Tag: Davidson College

New Dean Appointments for Eight Women in Higher Education

Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new dean positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].

Elizabeth Kiss Selected as the Twentieth President of Union College in New York

Dr. Kiss comes to Union College from the Rhodes Trust in Oxford, where she serves as the organization's first woman CEO. She has significant experience in academic leadership, including 12 years as president of Agnes Scott College in Georgia.

“Communal” Language on Women’s Resumes May Be Preventing Their Success in Male-Dominated Fields

New research has found that when women use communal language that appears to be helpful or caring, on their resumes, they are less likely to be hired for roles in male-dominated industries.

Four Professionals Appointed to Diversity Positions in Higher Education

Jeremi London, Sheleta Camadra-Webb, and Alexandra Pirkle are taking on new diversity leadership positions at three prestigious universities.

Colleges and Universities Appoint Eight Women to Administrative Positions

Here is this week's roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].

Three Woman Who Have Been Appointed to Diversity Posts in Higher Education

Melissa González, has agreed to serve as interim chief diversity officer for the 2023-24 academic year at Davidson College in North Carolina. Emily Glodzik was named coordinator of diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Scranton campus of Pennsylvania State University and Aja Rodriguez is the new director of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Maryville College in Tennessee.

Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions

Stacy Leeds was appointed dean of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. Shelley Rigger will serve as the dean of the faculty and vice president for academic affairs at Davidson College in North Carolina and Beth Novak was appointed interim dean of the Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University.

Carol Quillen to Step Down as President of Davidson College in North Carolina

Carol Quillen, president of highly rated Davidson College in North Carolina, announced recently that she will step down from her post at the end of the 2021-22 academic year. She will take a sabbatical year and then return to Davidson College as a professor of history. When she took office in August 2011, Dr. Quillen was the first woman to serve as president of Davidson College.

Companies’ Parental Leave Policies Stigmatize Women as Less Essential

A new study found that the majority of Fortune 500 companies have paid parental leave policies that offer substantially more leave to mothers than to fathers. The authors found that one third of these companies offer twice as much leave to mothers as to fathers. This signals that mothers are the ones who should take time off.

Sixteen Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Posts at Colleges and Universities

Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.

Alison Chapman Wins Book Award from the Milton Society of America

Alison Chapman, professor and chair of the department of English at the University of Alabama at Birmingham was selected as the winner of the James Holley Hanford Award from the Milton Society of America. The award honors the most distinguished book that furthers the scholarship on English poet John Milton.

The New Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Asheville

Since 2013, Dr. Nancy J. Cable has been serving as president of the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation. Earlier in her career, Dr. Cable was vice president and senior adviser to the president at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, and dean of admission and financial aid at Davidson College in North Carolina.