Kelly Bruhn was named dean of the Drake University School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Jamie Wittenberg was named dean of University Libraries at Loyola University Chicago and Heather Greenlee was appointed interim dean of the Iowa State University Graduate College.
For nearly three decades, Dr. Stevens has taught undergraduate microbiology courses at Virginia Tech. Earlier in her tenure, she was a key stakeholder in developing the university's bachelor's degree program in microbiology.
DeRionne Pollard was named president of Nevada State University in 2021, making her the first Black woman to lead any institution within the Nevada System of Higher Education. Earlier in her career, she was president of Montgomery College in Maryland and of Las Poistas College in California.
Dr. Burgin of Iowa State University has recently received an award from the Society for Freshwater Science. Spanning the fields of limnology, biogeochemistry, and microbial ecology, her research focuses on how human activities influence streams, rivers, lakes, and wetlands.
Dr. Wintersteen, the first woman president of Iowa State University, is slated to retire in January 2026, after nearly a decade as president and more than four decades as a faculty and staff member.
Dr. Elrod was an administrator at Washington and Lee University for 22 years, including several years as first lady after her husband, John Elrod, became W&L's twenty-second president. She was also a local politician, serving as the first woman mayor of Lexington, Virginia from 2008 to 2016.
Dr. Hancock has taught as an assistant teaching professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Missouri for the past seven years. Her research focuses on mental health and well-being within the veterinary medical profession.
The new endowed chairs are Elizabeth Brickley at the Colorado School of Public Health, Amy Kaleita at Iowa State University, and Roni Reiter-Palmon at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
According to a new report from Westat, nearly 19 percent of women and 21 percent of genderqueer students experienced some form of nonconsensual sexual misconduct in 2024. This is a decrease from 2019.
Anne Clifford was the first woman appointed to the Msgr. James A. Supple Chair in Catholic Studies at Iowa State University. Her academic interests including feminist theology, creation theology, and natural sciences.
Gould succeeds former Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff, whose leadership was unable to prevent ten schools from leaving the conference over the past two years. Gould's appointment makes her not only the first woman commissioner of the Pac-12 conference, but the first woman commissioner of any Autonomy Five athletic conference.
Her promotion to follows the recent separation of former Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff, whose leadership was unable to prevent ten schools from leaving the conference over the past two years. Gould's appointment makes her not only the first woman commissioner of the Pac-12 conference, but the first woman commissioner of any Autonomy Five athletic conference.
