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Six Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Professorships

Six Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Professorships

Appointed to endowed chairs are L. DeAne Lagerquist at St. Olaf College, Angela Banks at Arizona State University, Shannon Monnat at Syracuse University, Barbara Allen at Carleton College, Barbara Barnett at the University of Kansas, and Hong Liang at Texas A&M University.

Five Women Appointed to Positions as Deans at Colleges and Universities

Five Women Appointed to Positions as Deans at Colleges and Universities

The new deans are Laurie Hillson at Becker College in Worcester, Massachusetts, Julie Finnern at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota, Amanda Nicholson at Syracuse University in New York, Stephanie McGowan at Felican University in Lodi, New Jersey, and Donna Williams at Alcorn State University in Mississippi.

In Memoriam: Antje Bultmann Lemke, 1918-2017

In Memoriam: Antje Bultmann Lemke, 1918-2017

At the end of World War II, Lemke was in the Russian quarter of Berlin. She escaped in a wooden crate that was marked as packaging for a telescope to be sent to West Berlin. She taught at Syracuse University in New York from 1952 to 1986.

Eight Women Assigned to New Administrative Positions in Higher Education

Eight Women Assigned to New 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.

Eight Universities Appoint Women to High-Level Administrative Positions

Eight Universities Appoint Women to High-Level Administrative Positions

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

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.

Six Women Scholars Who Have Earned Prestigious Honors or Awards

Six Women Scholars Who Have Earned Prestigious Honors or Awards

The honorees are Annemarie Vaccaro of the University of Rhode Island, Hortense Spillers at Vanderbilt University, Krishna Winston at Wesleyan University, Ona Renner-Fahey at the University of Montana, Bettye M. Clark at Clark Atlanta University, and Melissa Luke at Syracuse University.

New Administrative Positions for 14 Women at Colleges and Universities

New Administrative Positions for 14 Women 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.

Fourteen Women Appointed to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education

Fourteen Women Appointed to 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.

Molly Corbett Broad to Step Down From the Presidency of the American Council on Education

Molly Corbett Broad to Step Down From the Presidency of the American Council on Education

Molly Corbett Broad became the 12th president of the American Council on Education in 2008. She is the first woman to serve in the post since the organization’s founding in 1918. She will step down as president on October 31.

Five Women Who Are Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education

Five Women Who Are Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education

The appointees are Sarah Curran at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, Marsha C. Senior at Syracuse University in New York, Mary Jo Gonzales at Washington State University, Shira Thomas at Florida A&M University, and Kristen Roman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

New Assignments in Higher Education for 10 Women Faculty Members

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.

Ten Women Who Will Be Taking on New Administrative Roles at Colleges and Universities

Ten Women Who Will Be Taking on New Administrative Roles 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.

Six Women Scholars Taking on New Faculty Assignments

Six Women Scholars Taking on New Faculty Assignments

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 Administrative Roles for Six Women at Colleges and Universities

New Administrative Roles for Six Women at Colleges and Universities

Taking on new duties are Tracy McGrady at Ozarks Technical Community College in Missouri, Diane R. Wiener at Syracuse University, Linda Beck Halliburton at the University of South Dakota, Kornelia Tancheva at the University of Pittsburgh, Stephanie Krauth at Texas Woman’s University, and Angie Leidinger at Clemson University in South Carolina.

In Memoriam: Marilyn Sue Kerr, 1935-2016

In Memoriam: Marilyn Sue Kerr, 1935-2016

Marilyn Kerr taught biology at Syracuse University in New York for more than four decades. In 1976, she earned a Ph.D. in zoology at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. She was only the second woman to do so.

In Memoriam: Lucia Perillo, 1958-2016

In Memoriam: Lucia Perillo, 1958-2016

Lucia Perillo was a highly regarded poet and former university professor. She won a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 2000 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in poetry in 2010.

New Duties for Six Women Faculty Members at Major Universities

New Duties for Six Women Faculty Members at Major Universities

Taking one new assignments are Lourdes Estrada at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Cathryn R. Newton at Syracuse University in New York, Amanda Bailey at the University of Maryland, Catherine Larochelle at Virginia Tech, Keisha Bentley-Edwards at Duke University in North Carolina, and Kim Fridkin at Arizona State University.

New Administrative Assignments in Higher Education for 11 Women

New Administrative Assignments in Higher Education for 11 Women

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

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.

In Memoriam: Ilyse Margo Kusnetz, 1966-2016

In Memoriam: Ilyse Margo Kusnetz, 1966-2016

Ilyse Kusnetz held the Sue Luzadder Chair in Communications at Valencia College in Orlando, Florida. She won the 2014 T.S. Eliot Prize for her poetry collection Small Hours

New Administrative Duties for 18 Women in Higher Education

New Administrative Duties for 18 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.

A Dozen Women Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education

A Dozen Women 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.

Fourteen Women Appointed to Administrative Posts in Higher Education

Fourteen 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.

Eight Women Faculty Members Who Are Assuming New Roles in Higher Education

Eight Women Faculty Members Who Are Assuming 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.

Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education

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.

Six Women Who Are Stepping Down From Their Higher Education Posts

Six Women Who Are Stepping Down From Their Higher Education Posts

Stepping down are Sally Mason at the University of Iowa, Nancy C. Andrews at Duke University, Marilyn Higgins at Syracuse University, Claudia Schmuckli at the University of Houston, Diane Morrison-Beedy at the University of South Florida, and Jodi Kelly at Seattle University.

Nine Women Appointed to Endowed Professorships in Higher Education

Nine Women Appointed to Endowed Professorships in Higher Education

The women appointed to endowed chairs at colleges and universities are Maya Wiley, Sally C. Morton, Julia Wallace, Jodi Upton, Hui Fang, Beth Simmons, Pia Albinsson, Shontavia Johnson, and Anne Gelb.

Four Women Hired to the Faculty of the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University

Four Women Hired to the Faculty of the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University

The School of Information Studies at Syracuse University in New York has announced the hiring of five new faculty members. Four of the five new hires are women. They are Rachel Ivy Clarke, Ingrid Erickson, Caroline Haythornthwaite, and Lu Xiao.

Four Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Chairs

Four Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Chairs

The four women appointed to endowed chairs are Monique Greenwood at Howard University in Washington, D.C., Susan Parrish at McDaniel College in Westminster Maryland, Regina Barzilay at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Tula Goenka at Syracuse University in New York.

Four Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Chairs

Four Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Chairs

The women scholars appointed to endowed chairs are Bei Yu at Syracuse University in New York, Stephanie R. Yates at the University of Alabama Birmingham, Lisa A. Marsch at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, and Mona Kerby at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland.

A Milestone Award for a Syracuse University Physicist

A Milestone Award for a Syracuse University Physicist

Lisa Manning, an associate professor of physics at Syracuse University in New York, will be honored with the Young Scientist Prize in Lyon, France, this July by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. She is the first woman to win the award.

In Memoriam: Bettye Caldwell, 1924-2016

In Memoriam: Bettye Caldwell, 1924-2016

In 1967, Dr. Caldwell was a co-founder of the Children’ Center in Syracuse. It was one of the first infant daycare centers in the nation. Dr. Caldwell’s work became a model for the country’s Head Start program.

Metropolitan State University in Minnesota Names Its Next President

Metropolitan State University in Minnesota Names Its Next President

Virginia Arthur has served as provost at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota since 2012. From 2009 to 2012, she was associate provost for faculty affairs at the University of Northern Iowa. She is a graduate of Syracuse University and the College of Law at American University.

New Administrative Posts for 12 Women in Higher Education

New Administrative Posts for 12 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.