All Entries Tagged With: "North Carolina State University"
Montserrat Fuentes Honored by the American Statistical Association
Montserrat Fuentes, a professor in the department of statistical sciences and operations research and dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, conducts statistical research on weather, climate, pollution, and ecology.
New Networking Group Seeks to Help Women Gain Traction in Academic Engineering
A new joint program by the University of Washington, North Carolina State University, and California Polytechnic State University seeks to build a support group for women engineers seeking to transfer from graduate programs into tenure-track faculty positions.
Three Women Among the Four Finalists for Dean of Veterinary School at the University of Georgia
All four candidates will visit the veterinary school by February 15 to meet with members of the college community and to make a public presentation. Three of the four candidates are women.
Study Discovers an Unexpected Source to Increase Women in STEM Majors
A new study led by Joy Gaston Gayles, an associate professor in the College of Education at North Carolina State University, finds that women who come to college not knowing what course of study they will choose are good candidates to increase overall enrollments of women students in STEM fields.
Five Women Who Have Announced They Are Leaving Their Current Posts in Academia
They are Nancy Weiss Malkiel at Princeton University, Judy Piercy at Ohio University, Deb Luckadoo at North Carolina State University, Eileen Ely at Green River College in Washington State, and Melinda Nish at Southwestern College in California.
Thirteen Women Who Will Be Taking on New Administrative Posts 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.
Nineteen Women Who Will Be Taking on New Administrative Roles 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.
Gail Gibson Fired as President of Essex County College in New Jersey
Last month, Gale Gibson, president of Essex County College in Newark, New Jersey, was suspended with pay. Now the college’s board of trustees has fired Dr. Gibson. She became president of the community college in 2013.
Seven Women Scholars in the Twelfth Class of Jefferson Science Fellows
The Jefferson Science Fellows Program is designed to further build capacity for science, technology, and engineering expertise within the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development. Seven of the 12 fellows this year are women.
Six Women Named to Dean Positions at Colleges and Universities
The new deans are Mary Ann Danowitz at North Carolina State University, Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy at American University, Catharine O’Connell at Illinois College, Carolyn Gascoigne at Angelo State University, Sally C. Morton at Virginia Tech, and Melissa Murray at the University of California, Berkeley.
In Memoriam: Mary Ann Scherr, 1921-2016
Mary Ann Scherr was an accomplished artist, designer, and educator. She served on the faculty at Kent State University in Ohio for more than a quarter century and then taught at the Parson School of Design in New York, North Carolina State University, Duke University, and Meredith College.
Two Women Among Three Finalists for Dean of the College of Education at North Carolina State University
Mary Ann Danowitz is a professor of higher education and interim dean of the College of Education at North Carolina State University. Carole G. Basile is a professor and dean of the College of Education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
The First Woman President of Delaware Valley University
Maria Gallo is dean of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Earlier in her career, she was chair of the department of agronomy at the University of Florida. When she takes office in July, Dr. Gallo will be the first woman president in the 120-year history of Delaware Valley University.
Nine Women Awarded Prestigious Churchill Scholarships
Nine women from the United States are among the 15 students who have been awarded Churchill Scholarships for master’s degree programs in STEM fields at the University of Cambridge in England.
Trudy Mackay of North Carolina State University to Receive the Wolf Prize in Agriculture
Professor MacKay is being honored by the Wolf Foundation in Israel for “achievements in the interest of mankind and friendly relations among people irrespective of nationality, race, colour, religion, sex or political views.”
Six Women Academics Earn Notable Honors or Awards
The honorees are Sarah Howe of Harvard University, Patrician Precin of Touro College, Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz of Hamilton College, Susan K. Nutter of North Carolina State University, Mary Gardner of Bloomsburg University, and Katie Dixon-Gordon of the University of Massachusetts.
Annette Ranft Named Dean of the Business School at North Carolina State University
Currently, Dr. Ranft is the Reagan Professor of Business and the senior associate dean of academic affairs at the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee. She will begin her new job at North Carolina State University on July 1.
The Inaugural Winner of the Mark L. Morris Jr. Investigator Award From the Morris Animal Foundation
Kathryn M. Meurs is a professor and associate dean for research and graduate education in the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University. The award will fund her research on canine mitral valve disease, the most common cause of heart disease in dogs.
Six Women Professors Presented With Notable Awards
The honorees are Chritine Grant of North Carolina State University, Shannor Vallor of Santa Clara University, Kimberly E. Applegate of Emory University, Julie Bullard of the University of Montana, Nance Wilson of SUNY-Cortland, and Mary Kay Washington of Vanderbilt University.
Study to Examine Gender Differences in Faculty Workloads
The Faculty Workload and Rewards Project, funded by a $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, will examine faculty workloads in 42 academic departments at 13 public universities in Maryland, Massachusetts, and North Carolina.
Elizabeth Loboa Will Head the College of Engineering at the University of Missouri
Dr. Loboa has been serving as a professor of material science and engineering at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, where she was the director of the Cell Mechanics Laboratory. She will become dean at the University of Missouri on October 15.
In Memoriam: Anna Jane Pence Keller, 1920-2015
In 1974, Anna Jane Keller was named dean of undergraduate admissions at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. She was the first women to hold a high-level administrative post at the university.
Nineteen Women Appointed to Administrative Posts 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.
In Memoriam: Doris Elaine Sipe, 1942-2015
D. Elaine Sipe had a 38-year career teaching at several colleges and universities. After graduating from Concordia College in River Forest, Illinois, in 1964 she joined the Peace Corps and served in Malaysia before beginning her academic career.
Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Names Tashni Dubroy as Its 17th President
Dr. Dubroy has been serving as as the special assistant to the president for process optimization at Shaw University. Dr. Dubroy is also the co-founder of Tea and Honey Blends, a hair care products company.
Study Finds a Hidden Bias by Students Against Women Faculty Members
The lead author of the study reports that the instructor of the online course whom students thought was male received higher ratings on all 12 measures of competency, regardless of whether the instructor was actually male or female.
Eileen Hoffman Named President-Elect of the Ocean Sciences Section of the American Geophysical Union
Eileen E. Hoffman is a professor of ocean, earth, and atmospheric sciences at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She has been on the faculty at Old Dominion since 1989 and was promoted to full professor in 1995.
Two High-Level Administrators Announce Their Retirements
Anna Martin, vice president for administration at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and Betsy E. Brown, vice provost for faculty affairs at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, have announced they will retire in 2015.
Linda Brady to Step Down as Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Linda P. Brady, chancellor of the University of North Carolina Greensboro, has announced that she will step down on July 31, 2015 and return to teaching. She was named the university’s tenth chancellor in August 2008.
A Dozen Women Taking on New Administrative Roles at Colleges and Universities
The appointees are Sarah Cortell Vandersypen, Cathy Grimes, Ginny Painter, Marjolie Leonard, Pamela Dumas Serfes, Jill Oswaks, Jamina Scippio-McFadden, Shokrina Radpour Beering, Priscilla Salant, Lauren Ross, Renee Wells, and Julie Hopwood.
Four Women Who Have Been Named to Serve as Deans
The new deans are Maureen Grasso at North Carolina State University, Claudia Santin at Concordia University in Chicago, Tara F. Hulsey at West Virginia University, and Wanda Fleming Lester at North Carolina Central University.
Four Academic Women Honored for Their Achievements
The four women selected for academic honors are Nancy Amato at Texas A&M University, Kathryn Meurs at North Carolina State University, Hortensia Amaro at the University of Southern California and Naomi Levin at Johns Hopkins University.
Five Women Named to Dean Posts
The new deans are Stephanie Coursey Bailey, Linda Maule, Mary Catherine Watzin, Phyllis Craig-Taylor, and Donna L. Hammond.
New Grant Programs Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants to women’s colleges or other grants that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
New Grant Programs Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
