Women in Higher Education articles from September 2006

Women in Higher Education archives from September 2006

Headhunters advise how to be the cream of the crop.
September 1, 2006... Call them headhunters or search firms. No matter what term you use, their objective is to fill open positions with the best and brightest of candidates. At the Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada (SWAAC) conference held in...

Women's colleges serve students better.(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Students at women's colleges have advantages over peers at coed schools, according to a study by the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research (IUCPR). Researchers found that students at women's schools spend more time on...

MIT star intimidates women prof candidate.(NEWSWATCH)
September 1, 2006... Eleven female MIT professors have accused their powerful colleague of interfering with the school's efforts to recruit a brilliant young female neuroscientist to the faculty. In their letter to MIT President Susan Hockfield, they accuse...

Science still inhospitable to U.S. women.(NEWSWATCH)
September 1, 2006... At a critical time when the United States is falling behind other countries in producing scientists and engineers, conscious and unconscious bias against women is contributing significantly to the shortfall. * Female life scientists in...

UCLA scientists turn fat into muscle.(NEWSWATCH)
September 1, 2006... It could be an ice cream lover's dream come true: UCLA scientists have found a way to make fat into muscle. The researchers used stem cells from fat donated by liposuction patients to produce functioning muscle cells by treating the cells...

Judge orders Slippery Rock u to reinstate women's teams cut in budget review.(NEWSWATCH)
September 1, 2006... A federal judged ruled that Slippery Rock University PA must reinstate two women's sports it had cut because the school already is not complying with Title IX. The school announced last winter that it was cutting eight sports to save...

Women equal men in Internet skills.(NEWSWATCH)
September 1, 2006... Women and men are roughly equal in skills needed to navigate the Internet, according to a study published in the June issue of Social Science Quarterly. But men think they're significantly better. One hundred people of varying ages,...

Lawsuits seek $200 million for alleged rapes by Eastern Oregon u administrator.(NEWSWATCH)
September 1, 2006... An Eastern Oregon University professor and a student employee have filed two multi-million dollar lawsuits against the school, an administrator and the Oregon State Board of Higher Education. The female plaintiffs claim that the administrator...

Fired for egregious NCAA violations, Ohio State ex-coach awarded $2.2 million.(NEWSWATCH)
September 1, 2006... In an interesting turn of events, an Ohio Court of Claims judge ruled that Ohio State University must pay former basketball coach Jim O'Brien more than $2 million for firing him for breaking NCAA rules by giving $6,000 to a recruit. Ohio...

Court to revisit dismissal of sex harassment lawsuit against UNC soccer coach Dorrance.(NEWSWATCH)
September 1, 2006... A federal appeals court will rehear a sex harassment lawsuit against the women's soccer coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that was dismissed in April. The eight-year-old case involves accusations by a former player...

Females play in 24% fewer championships.(NEWSWATCH)
September 1, 2006... Female athletes deserve more post-season playing opportunities, a group of college coaches, ADs and conference commissioners recently told the NCAA. During the 2004-2005 school year, about 1,000 more male athletes than female athletes...

NCAA task force studies work-life balance.(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Want a life? Get out of college athletics. That axiom soon might go the way of the rule against crossing the centerline in women's basketball. The NCAA has set up a task force to look at balancing work and life commitments in varsity...

Louisville adds health coverage for partners.(NEWSWATCH)
September 1, 2006... The University of Louisville's trustees voted 14-1 recently to add domestic partners to the school's health plan. More than 4,800 employees will be eligible for the new plan, but not all are expected to enroll. The university is the first...

A tale of two schools: when administrators are accused of sexual harassment.(NEWSWATCH)
September 1, 2006... * In Texas, a Del Mar college employee reported that she was demoted and her contract was not extended after did her job: She followed up on a student's sexual harassment complaint against the school's president. In her court petition,...

Dog days de-stress college students.(NEWSWATCH)
September 1, 2006... A growing number of schools are hosting campus welcome events that include dogs of faculty and staff. Naturally, a woman had the idea. A few years ago, Kathy Bradley, director of the Health and Counseling Center at Pennsylvania's...

Ex-navy quarterback 'not guilty' of rape.(NEWSWATCH)
September 1, 2006... The former star quarterback for the Naval Academy recently was found not guilty of raping a fellow midshipman, but was convicted of two lesser charges at his court-martial. The jury of five Naval Academy officers found Lamar Owens Jr....

Party photos cost women's lacrosse team.(NEWSWATCH)
September 1, 2006... The women's lacrosse team at Catholic University DC forfeited the last three games in its 2005-2006 season and is on probation for this school year as a result of behavior at an off-campus freshman initiation party. This spring, photos...

A deal is a deal--or is it?(Western Michigan University fires Judith Bailey)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... Not a day goes by, it seems, without a college or university firing or seeking the resignation of its president, sometimes for cause and sometimes not. Western Michigan University recently fired President Judith Bailey, citing a breach of...

New source of info on female British writers.(NEWSWATCH)
September 1, 2006... Cambridge University Press has published an online source called Orlando, which covers the lives and careers of about 1,000 female British authors from 600 BC to now. Orlando is based at the Universities of Alberta and Guelph and is the...

Online tribute honors Dr. Denice Denton.(NEWSWATCH)
September 1, 2006... Making visible the huge impact she had on the lives of others, colleagues and friends of Dr. Denice D. Denton, the UC Santa Cruz chancellor who died in June, have started an Internet blog. Called "If it hadn't been for Denice...," it...

New Canadian science Council head discusses women.
September 1, 2006... In January 2006 Dr. Suzanne Fortier became the first woman president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). This federal agency invests in discovery and innovation by supporting some 22,000 university...

The moral purpose of higher education.
September 1, 2006... Dr. Nannerl O. Keohane, president of Wellesley College MA from 1981-1993 and Duke University NC from 1993-2004, is a leader among women in higher education. Her book Higher Ground: Ethics and Leadership in the Modern University is a collection...

Integrating a social justice mission on campus.(National Association for Women in Catholic Higher Education)
September 1, 2006... Social justice may be somewhere in your school's mission. It is the mission of Cabrini College PA. "For us the mission is a very practical, active thing," explained Margaret Fox-Tully, VP for mission integration and human resources. ...

10 steps to becoming an ally to an 'other'.
September 1, 2006... Fear has been characterized as false evidence appearing real. When we come face to face with a hungry tiger, the fear we feel is legitimate and gets us to move out of harm's way. But when our fear is the result of people's differences, or...

Are you in an orchard or onion patch?(Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada)
September 1, 2006... With gardening as a theme, sessions at the Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada (SWAAC) conference held in British Columbia in May used garden references as provocative titles. Jan Nolan, director of the faculty renewal and...

Thornton honored with ACE Mentoring Award.
September 1, 2006... To those to whom much is given, much is expected. That biblical axiom is at the very core of mentoring. Wanting to repay those who helped them on their career path, many women leaders choose to mentor younger women still in the pipeline....

Integrating passions in research, teaching and service.
September 1, 2006... Eventually someone had to figure out how faculty could multitask their research, service and teaching. Those "someones" are at Pennsylvania's Alvernia College. Dr. Mary Schreiner is assistant professor of special education in the...

College of New Rochelle.(Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Barbara Adams is the new head of the Rosa Parks campus of the College of New Rochelle NY, where she has been assistant director.

University of Nebraska.(Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Gail F. Baker has moved from VP for public relations to dean of the college of communications, fine arts and media at the University of Nebraska.

Argosy University.(Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Marcia W. Bankirer will head the new Argosy University in Denver. She has been president of Argosy Chicago and has held positions at Colorado State University, Iowa State University and Western Governor's University.

University of Scranton.(Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Beth E. Barnett, provost and VP for academic affairs at University of Scranton PA moves to provost of Ramapo College of New Jersey.

NCAA.(Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Bridget Belgiovine has left the NCAA after eight years as Director of Division III, to become AD and chair of physical education and recreation at Wellesley College MA. She is the third top woman leader to leave the NCAA this summer.

Tennessee State University.(Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Cynthia B. Brooks, interim VP for business and finance at Tennessee State University, has been named to the position.

Ross University School of Medicine.(Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Mary Thoesen Coleman, PhD, MD, becomes dean of Ross University School of Medicine NJ. She had been a professor in the department of family and geriatric medicine and associate dean of curriculum at University of Louisville KY.

Chadron State College.(Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Margaret Crouse, interim dean of the school of professional and graduate studies at Chadron State College NE, becomes dean of its school of education, human performance, counseling, psychology and social work.

California State University.(Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Risa Dickson, associate dean for the college of arts & letters at California State University San Bernardino, will be executive assistant to the president there.

University of Alaska.(Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Karen Erickson, director of arctic affairs and policies assessment at University of Alaska at Fairbanks, becomes dean of the school of liberal arts at Southern New Hampshire University this month.

University of California.(Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Mary Falvey, director of student services for the Charter College of Education at the University of California at Los Angeles, becomes dean.

Wheaton College.(Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Jeanne Finlayson, assistant VP for finance at Wheaton College MA, becomes financial VP and treasurer at Stonehill College MA this month.

Pomona College.(Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Rena Fraden, associate dean and Franklin S. Jennings professor of English at Pomona College CA, becomes dean of the faculty, VP for academic affairs, and G. Keith Funston professor of American literature and American studies at Trinity...

Del Mar College.(Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Blanca R. (Rosie) Garcia, serving as interim VP for instruction at Del Mar College TX, has become VP.

Stanford University.(Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Debra Gore-Mann, senior associate AD & SWA at Stanford University CA, becomes AD at the University of San Francisco.

New York Law School.(Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Karen Gross, JD, a professor at New York Law School for the past two decades, will be president of Southern Vermont College, a private liberal arts college in Bennington.

University of North Carolina.(Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Michelle Howard-Vital, associate VP for academic affairs for the University of North Carolina system, has been named interim chancellor of Winston-Salem State University NC.

Florida Atlantic University.(Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Aileen Izquierdo will become VP of communications and marketing at Florida Atlantic University, where she has been executive director of communications.

Mercer University.(Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Victoria Johnson, associate dean of the Stetson School of Business and Economics at Mercer University GA, moves to dean of the school of business at Georgia Gwinnett College.

What does this generation of young women need?(IN HER OWN WORDS)
September 1, 2006... As a woman in the aerospace engineering field, I find myself in a very male dominated environment. When I graduated from Purdue University IN with a BS degree this past May 2006, my class had very few women. Since there are virtually no...

Andrews University.(More Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Heather Knight, associate provost for faculty development, diversity and special programs at University of the Pacific CA, moves to provost at Andrews University MI.

Quinnipiac University.(More Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Maxine E. Lentz, vice provost for academic partnerships and outreach at Thomas Edison State College NJ, moves to dean of the college of professional studies at Quinnipiac University CT.

Harvard University.(More Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Susan Marine, director of the office of sexual-assault prevention and response at Harvard University MA, becomes director of its Women's Center.

Harvard University.(More Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Kathleen McCartney, acting dean of the graduate school of education at Harvard University MA, becomes dean.

George Washington University.(More Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Nina Mikhalevsky, assistant dean of academic programs and planning at George Washington University's Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, moves to VP for strategy and policy at University of Mary Washington.

University of North Carolina-Wilmington.(More Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Tamra Minor, director of campus diversity at University of North Carolina-Wilmington, has been named associate vice chancellor for institutional diversity.

Michigan State University.(More Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Mary Mundt, dean of the school of nursing at University of Louisville KY, becomes dean of the school of nursing at Michigan State University this month.

Lynn University.(More Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Judith Nelson, VP for resource development at Roanoke College VA, becomes VP for development and alumni programs at Lynn University FL.

Louisiana State University.(More Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Risa Pam, currently executive vice chancellor and provost of Louisiana State University, is expected to become provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs at the SUNY system.

Saint Xavier University.(More Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Candace E. Passi, dean of student services at Midwestern University IL, becomes dean of students at Saint Xavier University IL.

St. Lawrence University.(More Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Marcia Lou Petty, VP and dean of co-curricular education at St. Lawrence University NY, moves to VP for student affairs and associate provost at Loyola University LA.

University of Michigan.(More Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Kathleen Potempa will become dean of the school of nursing at the University of Michigan. She is now VP and dean of the school of nursing at Oregon Health and Science University.

Finlandia University.(More Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Jeanne Rellahan, dean of the Suomi college of arts and sciences at Finlandia University MI, moves to provost and executive VP.

University of Iowa.(More Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Ann Madden Rice, who has been COO at the University of Iowa hospital and clinics, will become CEO of the medical center at the University of California Davis.

Cuyahoga Community College.(More Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Patricia Campbell Rowell, interim president of the Western campus at Cuyahoga Community College OH, becomes president.

NCAA.(More Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Rosie Stallman, who recently resigned as the NCAA's director of education outreach and gender equity guru, has joined Cherri Mankenberg with Project FUNdrai$e, LLC, consulting to help ADs, development heads, alumni associations and other...

Spelman College.(More Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Dr. Sherry L. Turner has become VP for student affairs at Spelman College GA, where she has served as interim.

Radford University.(More Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Donna Vancleave, interim director of the Virginia lottery, became VP for finance at Radford University VA.

University of Pennsylvania.(More Women on the Move)
September 1, 2006... Elizabeth A. Wright, director of special projects in the school of arts and sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, becomes VP for development at Curtis Institute of Music PA.

A taste of everything at WIHE.(Women in Higher Education )
September 1, 2006... Upon graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison last fall, I asked my English advisor Grace Krewson to recommend possible internships to pursue this spring. She immediately suggested Women in Higher Education. "They are great at what...

Summer school 2006: what tennis taught me.
September 1, 2006... This summer I decided to get serious about becoming a better tennis player. It was about time. I'd been knocking around the summer USTA leagues for a decade, during which my rating skyrocketed from 2.5 all the way to 3.0 on a 2.5-7.0 scale....