According to the U.S. Department of Education women made up 56.8 percent of the all undergraduate enrollments in degree-granting institutions nationwide in 2009. But there is one group of undergraduate institutions where women continue to make up a very small share of the total enrollments. This is the U.S. service academies.
At both the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, in 2009 women were just 20 percent of the total enrollments. At the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, women were even more scarce. Women made up just 15 percent of the total enrollments.
At the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, women do slightly better. There, in 2009 women were 27 percent of the total enrollments.
Judith Ruland was appointed dean of the Crystal M. Lange College of Health and Human Services at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan. She was an associate professor and coordinator of the master of science in nursing program at the University of Central Florida. Previously, she taught at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida, and was chair of the nursing department at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York. Her new appointment is effective on October 3.
J. Bonnie Newman was appointed interim chancellor of the seven-campus Community College System of New Hampshire, effective on August 15. A national search for a permanent chancellor failed to produce a candidate acceptable to the board of trustees. Newman will serve for an indefinite term as a new search is conducted.
Peace College in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has admitted only women since it was founded in 1857, has announced that men will be admitted for the class that will enroll in the fall of 2012. Recently men were admitted to night courses and online degree programs at the college.
Connie Wolf, who has directed the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco since 1999, was named the John and Jill Freidenrich Director of the Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University. The appointment is effective at the beginning of 2012.
Data from the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics shows that only about 18 percent of the students enrolled in undergraduate engineering programs at colleges and universities in the United States are women. In an effort to increase the number of women pursuing degrees in engineering, the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University is starting early.
Ann Weaver Hart, president of Temple University in Philadelphia, has been named the recipient of the 2011 Michael P. Malone International Leadership Award, presented by the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities. The award honors leaders of land-grant universities who have made significant contributions to international education programs.
Keshia Campbell was named director of athletics at Hampton University in Virginia. She will be the first woman to serve as athletic director at the university. The appointment is effective on August 15. She was director of business affairs at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Vivian Fuller is the new director of athletics at Jackson State University in Mississippi. She was dean of the Cambridge campus of Sojourner-Douglass College in Maryland. She has previously served as athletics director at Tennessee State University, Northeastern Illinois University, and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Elizabeth Tshele, a lecturer in the department of English and the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University, won the Caine Prize for African writing for her short story, “Hitting Budapest.” The story, published in the Boston Review, is about six children from a shanty town in Zimbabwe who wander into an affluent white suburban community. Tshele uses the pen name, NoViolet Bulawayo.
Professor of chemistry Mamie Moy, who has been associated with the University of Houston for more than a half-century, received the Award for Encouraging Women Into Careers in the Chemical Sciences from the American Chemical Society. Professor Moy was honored for “for limitless passion and dedication for sharing the art of chemistry with teachers and students alike, for always striving to encourage women in the sciences, and for courage in promoting diversity.”
Kan Cao, an assistant professor of cell biology and molecular genetics at the University of Maryland, won the New Scholar in Aging Award from the Ellison Medical Foundation. The award comes with a four-year, $400,000 grant that will allow Dr. Cao to continue her work on the rare premature aging disease, progeria.
Marcela Carena, professor of physics at the University of Chicago and senior scientist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, received the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award from the Humboldt Foundation in Bonn, Germany. Dr. Carena, a native of Argentina, was honored for her outstanding career in theoretical particle physics research.
Tracy Bale, associate professor of neuroscience in the department of animal biology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and assosicate professor of neuroscience at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, received the 2011 Richard E. Weitzman Memorial Award from the Endocrine Society.
Michelle C. Geoffrion-Vinci, associate professor of Spanish at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, was named the 2011 College/University Teacher of the Year by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Professor Geoffrion-Vinci joined the Lafayette College faculty in 1998.
Connie Celum, professor of global health and medicine at the University of Washington received the Achievement Award from the American Sexually Transmitted Disease Association. The award was presented at the International Society for STD Research conference in Quebec City. Dr. Celum’s research involves HIV epidemiology and prevention.
Kathy Burlew, a professor of psychology at the University of Cincinnati, received the 2011 Kenneth and Mamie Clark Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Professional Development of Ethnic and Minority Graduate Students from the American Psychological Association.
Nancy Khalek is the William A. Dyer Jr. Assistant Professor of the Humanities at Brown. She joined the Brown faculty in 2008 after teaching at Franklin and Marchall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Her first book, entitled 
Meredith Hastings was named the Joukowsky Family Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences. She joined the Brown faculty in 2008 after conducting postdoctoral research at the University of Washington.
Erika J. Edwards was appointed the Richard and Edna Solomon Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Brown. She joined the Brown faculty in 2007 after conducting postdoctoral research at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Dr. Colvin, the Kenneth S. Pitzer-Schlumberger Professor of Chemistry and director of the Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology at Rice, is the new vice provost for research. She has been on the faculty at Rice since 1996.
Dr. Farach-Carson is the new vice provost for translational bioscience. Since coming to Rice in 2009, she has served as a professor of biochemistry and cell biology. She has also been the scientific director of the BioScience Research Collaborative where scientists from Rice and other Texas educational institutions work together on medical and health research.
Carol Minor Boyd was appointed interim dean of the School of Applied Sciences at the University of Mississippi. Dr. Boyd, a professor and chair of the department of social work, joined the faculty at Ole Miss in 2004. Previously she taught at Delta State University.
Fannye Love was named interim dean of the Desoto campus of the University of Mississippi in Southaven. Professor Love has served on the School of Education faculty at Ole Miss since 1994. Previously she taught at Kansas State University, Jackson State University, LeMoyne-Owen College, and Trevecca Nazarene University.
Melissa V. Harris-Perry was named professor of political science at Tulane University in New Orleans. There, she will also be the founding director of the Anna Julia Cooper Project on Gender, Race, and Politics in the South. She was on the political science and African-American studies faculty at Princeton University. Her most recent book, 
Elizabeth Bye was appointed chair of the department of design, housing, and apparel at the College of Design at the University of Minnesota.
Mary Shaw was named University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. The designation as University Professor is the highest academic accolade faculty members can attain at the university. Dr. Shaw has served on the university’s faculty since 1972, most recently as the Alan J. Perlis Professor of Computer Science.
Catharine Newbury a professor of government at Smith College was named to the Gwendolyn Carter Chair in African Studies. She joined the Smith College faculty in 2002.
Catherine J. Lavender, an associate professor of history at the College of Staten Island in New York City, was named the 2011 John J. Marchi Scholar in Public Affairs. She has served on the college’s faculty since 1996.
Anne Khademian was named director of the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech. She has been serving as director of the Center for Public Administration and Policy at the university. Dr. Khademian has been on the faculty at Virginia Tech since 2004. Previously, she taught at the University of Wisconsin, the University of Michigan, and the University of Pennsylvania.
Laura Meadows was appointed interim director of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia. Since 2009 she has held the position of associate director of the training division of the institute which provides professional development education to thousands of local state government officials and staff members each year.
Martha Dodge was named director of the Energy Systems Engineering Institute at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She will also serve as a professor of practice in the department of electrical and computer engineering. She was a senior administrator at PPL Electric Utilities.
Sheilah Shaw Horton was appointed vice president for student affairs at Loyola University Maryland. She was associate vice president for student affairs and dean for student development at Boston College. Horton has been an administrator at Boston College for nearly 25 years.
Sylvia Parker was named interim director of the Science and Mathematics Teaching Center at the University of Wyoming. Since 2005, as coordinator at the center, she has worked with Wyoming schools and districts to identify needs for professional development for teachers in the areas of math and science.
Doris Christopher was appointed assistant vice president for academic affairs and director of academic programs at the Griffin campus of the University of Georgia. She was a senior administrator at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville. Dr. Christopher will also serve as a professor of workforce education, leadership, and social foundations at the University of Georgia’s College of Education.
Melissa Smey was named executive director of the Columbia University Arts Initiative which provides cultural programing to the university community and the general public. Since 2009, she has been director of the Miller Theatre at Columbia.
Kristina E. Raspe was promoted to vice president for real estate development and asset management at the University of Southern California. She was senior associate vice president.
Susan Denham was named Chief Justice of Ireland. She is the first woman to serve in the position. She has served on the Supreme Court of Ireland since 1992.
Vicky Coleman was appointed dean of library services at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, effective September 1. She has been serving as an associate university librarian at Arizona State University. She previously was director of the Clemons Library at the University of Virginia.
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Margaret Pericak-Vance, the Dr. John T. MacDonald Foundation Professor of Human Genomics and Director of the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics at the University of Miami, received the 2011 Bengt Winblad Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alzheimer’s Association at the organization’s international conference in Paris.
Patricia C. Hodge was named superintendent of the Developmental Research School at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. She was principal for the Florida Atlantic University Schools.
Christina Stamper was appointed associate dean for academic programs at the Haworth College of Business at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. Dr. Stamper has been on the faculty at the business school for the past decade.
Texas Woman’s University in Denton was awarded a $960,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for scholarships for women pursuing undergraduate degrees in nursing, dental hygiene, speech pathology, and nutrition. Scholarships will also be available for graduate students in nursing, physical therapy, and occupational therapy.
According to government statistics, one in five women are the victims of sexual assault while in college. A large majority of these campus assaults go unreported.
Tonea Stewart, dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Alabama State University in Montgomery, will received the Living Legend Award at the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on August 1. Dr. Stewart has appeared on stage, screen, and television. She is perhaps best known for her role on the television drama In the Heat of the Night.
Dorothy Inghram received the Lifetime Achievement in Educational Justice Award from University of Redlands in California. Inghram, now 105 years old, was was the first black teacher and the first black school principal in San Bernardino County. In 1953 she became the first African-American school district superintendent in the state of California.
Sandra DeLoatch was appointed interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at Norfolk State University in Virginia. DeLoatch has been on the faculty at Norfolk State for 30 years serving as chair of the department of computer science and dean of the College of Science, Engineering, and Technology.
Sissy Walsh Bouchard was named vice president of development at the Institute for Systems Biology, a nonprofit research institute in Seattle. Since 2003, she has been a development officer at the University of Washington.
Bernadine Duncan was named director of counseling at Prairie View A&M University in Texas. She has been serving as an assistant professor in the department of educational leadership and counseling at the university.
Sharon White was named director of the Stamford campus of the University of Connecticut. She has served as interim director for the past year and has been employed by the university for the past 30 years. The Stamford campus has about 1,700 undergraduate and graduate students and employs 100 faculty and staff.
The federal government in Australia has set a goal to have at least 40 percent of young Australians complete a four-year college degree by the year 2025. It appears that young Australian women have already met the goal.
No educational institution in the land compares to South Dakota State University in terms of the academic achievement of its women college basketball players. Once again this year, as has been the case on three other occasions in the past six years, the women on South Dakota State’s basketball team had the highest average grade point average of any NCAA Division I basketball team, according to calculations made by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. For the seventh straight year, the team at South Dakota State has finished among the top 25 in average grade point average.
On August 30, 2008. a first-year woman student at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, left the dormitory room of a male student and used an emergency telephone to call university police to report that she had been raped. The male student claimed that the sex was consensual. The university did not report the incident to the county district attorney’s office and no criminal charges were ever filed in the case.
Denise E. Konan was appointed dean of the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Her appointment is effective at the beginning of 2012. She is currently a professor and chair of the department of economics at the university. Professor Konan has been on the faculty at the University of Hawaii for 18 years. Also, she has served as a consultant to the World Bank, the Ministry of Finance in Saudi Arabia, and the Ministry of Economy in Egypt.
The University of Southern California has announced that Jill Tarter director of the Center for SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Research in Mountain View, California, has joined the physics and astronomy faculty at the university. Dr. Tarter hopes to develop and teach a course on astrobiology at the university.
This August Michelle Martin will join the faculty at the University of South Carolina as the inaugural holder of the Augusta Baker Chair in Childhood Literacy. Augusta Baker worked in the New York Public Library for 37 years and later founded the Augusta Baker Collection of African-American Children’s Literature at the special collections library at the University of South Carolina.
Naomi Gerstel was named Distinguished Professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She joined the faculty at the university in 1978 and was named a full professor of sociology in 1990.
Margaret M. Mitchell was appointed the Shailer Mathews Professor at the University of Chicago. She is a literary historian of early Christianity. Professor Mitchell joined the university faculty in 1998 and became dean of the divinity school in 2010.
Cathryn R. Nagler, professor of pathology and medicine at the University of Chicago, was named the inaugural Bunning Food Allergy Professor. She joined the University of Chicago faculty in 2009 after teaching at Harvard Medical School.
Lee Fennell was named Max Pam Professor at the University of Chicago Law School. She joined the faculty in 2007 after teaching at the law schools at the University of Texas and the University of Illinois.
This October, two women members of the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing will be honored by the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing at the group’s convention in Grapevine, Texas.
Eileen Sullivan-Marx, professor of scholarly practice, associate dean for practice and community affairs, and Shearer Endowed Term Chair for Healthy Community Practices at Penn, will receive the Marie Hippensteel Lingeman Award for Excellence in Nursing Practice. She is being honored for her work with older adults and her advocacy on behalf of vulnerable groups.
Martha A. Curley, professor of nursing at Penn, will receive the Elizabeth McWilliams Miller Award for Excellence in Research. Dr. Curley is being honored for her work in pediatric critical care.