All Entries Tagged With: "Hollins University"
Emory Professor Honored by the Academy of American Poets
Natasha Trethewey, the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University and the former poet laureate of the United States, received the 2016 Fellowship for Distinguished Poetic Achievement from the Academy of American Poets. The award comes with a $25,000 prize.
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.
In Memoriam: Amanda Ward Penick
Amanda Penick taught at the School of Music at the University of Alabama for 61 years. She was the longest serving tenured faculty member not only at the University of Alabama but in the entire state of Alabama.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
New Faculty Roles for Seven Women Scholars
The seven women with new teaching positions are Guangzhao Mao at Wayne State, Lorraine S. Lange at Hollins University, Lauren Emberson at Princeton, Maureen Conroy at the University of Florida, Holly Willis at St. Catherine University, Emily Conover at Hamilton College and Carlin Rafie at Virginia Tech.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Hollins University Professor Wins Book Award
Elizabeth O. Dulemba, the author of more than two dozen children’s titles who teaches picture book design and creative writing at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, has received the Green Earth Book Award from the Nature Generation.
New Book Award Honors Hollins University Alumna Margaret Wise Brown
Hollins University, the women’s college in Roanoke, Virginia, has announced the establishment of the Margaret Wise Brown Prize in Children’s Literature. The award will be presented for the first time in 2016.
Seven Women Have Been Named to University Administrative Posts
The women in new university administrative posts are Sigal Segev at Florida International, Chanta Haywood at Albany State, Amy Schlesing at the University of Arkansas, Coleen Burrus at Princeton, Juliet Weissman at Cornell Tech, Jenine Culligan at Hollins University, and Karen High at Clemson University.
Two Women’s Colleges in Virginia Exploring Cooperative Measures
Using a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Sweet Briar College and Hollins University in Roanoke will examine whether it is possible to cooperate in certain administrative areas that would help both institutions reduce costs.
Three Women’s Colleges Rated as Having the “Best Professors”
Among the 25 colleges and universities rated as having the best professors are three women’s colleges: Wellesley College in Massachusetts, Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, and Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia.
Jeanine Stewart Appointed Provost at McDaniel College
Since 2008, Dr. Stewart has served as the chief academic officer of Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia. Previously, she was professor of psychology and neuroscience at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.
