All Entries Tagged With: "Montana State University"
New Administrative Positions for Eight Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Two Women Among the Four Finalists to Lead the Billings Campus of Montana State University
Carmen Simone is president of Trinidad State Junior College in Colorado and Susan Elrod is provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Two Women Announce That They Are Stepping Down From High-Level University Posts Later This Year
Tamara Rogers, vice president for alumni affairs and development at Harvard University, and Shelley McKamey, the executive director of the Museum of the Rockies on the campus of Montana State University in Bozeman, have announced they are stepping down by the end of the year.
Eight Women From the Academic World Who Have Received Significant Honors or Awards
The academic women who have earned prestigious honors are Betsy Wackernagle Bach, Mary Ann Glendon, Christine Wang, Chinyere Oparah, Joyce Longcore, Rebecca Lutte, Mary Uhl-Bien, and Angela Des Jardins.
Sarah Mailhiot’s Milestone Achievement at Montana State University
Until now no woman had ever earned a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Montana State University. Sarah Mailhiot, whose doctoral research involved finding better ways to diagnose osteoarthritis using magnetic resonance imaging, is the first woman to do so. She is now conducting research in Sweden as a Whitaker Scholar.
Montana State Research Projects Shows Grant-Writing Seminars for Women Can Make a Difference
New research by a group of women scholars at Montana State University found that a six-week grant writing boot camp conducted by the university’s ADVANCE Project TRACS program resulted in a four-fold positive effect on women winning grants.
Eight Women Appointed to Dean Posts in Higher Education
The new deans are Sarah Shannon at Montana State, Yolanda Pierce at Howard University, Kim Litwack at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Sarah N. Roth at Meredith College, Katherine Lavinder at Lehigh University, Patricia Campbell at the University of the Pacific, Michelle Mohr Carney at the University of Kansas, and Kathy Stitts at Winston-Salem State University.
A Quartet of Women Named to Dean Positions at State Universities
The new deans are Alison Harmon at Montana State University in Bozeman, JoAnn Slama Lighty at Boise State University in Idaho, Laura Bloomberg at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and Sarah Gehlert at the University of South Carolina.
Five Women in New Administrative Positions in Higher Education
The women in new administrative roles are Angela Blanton at Carnegie Mellon University, Betsy Asserson at Montana State University, Katrina Briscoe at Alcorn State University in Mississippi, Sara Judge at Princeton University in New Jersey, and Pilar Prather at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
New Assignments in Higher Education for 10 Women Faculty Members
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
New Roles for Nine Women Faculty Members in Higher Education
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
Three Women Scholars Elected President of Professional Organizations
Nancy Reichert, of Mississippi State University, was named president-elect of the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology. Charlene Winters of Montana State University is president of the Western Institute of Nursing and Kelley M. Dodson, of Virginia Commonwealth University, is the first woman president of the Virginia Society of Otolaryngology.
Martha Potvin Named Provost at Springfield College in Massachusetts
Dr. Potvin has been serving as executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at Montana State University. Earlier in her career, she served for 16 years on the biology faculty at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
Seven Women Faculty Members Taking on New Roles in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions.
Nine 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.
New Administrative Roles for 11 Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Study Finds Significant Rise in Incidents of Rape on Days When a University’s Football Team Plays
The data shows that the number of reported rapes increase by 28 percent on days when the university’s football team has a game. When the university football team plays at home, the number of rapes increase by 41 percent.
Dispelling One Myth About Occupational Gender Segregation in the United States
A new study by Erin A. Cech, an assistant professor of sociology at Rice University in Houston, Texas, dispels the myth at women choose college majors and occupational fields based on flexibility that will enable them to raise a family as they pursue their careers.
Nine Women Faculty Members Appointed to New Posts
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Montana State Program Has Eliminated the Gender Gap in Faculty Hiring in STEM Fields
Over the past three years, 53 percent of new faculty hires in STEM fields at the university have been women compared with 24 percent over the previous three years. Women who received job offers were 5.8 times more likely to accept the offer than was the case previously.
Eleven Women in New Faculty Roles at Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Honors and Awards for Seven Women in Academia
The honorees are Linda Allen of Hawkeye Community College, Cathy Whitlock of Montana State, Elba Serrano of New Mexico State, Liz Hollingworth of the University of Iowa, Carrie Oser of the University of Kentucky, Christine Colella of the University of Cincinnati, and Dittika Gupta of Midwestern State.
Do Male Faculty Members Tend to Disregard Evidence of Gender Bias in STEM Fields?
Researchers at Montana State University presented past studies that showed gender bias by scientists in STEM fields to faculty members. The results showed that male faculty members tended to question the validity of the research more so than women faculty members.
Six Women Faculty Members Selected for Notable Honors
The honorees ate Deborah Rhein of New Mexico State, Kimberly Eddleston of Northeastern University, Tricia Seifert of Montana State, Claire Kimberly of the University of Southern Mississippi, Majorie H. McNeill of Florida A&M, and Caroline McCracken-Flesher of the University of Wyoming.
Ten Women in New Faculty Posts at Colleges and Universities in the U.S.
Taking on new assignments are Linda Mansfield, Deana Lawson, Henrietta Kralovec, Alice Y. Kaplan, Deborah C. Haynes, Elizabeth M. Brannon, Grace Wasike Namwamba, Linda Babcock, Catherine Mobley, and Tracy Colemen.
Sachiko Tsuruta to Be Honored by the International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics in Rome
Sachiko Tsuruta, a professor of astrophysics at Montana State University in Bozeman, has been selected to receive the Marcel Grossman Prize for her pioneering work on neutron starts. The prize is awarded every three years.
A Dozen Women Taking on New Administrative Duties in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been named to key administrative positions at colleges and universities across the United States.
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.
A Trio of Women Honored With Prestigious Awards From National Associations
The honorees are Helen Mayberg, a professor of psychiatry at Emory University in Atlanta, Waded Cruzado, president of Montana State University, and Kristin Fink, a member of the faculty of the School of Teacher Education at Utah State University.
Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointment of Nine Women to High-Level Administrative Posts
The women taking on new administrative duties are Marilyn Lockhart, Frances Welch, Tina D. Rollins, Catherine Pope, Kalenda Eaton, Karen McComas, Yvonne M. Coston, Mary Paster, and Tami Benham Deal.
New Administrative Posts for 18 Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of appointments of women to high-level administrative positions at colleges and universities across the United States.
Two Women Are Finalists to Lead the Office of Institutional Equity at Montana State University
Kathleen A. Grimes is the Title IX coordinator and assistant adviser to the president at the Marine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine, and Laura Lindstrand is a policy analyst for the Washington State Human Rights Commission.
Seven Women Scholars Awarded Distinguished Honors
The seven women who have been selected to receive prestigious awards are Alice Baumgartner, Stephanie Luster-Teasley, Martha Hilley, Denise Mallor, Allison Joseph, Alison Chapman, and Velma McBride Murry.
Sheila Stearns to Lead the Billings Campus of Montana State University
Dr. Stearns retired as commissioner of education for the state of Montana in 2012 after serving in that post for nine years. Since that time she has served as a senior fellow and consultant for the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, which is based in Washington, D.C.
Two Women Candidates for Dean of the College of Agriculture at Montana State University
The two woman finalists are Teresa Balser a professor of soil and water science at University of Florida and Beverly Durgan, dean of University of Minnesota Extension and professor at the University of Minnesota.
