All Entries Tagged With: "University of Wisconsin Milwaukee"
Eleven Women Academics Awarded MacArthur Foundation Fellowships
The Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation has announced the selection of 23 individuals in this year’s class of MacArthur Fellows. Of this year’s 23 MacArthur Fellows, 12 are women. All but one have current ties to the academic world.
Nancy Zimpher Announces She Will Step Down as Chancellor of the State University of New York
Nancy L. Zimpher, chancellor of the State University of New York System, announced that she will step down at the end of the 2016-17 academic year. She has been chancellor of the 64-campus system for the past seven years.
Mount Mary University President to Step Down in 2017
Eileen Mihm Schwalbach has been president of the university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, since 2009 and has served on the full-time faculty there since 1997. The university’s undergraduate programs are open only to women and currently enroll about 860 students.
In Memoriam: Barbara Zakrzewska Borowiecki, 1924-2016
Barbara Z. Borowiecki taught geography at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for 32 years. A native of Warsaw, Poland, she lived through the Nazi occupation and came to the United States in 1947 at the age of 23.
Universities Appoint Five Women to Positions as Dean
Newly appointed to dean posts are Jennifer Bott at Ball State University in Indiana, Gail Gasparich at Salem State University in Massachusetts, Stephanie G. Adams at Old Dominion University in Virginia, Pamela Jackson at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina, and Kim Litwack at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Four Women Academics Are Stepping Down From Their Posts
Stepping down from their positions are Anne Carson Daly, president of Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, New York, Karen Britton at the University of Tennessee, Susan K. Redwood at Oklahoma State University, and Sally Lundeen of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Four Women Who Are Leaving Their Administrative Posts in Academia
Stepping down from high-level administrative posts are Elizabeth Dykens at Vanderbilt University, Ewa Barczyk at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Candis Claiborn at Washington State University, and Melissa Woo at the University of Oregon.
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: Diane Mae Stewart Pollard, 1944-2015
After serving on the faculty at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Professor Pollard joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1976. She taught there for more than 30 years.
Merry Wiesner-Hanks to Lead the World History Association
Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks is a Distinguished Professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She will serve for two years as vice president and president-elect and then become president of the World History Association in 2018.
Jean Bartels Is the New Leader of Georgia Southern University
Dr. Bartels assumed the role of interim president of Georgia Southern University in Statesboro on July 20. Since July 2012, Dr. Bartels served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Georgia Southern. She is the former dean of the university’s College of Health and Human Sciences.
Nine Women Announce Their Retirements From University Faculty or Administrative Posts
Here is a roundup of women who recently announced that they are stepping down from faculty positions or administrative posts at American universities.
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee’s Life Impact Program Is a Godsend for Student Parents
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Life Impact Program provides financial assistance, academic guidance, counseling on parenting, and a monetary aid fund for life’s emergencies. Participants in the program have achieved a 86.2 percent graduation rate.
The New Poet Laureate of the State of Wisconsin
Kimberly Blaeser, a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has been appointed to a two-year term as poet laureate of the state of Wisconsin by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters.
One Woman Among the Finalists to Be the Ninth Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Gail Hackett, one of three finalist for the job, is provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs and a professor of counseling and educational psychology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Pregnant Women Exposed to Air Pollution Tend to Have Children With Higher Rates of Autism, Study Finds
A new study led by Amy Kalkbrenner, an assistant professor in the Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, has found a link between exposure to air pollution during pregnancy and higher autism rates in children.
Rita Cheng Chosen to Lead Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff
Since 2010 Dr. Cheng has served as chancellor of Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She also taught accounting at the university. Earlier, she was provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Appointments of Women to Teaching Positions
The six women in new university teaching roles are Rainu Kaushal, Sunshine Lahmers, Jena J. Steinle, Gertrude Fraser, Ellen Velie, and Marisha L. Humphries.
Patricia Borger Is in the Running for President of the Iowa State University Foundation
Since 2008, she has been vice chancellor of development and alumni relations at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Administrator Named to United Nations Post
Joan M. Prince is vice chancellor for global inclusion and engagement at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
Women in Higher Education Faculty News
M. Katherinr Hutchinson, Jennry R. Kehl, Emily Fox, and Kamani Lankachandra have been appointed to new faculty posts.
Seven Women Named to Administrative Positions in Higher Education
Here is news of seven women who have been assigned to new administrative posts at universities across the United States.
One Woman Among the Finalists for Provost at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Since 2005, Deirdre M. Mageean has been vice chancellor for research and graduate studies at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.
Five Women Join the Faculty at the School of Public Health at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
The school has eight new faculty members this fall. Five are women.
Ten Women Named to New Administrative Positions
Here is news of 10 women appointed or promoted to new positions in higher education.
