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Chatham University President Announces Her Retirement
Esther L. Barazzone, the president of Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has announced that she will retire at the end of the 2015-16 academic year. Dr. Barazzone has led the university since 1992.
Seven Women Faculty Members Granted Emerita Status at Vanderbilt University
The seven women faculty members granted emerita status at Vanderbilt University are Cheryl M. Coffin, Janie Daddario, Connie Vinita Dowell, Esther Eisenberg, Marilyn Friedman, Geraldine G. Miller and Molly F. Miller.
Three Women Scholars Who Are Retiring From Faculty Posts
The three women leaving their faculty positions are Valerie B. Lee at Ohio State University, Patience Essah at Auburn University in Alabama, and Anne Baird at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
Three Women in Top-Level Posts in Higher Education Announce Their Retirements
Sally Roberts, an associate dean at the University of Kansas School of Education, Patricia C. Donohue, president of Mercer County Community College in New Jersey, and Denise A. Roche, president of D’Youville College in Buffalo, New York, are all stepping down.
Mills College President Announces She Is Stepping Down in June 2016
Alecia A. DeCoudreaux, president of Mills College in Oakland, California, has announced that she will step down in June 2016. She became president of the women’s college on July 1, 2011 after a long career in the legal department of Eli Lilly and Company.
Five Women Announce Their Retirements From Higher Education Posts
The five women leaving their positions are Carol Geary Schneider of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Gianna Marrs at the University of Maine, Patricia Biesiot at the University of University of Southern Mississippi, Mimi Fenton of Western Carolina University, and Betty Porzuczek of Misericordia University.
Four Women Announce They Are Stepping Down From High-Level University Posts
Anne C. Steele, president of Muskingum University, announced her retire. Deans Diana Garland at Baylor University, Jannah Mather at the University of Utah, and Karen Wixson at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro are all stepping down.
Wellesley College President Has Announced Her Retirement
H. Kim Bottomly became the 13th president of Wellesley College on August 1, 2007. Previously, she was deputy provost at Yale University and professor of immunobiology at the Yale University School of Medicine.
Three Women Stepping Down Form High-Level Positions in Higher Education
Claudia Hale, a professor at Ohio University, and Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran, president of Kalamazoo College in Michigan, have announced their retirements. Ruth Weissman, provost at Wesleyan University, is returning to her faculty post on a full-time basis.
Two Women Stepping Down From High-Level University Administrative Posts
Beth Miller, senior associate athletics director and senior woman administrator at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Sharon Davie, the founding director of the University of Virginia Women’s Center, are retiring this summer.
Two University Presidents Announce They Are Leaving Their Posts
Penelope Ward Kyle, the first woman president of Radford University in Virginia, will step down at the end of the 2015-16 academic year. Susan Martin, the first woman president of Eastern Michigan University will leave her post this July.
Alverno College President Announces Her Retirement
In 2004, Mary J. Meehan was appointed the seventh president and the first lay president of Alverno College, a Catholic college for women in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. President Meehan has announced that she will retire at the end of the 2015-16 academic year.
Four Women Leaving High-Level Executive Posts in Academia
Sally McMillan at the University of Tennessee and Carol Simpson at Old Dominion University are returning to teaching. Lynn Gangone, of the University of Denver, is taking a job with the American Council on Education and JoAnne Podis at Ursuline College in retiring.
Three Women Announce They Are Leaving Their University Posts
The women who announced they are stepping down are Susan Buckley at the University of Iowa, Emily Ballew Neff of the University of Oklahoma, and Cynthia Griggs Fleming at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
Three Women in High-Level University Positions Are Stepping Down
Mary Brown Bullock executive vice chancellor of Duke Kunshan University in China, Shirley Willihnganz, provost at the University of Louisville, and Laura Huenneke, provost at Northern Arizona University are all leaving their posts this summer.
Three Women University Executives Announce They Are Stepping Down
Stepping down from the posts are Mary H. Manhein at Louisiana State University, Brenda Thompson at West Virginia University, and Leslie Taylor at Montana State University.
Joanne Glasser to Step Down as President of Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois
Joanne Glasser is the first woman to serve as president of Bradley University. She has served as president for the past eight years. Previously, she was president of Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond from 2001 to 2007.
Three Women in High-Level University Posts Announce Their Retirements
The three women stepping down at the end of the academic year are Elizabeth A. Flanagan at Virginia Tech, Judy Schwab at the University of Arkansas, and Ilene Kleinsorge at Oregon State University.
Sally Mason to Step Down as President of the University of Iowa
Sally Mason, who has served as president of the University of Iowa for the past eight years, has announced that she will retire on August 1. A molecular biologist, Dr. Mason is the former provost of Purdue University in Indiana.
Three Women Announce Their Retirements From Higher Education Posts
Nancy Jennings, an associate professor of education at Bowdoin College, Maravene Loeschke, president of Towson University in Maryland, and Lucile Krasnow, community relations liaison at Northwestern University, have announced they are stepping down.
Helen Giles-Gee Leaves Presidency of the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Dr. Giles-Gee became the 22nd president of the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia in July 2012. She was the first woman president in the nearly 200-year history of the university.
Judy Bonner to Step Down as President of the University of Alabama
Dr. Bonner announced that she will step down from her post no later than September 2015. She plans on taking a sabbatical year and then return to her role as a professor in the department of human nutrition and hospitality at the university.
Three College and University Women Announce Their Retirements
Ruth Constantine, vice president for finance and administration at Smith College, Barbara Held, the Barry N. Wish Professor of Psychology and Social Studies at Bowdoin College, and Patricia M. Jordan, associate professor of mathematics education at Oklahoma State University, are retiring.
Three Women Academics Announce Their Retirements
Joan Hinde Stewart, president of Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, Linda Koch Lorimer, vice president for global and strategic initiatives at Yale, and Judith Picard Cronk, professor of theatre at Oklahoma State University, have announced their retirements.
Two Women Stepping Down From High-Level Academic Posts
Karen M. Gill, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will return to teaching at the end of the academic year. Maryann Jones, has stepped down as president of the Charleston School of Law.
Four Women Academics Who Are Leaving Their Posts
The four women who have announced they are leaving key posts in academia are Ann La Berge at Virginia Tech, Polly Knudson at the University of Idaho, Susan Roth at Duke University, and Deborah K. Fitzgerald at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Two High-Level Administrators Announce Their Retirements
Anna Martin, vice president for administration at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and Betsy E. Brown, vice provost for faculty affairs at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, have announced they will retire in 2015.
Linda Brady to Step Down as Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Linda P. Brady, chancellor of the University of North Carolina Greensboro, has announced that she will step down on July 31, 2015 and return to teaching. She was named the university’s tenth chancellor in August 2008.
Two Women in Higher Education Administrative Posts Announce They Are Stepping Down
Christine Heenan is vice president for public affairs and communications at Harvard University and Anne Heinz is dean of continuing education and professional studies and associate vice chancellor for summer session and outreach and engagement at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Three Women Stepping Down From University Posts
Janet Levit, dean of the College of Law at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma, and Susan Murphy vice president for student services at Cornell, are stepping down next summer. Linda Anderson was named professor emerita of English at Virginia Tech.
Five Women Stepping Down From High-Level Posts at Colleges and Universities
The women who have or will retire are Belle Wei at California State University, Chico, Hudlin Wagner at Carleton College, Nancy Dunlap at the University of Virginia, Jennie Taylor at Emory University, and Sharon Stahl at Washington University in St. Louis.
Ursuline College President Announces Her Retirement
Diana Stano, the president of Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, Ohio, has announced that she will retire on June 30, 2015, after serving as president of the Catholic college for women for the past 18 years.
Donna Shalala Announces She Is Stepping Down as President of the University of Miami
Dr. Shalala was named the fifth president of the University of Miami in 2001. When appointed president, she had just completed eight years of public service as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
University of Maine at Machias President Announces She Will Step Down
Cynthia Huggins, president of the University of Maine at Machias, has announced that she will retire in December after 10 years as the leader of the university. Dr. Huggins will take a position in the publishing field and work to complete a book project.
Christine Plunkett Resigns From Presidency of Burlington College in Vermont
President Plunkett, who took office in 2012, had come under criticism after Burlington College was placed on accreditation probation by the New England Association of Colleges and Schools. The school has more than $10 million in debt.
