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Penn State Professor Named Physician General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Rachel Levine is a professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of Pennsylvania State University. She is also chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine and Eating Disorders at the medical center.
Sixteen Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Positions in Higher Education
Here’s is this week’s roundup of appointments of women to high-level administrative posts at colleges and university across the United States.
Three Women in New Faculty Roles at American Universities
The women in new teaching posts are Keisa W. Mathis at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, S. Ilgin Guler at Pennsylvania State University, and Margaret Skurka at Indiana University Northwest in Gary.
Gail Hackett Named Provost at Virginia Commonwealth University
Since 2008, Dr. Hackett has been serving as provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Previously, she held several administrative posts during a 20-year career at Arizona State University.
The New Dean of the School of Management at the University of Alaska Southeast
Vickie Williams was named dean of the School of Management at the University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau. The School of Management offers bachelor’s degrees in business and accounting and an online master of public administration degree program.
Professor Diane Disney Honored by the National Academy of Public Administration
Dr. Disney is a professor emerita at the Brandywine campus of Pennsylvania State University. She has been a NAPA fellow since 1997 and served for seven years as a deputy assistant secretary of defense in the Clinton Administration.
Five Women in New Faculty Roles at U.S. Universities
The five women in new faculty roles are Denise W. Streeter at Penn State, Eunice Santos at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Tsveti Markova at Wayne State University in Detroit, Anna Taylor at North Dakota State, and Beth Merryman at Towson University in Maryland.
One Woman Among the Finalists to Be the Ninth Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Gail Hackett, one of three finalist for the job, is provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs and a professor of counseling and educational psychology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Penn State Student Awarded the International Children’s Peace Prize
Neha Gupta, the first American to win the award, was presented the prize by Archbishop Desmond Tutu at a ceremony in The Hague. In addition to the award, Gupta received a 100,000 Euro grant to continue her work helping orphans around the world.
Seven Women Appointed to New Administrative Posts at American Universities
The new appointees are Kecia Thomas at the University of Georgia, Ingrid Stafford at Northwestern, Leanne Ketterlin-Geller at Southern Methodist, Klara Jelinkova at Rice, Kristen Dauphinais at the University of North Dakota, Natalie Lutz at the University of Kansas, and Ann Copeland at Penn State.
Four Women Join the Faculty at the Shenango Campus of Pennsylvania State University
The four women hired to teach at the Shenango campus of Pennsylvania State University in Sharon near the Ohio border are Tamrya d’Artenay, Tammy Divens, Joan Humphrey, and Kathy Shaffer.
Ann Williams to Step Down as Chancellor of Penn State’s Lehigh Valley Campus
In 2000, Dr. Ann Williams became chancellor of the Lehigh Valley campus located in Center Valley. Previously, she spent 19 years as a professor and administrator at Luzerne County Community College in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. She will retire in July 2015.
Three Women Join the Faculty at Penn State’s Business School
The Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University has announced that 13 scholars have been hired to permanent positions on its faculty. Among the 13 new faculty members are three women: Patricia A. Patrick, Hansa Sinha, and Lei Wang.
Karen Thole to Be Honored by the Society of Women Engineers
Dr. Thole is chair of the department of mechanical and nuclear engineering at Pennsylvania State University. Before joining the Penn State faculty in 2006, she held faculty positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Virginia Tech.
A Dozen Women With New Administrative Duties in Higher Education
The women taking on new administrative roles are Carrie Landa, Brianna Bunce-Douglas, Mary Corcoran, Windsor Westbrook Sherrill, Deborah Blum, Sandy Barbour, Tiffancy C. Graham, Yana Cornish, Annie Wright, Gabrielle Banick, Rhonda Kitch, and Ellen de Graffenreid.
Five Women Who Are Taking on New Faculty Roles
The women in new teaching posts are Marilyn Morris of the University at Buffalo, Mahsa Kazempour at Penn State, Ruihong Huang at Texas A&M University, Margaret Greenwald at Wayne State University and Francesca Cavallo at the University of New Mexico.
Four Women Named Directors at State University Schools
Heather Landis is director of the School of Music at Arizona State and Lee Ann Garrison is director of the School of Arts and Communication at Oregon State. Kellean Foster is the director of the School of Architecture at Penn State and Gwen Pate is leading the School of Accountancy at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Five Woman in New Teaching Roles at Colleges and Universities
The women with new teaching assignments are Brenda Russell at Penn State-Berks, Yasmin Tyler-Hill at the Morehouse School of Medicine, Carol Brewer at the University at Buffalo, Cristina Ortiz at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, and Tomie Hahn at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Thirteen Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Posts at Colleges and Universities
The women in new administrative roles are Sheri Phillips, Stephanie Sanders, Katherine Bearden, Shelli Allen, Georgia L. Lorenz, Smitha Haneef, Sara Blair, Jacqueline Alvarez, Donna Polk, Catherine Harmonosky, Sarah Kate Gillespie, Heather Nachtmann, and Susan Carvalho.
Six Women in New Teaching Posts at Leading Universities
The women in new teaching roles are Carole R. Beal of the University of Florida, Denise Ogden of Penn State, Susan Shapiro of the University of Massachusetts, Theresa Rebeck at the University of Houston, J. Meejin Yoon of MIT, and Anne B. Newman at the University of Pittsburgh.
Seventeen Women in New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Mary Ann Fuchs, Carla Sanderson, Sharon Tennyson, Cheryl Johnson, Nalia Baloch, Binti Harvey, Susan C. Dolbert, Andrea Greenhoot, Lesia Crumpton-Young, Jodi Kupper, Ellen Anderson, Jenni Evans, Matella Nelson, Jaime Seguin, Debra Fraser Janie Long and Catherine Criswell are the new appointees.
Eight Women Are Appointed to Dean Positions
The eight women appointed to dean posts are Marie Hardin, Chandice Covington, Erika Hayes James, Shelley F. Conroy, Wanda J. Blanchett, Cynthia Berg, Marion E. Broome, and Joann Bangs.
Five Women Named to Endowed Chairs
The women appointed to named chairs are Sandra Stith at Kansas State University, Leigh A. Neumayer at the University of Arizona, Nina G. Jablonski at Penn State, Karen McElrath at Fayetteville State University, and Suzanne Marchand at Louisiana State University.
Three Women Added to the Faculty at Penn State-Beaver
The Pennsylvania State University Beaver Campus in Monaca, northwest of Pittsburgh, has announced the hiring of three women to its faculty: Amy Camodeca and Marissa Mendozza-Burcham in psychology and Stephanie Cabaracas in biology.
Seventeen Women in New Higher Education Administrative Positions
Here is this week’s summary of appointments and promotions of women to high-level administrative posts at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Five Women Appointed to New Teaching Positions at American Universities
The appointees are Vivian Chi-Hua Wu at the University of Maine, Miranda Waggoner at the University of Virginia, Ann M. Reed at Duke University, Dora Malech at Princeton University, and Marianne Hillemeier at Pennsylvania State University.
Five Women Appointed to Named Professorships
The women named to endowed chairs are Amy Ellen Schwartz at Syracuse University, Joan Shelly Rubin at the University of Rochester, Kimberly Dozier at Penn State, Jingyu Lin at Texas Tech, and Suzanne L. Baldwin at Syracuse University.
In Memoriam: Ellen Perry, 1941-2014
Ellen Perry served for 36 years as a coach and athletics administrator at Pennsylvania State University.
Women Promoted to the Rank of Distinguished Professor
Joan Richardson at the City University of New York and Sandra Harbert Petrulionis at Pennsylvania State University Altoona were appointed Distinguished University Professors. Cynthia Bejarano was named Regents Professor at New Mexico State University.
Seven Women Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
The women with new administrative jobs are Sharon Beverly, Jessica Stice, Joslyn DiPasalegne, Lucy Forster-Smith, Eileen Behr, Sharon Graham, and Jennifer Eury.
Candace Croney to Lead the New Center for Animal Welfare Science at Purdue University
Dr. Croney is an associate professor of animal sciences at Purdue University. The new center will focus on animal well-being in animal and poultry science, veterinary medicine, and scientific research.
Eight Women in New Higher Education Administrative Posts
The new women appointees taking on new administration positions are Chandra Alston, Leah Kraus, Beverly Reigle, Carol A. Padden, Karen McGlathery, Shea Kidd Houze, Kimberly Causey-Gomez, and Kara Keenan.
In Memoriam: Mary Jo Haverbeck, 1939-2014
A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Haverbeck served as an associate sports information director at Pennsylvania State University for 25 years from 1974 to 1999. She was instrumental in bringing women’s collegiate sports to national prominence.
Kristin Woolever Named to Lead Penn State Brandywine
Kristin Woolever was appointed chancellor of Pennsylvania State University Brandywine in Media, Pennsylvania. The campus, located in suburban Philadelphia, enrolls about 1,600 undergraduate students. She will begin her new job on February 1.
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.
