Tech.
In March, Debora Spar Will Step Down as President of Barnard College
Dr. Spar, who has led the highly rated liberal arts college for women in New York City since 2008, has agreed to become president and chief executive officer of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.
Three Women Who Are Leaving Their Posts in Higher Education
Kathryn Atchinson, vice provost at UCLA, is giving up her administrative duties to return full-time to the faculty. Laura D. Faure is retiring after 30 years at Bates College and Joy Karega was dismissed from the faculty at Oberlin College in Ohio.
Carolyn Meyers Announces Her Resignation as President of Jackson State University in Mississippi
A year ago, Carolyn Meyers, president of Jackson State University, had her contract extended for another four years. Now, she has resigned after it was revealed that the university’s financial situation has deteriorated.
Two Women Academics at Leading Universities Announce Their Intention to Retire in June 2017
Dr. Nancy White, the founding director of the University of North Carolina’s Coastal Studies Institute, and Dr. Diana Robertson, director of student housing at the University of Kansas, have announced they will retire at the end of the current academic year.
Lisa Coico Resigns as President of City College of New York
The resignation came one day after a story in the New York Times questioned $150,000 in personal expenses that may have been paid by the research arm of the City University of New York System. A federal investigation is under way to determine if federal research funds were used improperly.
Two Women Administrators Stepping Down From High-Level University Posts
Elizabeth A. Flanagan was named vice president of development and university relations emerita at Virginia Tech and Lynne O’Brien, the inaugural associate vice provost for digital and online education initiatives at Duke University, announced she is stepping down.
Bernadette Gray-Little to Step Down as Chancellor of the University of Kansas
Bernadette Gray-Little, the 17th chancellor of the University of Kansas, announced that she will step down at the end of the current academic year. When she was named chancellor in 2009, Dr. Gray-Little became the first woman in history to hold the position.
Seven Women Who Are Stepping Down From Their Higher Education Posts
Here is news of seven women who have or will soon be leaving their high-level posts in higher education.
Four Women Who Are Retiring or Leaving Their Current Posts in Higher Education
The four women who are stepping down are Helen Gonzalez at the University of New Mexico, Barbara Bader at Florida International University in Miami, Victoria Fu, who is assuming professor emerita status at Virginia Tech, and Deborah Armstrong at Syracuse University in New York.
Five Women Announce Their Retirements From High-Level University Positions
The five women are Diana George at Virginia Tech, Jeannine Raymond at the University of California, Berkeley, Donna Ferriero at the University of California, San Francisco, Sandra Robinson Greenwood at the University of Arkansas Little Rock, and Zoe Woodell Locklear at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
After 15 Years, Ruth Knox to Retire From the Presidency of Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia
Ruth Knox is the first alumna of the college to serve as president. President Knox’s mother was a 1940 graduate of the college and her father served on the board of trustees. She will retire next June after serving 15 years as president of her alma mater.
Three Women Are Leaving High-Level Posts at State Universities
Laura J. Gillman was named professor emerita of women’s and gender studies at Virginia Tech. Brneda McComb has reited as senior vice provost at Oregon State and Linda P.B. Katehi has resigned as chancellor of the University of California, Davis.
President of Neumann University in Pennsylvania Announces Her Retirement
Rosalie M. Mirenda, president of Neumann University in Ashton, Pennsylvania, since 1996, has announced that she will step down from her post on June 30, 2017. During her tenure as president, the campus has grown from 14 to 68 acres and enrollments have more than tripled.
Six Women Who Are Stepping Down From Their Higher Education Posts
Stepping down are Sally Mason at the University of Iowa, Nancy C. Andrews at Duke University, Marilyn Higgins at Syracuse University, Claudia Schmuckli at the University of Houston, Diane Morrison-Beedy at the University of South Florida, and Jodi Kelly at Seattle University.
Five Women Who Are Stepping Down From Their Posts in Higher Education
Among those who announced that they are leaving their posts in the academic world is Nancy O. Gray, president of Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, since 2005.
Four Women Announce They Are Leaving Their High-Level Posts at State Universities
Stepping down from their positions are Maureen Howard at New Mexico State University, Noelle Hunter at Moorhead State University in Kentucky, Malinda Eccarius at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Ann Billings of the Gulf Park Campus of the University of Southern Mississippi in Long Beach.
Six Women Who Are Stepping Down From Their University Posts
The six women stepping down are Gladys Zubulake at Saginaw Valley State, Grace Scheibner at Harvard, Carol Gattis at the University of Arkansas, Meredith Schmidt at the University of Massachusetts, Sue Riseling at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Carla Dieter at the University of South Dakota.
Five Women Faculty Members Earn Emerita Status at Virginia Tech
They are Wanda J. Smith in management, Susan G. Magliaro in education psychology, Deborah G. Mayo in philosophy, Peggy S. Meszaros in human development, and Doris Zallen in science and technology studies.
Five Women Who Have Announced They Are Leaving Their Current Posts in Academia
They are Nancy Weiss Malkiel at Princeton University, Judy Piercy at Ohio University, Deb Luckadoo at North Carolina State University, Eileen Ely at Green River College in Washington State, and Melinda Nish at Southwestern College in California.
Ann Weaver Hart to Leave Presidency of the University of Arizona in 2018
Before becoming president of the University of Arizona in 2012, Dr. Hart was president of Temple University in Philadelphia and the University of New Hampshire. She also served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Claremont Graduate University in California.
Four Women Stepping Down From College and University Posts
Stepping down are Susan C. Scrimshaw, president of the Sage Colleges in New York, Nancy McMenamy, a professor of nursing at Texas Woman’s University, Susan Grayzel, director of the women’s center at the University of Mississippi, and Carol Ann Bailey, an associate professor of sociology at Virginia Tech.
Three Women Faculty Members at Davidson College Announce Their Retirements
Davidson College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in North Carolina, has announced that eight faculty members with a combined 253 years of service to the college, are retiring. Three of the eight faculty members who are retiring are women: Pam Hay in biology, Sallt McMillen in history, and Mary S. Vasquez in Spanish.
Nancy Zimpher Announces She Will Step Down as Chancellor of the State University of New York
Nancy L. Zimpher, chancellor of the State University of New York System, announced that she will step down at the end of the 2016-17 academic year. She has been chancellor of the 64-campus system for the past seven years.
Three Women Scholars Announce Their Retirements
Lucinda Barnes has been serving as the chief curator and director of programs for the University of California Berkeley Art Museum. Catherine Nye has retired as an associate professor of social work at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, and Deborah Tapler was named professor emerita of nursing at Texas Woman’s University.
Five Women Retire From the Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences at Emory University
The women faculty who are retiring from their teaching posts at Emory University are Wendy Farley in religion, Carole Hahn in educational studies, Ann Hartle in philosophy, Wan-Li Ho in Russian and East Asian languages and culture, and Judith C. Rohrer in art history.
Three Women Professors Announce Their Retirements
Stepping down from their teaching posts are Gladys Keeton at Texas Woman’s University, Marilyn Rhie at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, and Bonnie S. Slovis at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Three Women Who Are Leaving Their Posts in Academia
Professors Protima Roy at Drury University in Springfield, Missouri, and Joan Berzoff at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, are retiring. In addition, Ellen Robertson Green, a vice president at Amarillo College in Texas, has resigned.
Mount Mary University President to Step Down in 2017
Eileen Mihm Schwalbach has been president of the university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, since 2009 and has served on the full-time faculty there since 1997. The university’s undergraduate programs are open only to women and currently enroll about 860 students.
