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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.
Seven Women Leaving Their Positions at Major Universities
At the conclusion of the academic year, it is not unusual that faculty and staff members at colleges and universities will announced their resignations or retirements. Here are some women who are leaving their posts in academia.
Three Women Scholars Announce Their Retirements From University Posts
The three women scholars who have announced their retirements are Dianne Martin at George Washington University, Marsha Ternus at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and Elizabeth A. Williams at Oklahoma State University.
Nancy Roseman to Leave Presidency of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Dr. Roseman has served as president for just three years. She is Dickinson 28th president and the first woman to lead the liberal arts college. President Dickinson stated simply that “it is an ideal time for me to pursue other professional and personal goals.”
Catharine Hill Announces She Will Step Down Next Year From Presidency of Vassar College
Before becoming the tenth president of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 2006, Dr. Hill was provost at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. She joined the economics faculty at Williams in 1985.
Seven Women in Higher Education Who Are Stepping Down From Their Posts
They are: Debra Daniels at Joliet Junior College, Lucile C. Jones of CalTech, who is retiring from the USGS, Karen E. Campbell of Vanderbilt University, Virginia Caples of Alabama A&M University, Janet Corson-Rikert of Cornell University, Fay S. Adams of the University of Tennessee, and Catherine M. O’Neill of the University of New Mexico-Taos.
Four Women Academics Are Stepping Down From Their Posts
Stepping down from their positions are Anne Carson Daly, president of Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, New York, Karen Britton at the University of Tennessee, Susan K. Redwood at Oklahoma State University, and Sally Lundeen of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Four Women Who Are Leaving Their Administrative Posts in Academia
Stepping down from high-level administrative posts are Elizabeth Dykens at Vanderbilt University, Ewa Barczyk at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Candis Claiborn at Washington State University, and Melissa Woo at the University of Oregon.
Virginia Carson to Step Down as President of South Georgia State College
Dr. Carson became interim president of South Georgia College in 2008 and president in 2009. In 2013, South Georgia College merged with Waycross College to form South Georgia State College with Dr. Carson named to lead the merged institution. She will step down as president on June 30.
Four Women in High-Level University Posts Are Stepping Down
The women who have announced they are stepping down are Penelope Laurans at Yale University, Christine Ortiz at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Christine McCormick at the University of Massachusetts, and Grace E. Harris at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Four Women Executives in Higher Education Are Leaving Their Posts
The four women stepping down from administration positions are Monica C. Barrett at Rutgers University, Iris E. Harvey at Kent State University, Theresa Gordzica at the University of Kansas, and Debbie Harmison White at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.
Susan Kaufman Purcell Stepping Down From Her Post at the University of Miami
Susan Kaufman Purcell has announced that she is stepping down as director of the Center for Hemispheric Policy at the University of Miami. She founded the center 11 years ago.
Leslie McClellon Resigns as President of Rochester Community and Technical College
President McClellon had been criticized over her spending and hiring decisions since taking office only 18 months ago. She will take a position as a senior system director at the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System.
Four Women Who Are Stepping Down From Their Posts in Higher Education
The women who are retiring or leaving their positions are Doris K. Patneau at Oklahoma State University, Peg Kennedy-Dygas at Ohio University, Linda Hennig at the University of Central Florida, and Joan Morrison at North Carolina Central University.
Stacey Franklin Jones Resigns as Chancellor of Elizabeth City State University
Dr. Jones has been chancellor for only 15 months. The university has seen enrollments decline by more than 50 percent over the past five years, which has reduced revenues and created financial problems for the university.
Nancy Carriuolo Agrees to Step Down as President of Rhode Island College
The state governing council stated that “certain differences have arisen between and Council and the president relating to the operation of Rhode Island College.” As a result President Nancy Carricuolo was “terminated without cause.” She will remain as president until the college’s spring commencement.
Three Women Scholars Announce They Are Leaving Their Academic Posts
Nancy Uscher, president of the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington, Kathleen Pickering, vice provost for undergraduate affairs at Colorado State University, and Katherine M. Kocan at the Center for Veterinary Health Sciences of Oklahoma State University are stepping down.
Four Women Stepping Down From High-Level University Posts
The four women retiring or leaving their positions are Diane Baxter at the University of California, San Diego, Carolyn R. Hodges at the University of Tennessee, Mary H. Gresham at the University at Buffalo, and Melissa Maxcy Wade at Emory University in Atlanta.
Three Women Stepping Down From High-Level University Posts
Michelle J. Anderson will step down as dean of the City University of New York School of Law. Karen Abraham is retiring as head of the Alumni Association at the University of New Mexico and Pamela V. Hammond will leave the presidency of Virginia State University on December 31.
Three Women Announce Their Retirements From High-Level University Posts
Ruth R. Faden is stepping down as director of the Berman Institute of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University. Susan Fischer, director of financial aid at the University of Wisconsin and Karin Trainer, University Librarian at Princeton, are retiring.
Andrea Lee Announces She Will Step Down as President of St. Catherine University
Andrea Lee, president of St. Catherine University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, announced that she will end her 18-year tenure as president on July 1, 2016. She became president of the Catholic university for women in 1998.
Five Women Academics Announce They Are Stepping Down From Their Posts
They are Karen Abraham at the University of New Mexico, Sharon McCloskey at Virginia Tech, Shirley Malone-Fenner at Wheelock College in Boston, Ann Gill at Colorado State University, and Tammy Bray at Oregon State University.
Six Women Stepping Down From Their College or University Posts
The women who have announced they are stepping down are Barbara Entwisle at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Wilma Dunaway and Elizabeth C. Fine at Virginia Tech, Katharyn May at the University of Wisconsin, Ann Clarke at Syracuse University, and Esther Levine at the College of the Holy Cross.
Elizabeth Fleming Announces Her Plan to Retire as President of Converse College
Elizabeth A. Fleming, the ninth president of Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, has announced that she will step down at the end of the current academic year. Dr. Fleming will have led the women’s college for 11 years.
Two Women Announce Their Retirements After Long Careers at Flagship State Universities
Patricia A. Chase has been named dean emerita of the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy and Cathleen Middleton is retiring from her post as associate chief information officer at the University of Arkansas, where she worked for 36 years.
Three Women Scholars Announce Their Retirements
Jacqueline R. Johnson, chancellor of the University of Minnesota, Morris, Bettye Myers, the Cornaro Professor of Kinesiology at Texas Woman’s University, and Betty Mayer, a professor of nursing at the University of Central Florida, are all retiring.
Three Women Academics Announce They Are Leaving Their Posts
The three women who have announced they are leaving their positions are Diane M. Wink at the University of Central Florida, Virginia Hazen at Dartmouth College, and Cheryl Henderson at New Mexico State University.
Phyllis Wise Steps Down as Chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Wise, who has been chancellor since 2011, has been criticized over the past year for her actions relating to the firing of Professor Steven Salaita over issues of free speech. Dr. Wise will return to her tenured position in the department of cell and developmental biology at the university.
Two Women Scholars Announce Their Retirements
Jeanne Stangel, the vice chancellor for university advancement and president of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Foundation, is stepping down to take a new post at a Catholic high school and Maryjean Schenk has resigned for personal reasons as vice dean for medical education at the Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit.
Smith College Announces the Retirement of Eight Women Who Were Full Professors
Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, has announced that 13 faculty members have retired. Eight of the retiring faculty members are women who served as full professors. Five of these held endowed chairs.
Two Women Who Are Stepping Down From Their Higher Education Posts
Irma Archuleta has announced that she will step down as vice president for student affairs at Evergreen Valley College in San Jose, California. Sally W. Schultz was named professor emerita of occupational therapy at Texas Woman’s University.
Two High-Ranking Women at Major Universities Have Retired
Barbara Presnall was named professor emerita of government at Texas Woman’s University and Linda Williams, associate chancellor and chief ethics, risk and compliance officer at the University of California Berkeley, has retired.
Four Women Announce Their Retirements From High-Level University Positions
The four women who are retiring from their current posts are Joyce Carol Oates at Princeton University, Ann Howard Jones at Boston University, Charlotte Sanborn at Texas Woman’s University, and Elaine Engst at Cornell University.
Carol Ann Mooney to Step Down From Presidency of Saint Mary’s College
Carol Ann Mooney, the 11th president of Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, announced that she will step down on May 31, 2016. President Mooney will have led the college for 12 years.
Nine Women Announce Their Retirements From University Faculty or Administrative Posts
Here is a roundup of women who recently announced that they are stepping down from faculty positions or administrative posts at American universities.
