Tag: Texas Christian University

Amy Thompson Honored for Distinguished Service to Teacher Education and Foreign Language Learning

Currently director of the School of Teacher Education at Florida State University, Amy S. Thompson received the 2024 Distinguished Service to the Profession Award from the Association of Language Departments, a part of the Modern Language Association.

Five Women Selected for Endowed Faculty Appointments

The women appointments to endowed faculty positions are Daniela Arias-Rotondo at Kalamazoo College in Michigan, Hannah Feldman at the University of Pennsylvaania, Sharrona Pearl at Texas Christian University, Emily Satterwhite at Virginia Tech, and Erica Fuchs at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

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.

Ten Women Appointed to University 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].

Elizabeth MacLeod Walls Selected as 14th President of Washington & Jefferson College

Currently the president of William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, Elizabeth MacLeod Walls will assume the presidency of Washington & Jefferson College in June.

Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg Will Be the Eleventh President of the University of Tampa

Dr. Dahlberg is currently provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Texas Christian University. Prior to joining TCU in 2019, Dr. Dahlberg served as dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University. She will become president of the University of Tampa on June 1.

In Memoriam: Theresa A. Powell

Theresa A. Powell was vice president for student affairs at Temple University in Philadelphia. Dr. Powell came to Temple in 2002 after serving as vice president of student affairs at Western Michigan University.

Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Positions in Higher Education

The four women who have been appointed to endowed positions are Christina Maranci at Harvard University,. Julie E. Bauman at George Washington University Cancer Center in Washington, D.C., Lisa T. Alexander at the Boston College School of Law, and Ashley Franklin at Texas Christian University.

Three Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Faculty Positions

The three women faculty members who have been appointed to endowed chairs are Nicole Uphold at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina, Audrey Sorrells at Texas Chrisitan University in Fort Worth, and Jennifer Tosti-Kharas at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships

The three women who have been appointed to endowed chairs are Bonnie Lucero at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Danielle Dick at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University in New Jersey, and Kristen Brennand at the Yale School of Medicine.

A Trio of Women Scholars Who Were Appointed to Endowed Professorships at Universities

The three women who were named to endowed positions are Lori Diel at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Cynthia Colburn at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, and Karen Cook-Bell at Bowie State University in Maryland.

Two Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to University Dean Positions

Amy Hardison Tully is the inaugural Teresa Ann Carter King Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and Andrea A. Hayes Dixon was appointed dean of the Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C.