Tag: University of Montana

The women appointed to endowed professorships are Bonnie Joe at the University of California, San Francisco, Kristin Vekasi at the University of Montana, and Ellen Lust at Cornell University in New York.

Stacey Sherwin has been appointed interim president of Salish Kootenai College in Montana following the resignation of former interim president Michael Munson, who is taking on a new role with Washington State University.

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].

On June 7, Dr. Pardis Mahdavi announced her immediate resignation as president of the University of La Verne in California, after holding the position for less than a year. She was the second woman to serve in the role.

The faculty appointments are Lynn Worcester Jones at the University of Cincinnati, Anna Nogar at the University of New Mexico, Lisa Krantz at the University of Montana, Amy Hite at Pittsburg State University in Kansas, and Colleen Ryan at Tufts University in Massachusetts.

The newly established Rural Entrepreneurship And Leadership Co-Lab for Women at the University of Montana will research the challenges of women entrepreneurs in rural communities with support from Wells Fargo.

Sarah Ewing was named provost and vice president for student experience at Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania, and Adrea Lawrence was appointed interim provost at the University of Montana. Both women have been serving as deans at the universities where they will be provosts.

The women appointed deans are Cinnamon Piñon Carlarne at Albany Law School in New York, Ruth A. Hodges at South Carolina State University, Brittany Schaffer at Belmont University in Nashville, Elaine Gagliardi at the University of Montana School of Law, Kelley Brock-Simmons at Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia, and Dayna Touron at the University of Louisville.

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].

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

Dr. McLean had been serving as the director of American Indian/Minority Achievement and K-12 Partnerships in the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education in Helena. She is the former chair of the Montana Board of Regents and the former lieutenant governor of the State of Montana.

Dr. Mahdavi now serves as dean of social sciences at Arizona State University. Earlier, she served as acting dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, and dean of women and president and director of the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College in California. She will become provost at the University of Montana next summer.