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The Higher Education of the Five Women Selected to Head Cabinet-Level Departments
President-elect Donald Trump has recently nominated five women to lead federal departments. Linda McMahon, Kristi Noem, and Lori Chavez-DeRemer hold bachelor’s degrees. Pam Bondi and Brooke Rollins hold juris doctorates.
In Memoriam: June Frazer, 1936-2024
Dr. Frazer was a tenured professor of English at Western Illinois University for more than two decades. After her retirement, she was an elected member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives for three terms.
Four Universities Announce the Appointments of Women to Provost Positions
The four women appointed provosts are Sheryl A. Tucker at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Elizabeth Skompat Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, Charlene D. Gilbert at Clark Atlanta University in Georgia, and Christina Schnyders at Malone University in Canton, Ohio.
Kerry Heyward to Lead Clayton State University in Georgia
Heyward has been serving as university attorney for Georgia State University in Atlanta. She has been on the staff there for 20 years. Earlier, she was an associate at a private law firm specializing in transactional law, estate planning, and tax law.Heyward has been serving as university attorney for Georgia State University in Atlanta. She has been on the staff there for 20 years. Earlier, she was an associate at a private law firm specializing in transactional law, estate planning, and tax law.Heyward has been serving as university attorney for Georgia State University in Atlanta. She has been on the staff there for 20 years. Earlier, she was an associate at a private law firm specializing in transactional law, estate planning, and tax law.
Rhea Law Has Been Appointed President of the University of South Florida
Rhea Law has been serving as interim president since August 2021. She is the first graduate of the university to serve as president. President Law was one of the founding members of the USF board of trustees, where she spent five years as vice chair and four years as the first and only female chair.
Rhea Law Selected to Lead the University of South Florida
Law is the former chief executive officer and chair of the board of Fowler White Boggs, a Florida law firm. She led the merger of that firm with a national firm, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney in 2014. President Law was one of the founding members of the USF board of trustees, where she spent five years as vice chair and four years as the first and only female chair.
A Dozen Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Positions 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.
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.
All Four Finalists for Dean of the University of Colorado School of Law Are Women
The four women finalists for dean of the University of Colorado School of Law are Michèle Alexandre of Stetson University, Johanna Bond of Washington and Lee University, Lolita Buckner Inniss of Southern Methodist University, and Sarah Krakoff of the University of Colorado.
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.
Eleven Universities Announce the Appointment of Women to Dean Positions
The new deans are Lepaine Sharp-McHenry, Jennifer D. Greer, Sian Mooney, Bonnie Rush, Elizabeth Skomp, Kimberly Lawless, Andra Basu, Coleen Pugh, Adrea Lawrence, Deborah Rifenbary, and Zoe Woodell Locklear.
Universities Appoint Six Women to Dean Posts
The new deans are Michèle Alexandre at Stetson University in Florida, Kristine L. Blair at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Bernadette Boden-Albala at the University of California, Irvine, Melissa Gresalfi at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Julia DeLoia at Hollins University in Virginia, and Teresa Reed at the University of Louisville.
Five Women Who Have Announced Their Intentions to Retire From High-Level Posts in the Academic World
The five women leaving their posts are Wendy Libby, president of Stetson University in Florida, Susan Welch, dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Penn State, Catherine Murray-Rust, dean of libraries at Georgia Tech, Gail O. Mellow, president of LaGuardia Community College in New York, and Peggy Bradford, President of Shawnee Community College in Illinois.
Stetson University Receives Funding for Science Camp for Girls and Other Underrepresented Youths
The Nina B. Hollis Research Impact Awards provide grants for Stetson research projects that explore ways to improve preschool through high school educational outcomes for girls and other youth who are underrepresented in mathematics and computer science.
Elizabeth L. Paul Named the 16th President of Capital University in Columbus, Ohio
Dr. Paul currently serves as executive vice president and provost at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. She has served as provost since 2009. She is also a tenured full professor of psychology at the university.
Ellen Podgor Elected President of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools
Podgor is the Gary R. Trombley Family White Collar Crime Research Professor at Stetson University in Gulfport, Florida. She will lead the regional association that represents 72 member law schools and 31 other affiliates.
A Dozen Women Named to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
The women in new administrative jobs are Kedra Ishop, Linda Oldham, Rosalie Richards, Karen Burg, Sandra Oerly-Bennett, Kimberly Johnson, Teresa Reeve, Stephanie Kit, Isabel Scarinci, Sandy Barbour, Caroline Levander, and LLJuna Weir.
Eight Women Scholars Honored With Prestigious Awards
The eight women honored with awards are Mary Kay Hemenway, Jenna Price Carpenter, Huda Y. Zoghbi, Rosalie Carpenter, Linda Florence Callahan, Diana Lados, Rebecca Patton and Sheree Toth.
New Dean of the Texas Tech Law School
Darby Dickerson comes to Texas Tech from the Stetson University College of Law in Florida, where she served as dean since 2004.
