All Entries in the "Milestones" Category
Margaret Marshall Will Be the First Woman Senior Fellow of the Yale Corporation
The senior fellow presides over university affairs when the president is absent from campus and, in conjunction with the president, is responsible for setting university policy and appointing members to key committees.
The First Woman President of Babson College
Kerry Healey has taught at several universities and served for four years as lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the Mitt Romney administration. She will become Babson’s first woman president on July 1.
The First Woman Dean of the College of Business at the University of Louisville
Carolyn M. Callahan will become dean in July 2014. She is currently the KPMG Distinguished Professor of Accounting and director of the School of Accountancy at the University of Memphis in Tennessee.
University of St. Thomas Names Its First Woman President
On July 1, Julie Sullivan, currently executive vice president and provost at the University of San Diego, will become the first woman and the first lay person to lead the 128-year-old educational institution in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The First Woman to Lead the Oregon University System
Since last August Melody Rose has served as vice chancellor for academic strategies for the state university system. Previously, she was vice provost for academic programs and instruction and a professor of political science at Portland State University.
Lafayette College Names Its First Woman President
Alison R. Byerly will become the 17th president of the highly rated liberal arts college in Easton, Pennsylvania. Since 2007 she has been provost and executive vice president at Middlebury College.
The First Woman to Earn a Ph.D. in Automotive Engineering
According to Clemson University, Ala Qattawi, a native of Jordan, is the first woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in automotive engineering in the United States.
Boston University Student Crowned Miss Universe
Olivia Culpo, a sophomore at Boston University, is the first Miss USA to become Miss Universe since 1997. She grew up in Cranston, Rhode Island.
Morna Foy to Lead the Wisconsin Technical College System
She has been an administrator with the system since 1998. Since 2005, she has served as executive assistant and vice president of policy and government relations. She will be the first woman president in the system’s 100-year history.
Women Rock the Vote
In New Hampshire, women will hold both U.S. Senate seats, both seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the governor’s office. This is the first time in U.S. history women have held all congressional seats and the governor’s office in any state.
Dickinson College Names Its First Woman President in Its 229-Year History
Nancy A. Roseman is the former dean and assistant to the president at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. She will take office at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on July 1.
A Milestone Appointment for an African American Woman at Ole Miss
RoSusan Bartee is the first African American to be named a full professor in the department of leadership and counselor education at the University of Mississippi.
The First Woman President of Bluefield State College
Marsha V. Krotseng, who has been serving as a vice chancellor for the University of North Dakota System, will be the first woman to lead Bluefield State in its 117-year history.
University of Cincinnati Professor Is the First Woman Scientist Elected to the Academy of Athens
Litsa Kranias is the Hanna Professor and director of cardiovascular biology at the University of Cincinnati.
The Youngest Person to Earn a Ph.D. at the University of California Riverside
Dr. Juliet Beni took classes at a community college when she was eight years old, entered college at the age of 12, and earned a Ph.D. in psychology at age 19.
Sue Henderson Will Be the First Woman to Lead New Jersey City University
She has been serving as vice president of institutional advancement and chief operating officer at Queens College, part of the City University of New York system.
Two High-Ranking Liberal Arts Colleges Appoint Women to Chair Their Boards of Trustees
Jeanne Martin Buckley will be the first women to preside over the board at Pomona College and Elizabeth Mugar Eveillard will chair the board at Smith College.
A Milestone in Women’s Higher Education at the University at Buffalo
Shannon Seneca is the first Native American woman to earn a Ph.D. from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences of the University at Buffalo.
Highly Educated Woman Makes Air Force History
The nation’s first woman fighter pilot and first woman combat wing commander holds four master’s degrees.
The First Woman President of Central State University in Ohio
Cynthia Jackson-Hammond is the former provost and vice president of academic affairs at Coppin State University in Baltimore.
Mary Todd Will Be the First Woman to Lead Phi Kappa Phi
She is the founding dean of the Honors College at Marshall University in West Virginia.
The First Woman President of SUNY Fredonia
Virginia Schaefer Horvath, currently vice president for academic affairs at the university, has been selected as the first woman president in the university’s 186-year history.
College of Business at the University of Iowa Names Its First Woman Dean
Sarah Gardial, who will take her new post in July, currently is vice provost at the University of Tennessee.
Susan Hasseler Will Be the First Woman Dean of Augustana College
Since its founding 151 years ago, the college in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has never had a woman as dean.
The 100,000th Degree Recipient at UNLV
Emily Tamadonfar graduated with a perfect GPA in biology at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
Rice University Professor of Psychology Has Completed Marathons in All 50 States
Over the past 15 years, Mikki Hebl, a professor of psychology, ran a 26.2 mile marathon in every state.
The First Women to Be Awarded an Honorary Degree at the University of Kansas
Sheila Bair is the former chair of the FDIC.
New Medical School Names Its First Faculty Member
Eli Collins-Brown will design curriculum and implementation technologies for the new medical school at Western Michigan University.
Northwestern University Alumna Named CEO of IBM
She is IBM’s ninth CEO and the first woman to lead the company.
Lehigh University Celebrates 40 Years of Coeducation
Women graduate students were first enrolled at Lehigh in 1918. But it was 1971 before women were admitted to undergraduate programs.
Ruth Simmons Leaving Brown University Presidency
At the end of the academic year she will leave her post as president but continue to teach at Brown.
Record Number of Women in Entering Class at Georgia Tech
There are more than 1,000 women in the entering class, a new record for the university.
Historical Milestone at Washington and Lee University School of Law
For the first time in the school’s history, women outnumber men in the first-year class.
Elaine Tennant Is the First Woman Director at Berkeley’s Bancroft Library
Elaine Tennant, a professor of German at the University of California at Berkeley, was appointed the James D. Hart Director of the Bancroft Library at the university.
Duke Appoints Its First Hindu Chaplain
Usha Rajagopalan is the first Hindu chaplain at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
