The Wellesley Tuition Promise, which guarantees a tuition-free education for families with annual incomes less than $200,000, will apply automatically to all first-year and transfer students who are admitted to Wellesley, as well as returning students, beginning in the Fall 2027 semester.
In 1971, Schmertz co-founded the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Later in life, she became the first woman to serve as a senior vice president at American Express.
The appointments are Laura Mamo at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, Janette H. Ok at Fuller Theological Seminary in California, and Shubhra Pasayat at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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
Dr. Mast, the first woman to serve as dean of Fordham University's Fordham College at Rose Hill, is slated to become the first woman president of Seattle University in Washington on September 1.
The women who have been selected for endowed posts are Jennifer Klein at Columbia University in New York, Julie Holland Mortimer at Washington University in St. Louis, and Dina Deitsch at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.
Wellesley College in Massachusetts, the nation's highest rated liberal arts educational institution for women, has announced promotions and the awarding of tenure to Chipo Dendere, Kara Yacoubou Djima, Sabriya Fisher, Kathya Landeros, and Becca Selden.
Dr. Lloréns has conducted extensive research on structural inequality and community health among Latinx populations. She is a professor of anthropology and gender and women's studies at the University of Rhode Island and is currently serving as the 2025-2026 Cornille Distinguished Visiting Professor at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.
Wellesley College in Massachusetts is the top women's college in the United States and tied for seventh among the country's best liberal arts colleges, according to U.S. News and World Report. Barnard College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, Bryn Mawr College, Scripps College, and Spelman College were the next highest ranked women's colleges and were all included within the country's overall top 50 liberal arts institutions.
Dr. Johnson has served as president of Wellesley College since 2016. A leading scholar in women's health, she was recently honored by the National Medical Association for her career-long contributions to gender equity in medicine.
For over a decade, Julia Alexander held key leadership roles and taught art history at the Yale Center for British Art. She had recently assumed the presidency of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, an organization dedicated to preserving European art and heritage in the U.S.
Since assuming her role as dean of the University of Richmond School of Law in 2011, Perdue has helped the school develop new academic offerings, secure new funding, expand its alumni network, and enhance its infrastructure.
