Tag: Smith College

The appointments are Lisa Clough at North Carolina A&T State University, Stephanie Monastra Wilder at Walsh University in Ohio, Christie Torruella Smith at Alfred University in New York, Heather Woods at Smith College in Massachusetts, Dana Bodine at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, and Laura Fultz at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta.

Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.

Chrisler has led Hampshire College on an interim basis for the past three months. She first joined the liberal arts institution in 2019 as chief advancement officer and was promoted to vice president of institutional support in 2024.

Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.

Wellesley College in Massachusetts is the top women's college in the United States and tied for seventh among the country's best liberal arts colleges, according to U.S. News and World Report. Barnard College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, Bryn Mawr College, Scripps College, and Spelman College were the next highest ranked women's colleges and were all included within the country's overall top 50 liberal arts institutions.

One of the country's oldest women's colleges, Smith College, has been hit with a federal civil rights complaint alleging its acceptance of transgender women undergraduate students is in violation of Title IX and limits opportunities for "biological women."

The new deans are Nancy Kirkpatrick, Michelle Froese, Niki Callison, Diane Reich, Jennifer Chatman, Alexia Hudson-Ward, Julie Thornton, Mukta Panda, Sharmila Anandasabapathy, Jodi Mills, Jewel Bronaugh, and Tamara Sumner.

Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].

A Colgate faculty member for over four decades, Dr. Klenck was a scholar of British fiction, an advocate for study abroad opportunities, and a professional soprano vocalist.

The NASFAA is dedicated to supporting financial aid professionals at colleges throughout the country. Melanie Storey, director of policy implementation and oversight for federal student aid at the Department of Education, is set to assume the NASFAA presidency on May 1.

Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.

As the 2024 Kravis Emerging Composer, Dr. Soper will premiere an original piece at the New York Philharmonic, featuring herself as the vocalist. She currently teaches at Smith College in Massachusetts.