“This has been a tough decision as I have loved my time at Great Falls College, and I can’t wait to see what’s next for it,” said Dr. Erdmann. “But I have decided that this will be the right time for me to begin the next chapter of my life and focus on new personal goals and opportunities.”
The women faculty members appointed to new positions are Ana Rangel at Virginia Tech, Sarah Fincham at Washington State University, and Julia Galloway at the University of Montana.
An environmental sociologist, Dr. Ulrich-Schad is an expert on the impact of tourism on Bear Lake and the social dynamics of natural-resource-based communities. She currently directs Utah State University's Community and Natural Resources Institute.
The new deans are Marcia Straughn at McMurry University in Texas, Jodi Bennett at Montcalm Community College in Michigan, and Christina Yoshimura at the 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 contact@WIAReport.com.
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.
