All Entries Tagged With: "University of Denver"
Three Women Named to Dean Posts in Higher Education
Karen Riley is the new dean of the College of Education at the University of Denver. Kathleen Weigel is the new dean of the College of Education at Lynn University in Florida and Rebecca Grabiner is the new dean of the first-year class at Barnard College in New York City.
The New Leader of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania
Constance Cain Hungerford will become interim president of Swarthmore College on July 14. She is the Mari S. Michener Professor of Art History at the college and served as provost at Swarthmore from 2001 to 2011.
Rebecca Chopp Appointed Chancellor of the University of Denver
Since 2009, Dr. Chopp has served as president of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, which enrolls about 1,550 undergraduate students. The University of Denver enrolls more than 5,000 undergraduate students and 6,000 graduate students.
Two Women Among the Four Finalists for Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Nebraska
Barbara J. Risman is professor and chair of the department of sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Susan Sterett is a professor of political science and former department chair and associate dean at the University of Denver.
University of Denver Study Examines Status of Women as Leaders in the United States
The report examines the status of women in 14 different sectors of American society including business, the academic world, arts, entertainment, law, the military, and several other categories.
Two Women Named to Key Teaching Posts at the University of Denver College of Business
Barbara Jackson was named the director of the Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management and Sharon Alvarez was appointed to the Koch Chair in Entrepreneurship.
Christine Riordan Named Provost at the University of Kentucky
Currently Dr. Riordan is dean of the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. She is also a professor of management at the business school. She will begin her new role at the start of the fall semester.
Two Women Are Among the Three Finalists for Provost at the University of Kentucky
The two women candidates are Nancy W. Brickhouse, professor of science education and interim provost at the University of Delaware and Christine Riordan, professor of management and dean of the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.
The Rebirth of Colorado Women’s College
Colorado Women’s College was founded in 1888. Facing financial difficulties, in 1982 it was absorbed into the University of Denver and became the Woman’s College of the University of Denver. Now to celebrate the college’s 125th anniversary, it will revert to its original name.
The New President of Rocky Vista University
Cheryl D. Lovell is the former chief academic officer of the Colorado Department of Higher Education and former associate dean and professor of education at the University of Denver.
Another Honor for the University of Denver’s Erica Chenoweth
Last month Dr. Chenoweth shared the $100,000 Grawemeyer Prize for her book on civil resistance. Now she is being honored for the same book by the American Political Science Association.
University of Denver Scholar Shares Grawemeyer Award
Erica Chenoweth, as assistant professor of international studies at the University of Denver, is sharing the 2013 Grawemeyer Prize for ideas improving world order for co-authoring a book in nonviolent civil resistance.
Rebecca Love Kourlis to Receive the John Marshall Award from the American Bar Association
A former justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, she currently serves as director of the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver.
Linda Bowman Stepping Down From the Presidency of the Community College of Aurora
She received a Fulbright Specialists Award for work in Hong Kong this spring and will join the faculty at the University of Denver in the fall.
