All Entries in the "Retirements" Category
Four Women in Academia Who Are Stepping Down From Their University Positions
The women who are stepping down at Maura E. Hagan at Utah State University, Julie Barrett Heffington at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Lenore D. Miller at George Washington University, and Jennifer Sinclair Curtis at the University of California, Davis.
Five Women From the Academic World Who Are Stepping Down From Their Posts
The women leaving their college or university posts are Jane Fernandez, president of Guilford College in North Carolina, Kim Kloeppel at the University of New Mexico, Claire Kaplan at the University of Virginia, Lynn M. Morgan at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, and Karen Hammond at Boise State University in Idaho.
Three Women Scholars Retire From the Faculty at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania
Swarthmore College, the highly rated liberal arts institution in suburban Philadelphia, has announced the retirement of six faculty members, with a combined 213 years of service to the college. Three of the retirees are women: Deb Bergstrand, Sara Hiebert Burch, and Connie Hungerford.
Three Women Scholars Who Have Announced Their Retirements
Stepping down from their posts are Marlene Sprouse, president of Indian Hills Community College in Iowa, Patricia Johnson, a professor of range science at South Dakota State University, and Susan Basow, a professor of psychology at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Four Women Who Have Announced Their Retirements From the Academic World
Stepping down from their posts are Geraldine M. Jones, president of California University of Pennsylvania, Gay Barzee of Boise State University in Idaho, Barbara Brooome of Kent State University in Ohio, and Lorna Jean Edmunds of Ohio University.
Four Women Who Have Announced Their Retirements From Higher Education Posts
Stepping down from the higher education posts are Cheryl Larabee of Boise State University in Idaho, Teshia Levy-Grant of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, Susan Jaffe of the North Carolina School of the Arts, and Alfreda Brown of Kent State University in Ohio.
Four Women Who Are Stepping Down From Their Executive Posts in Higher Education
The women who are leaving their posts in higher education leadership are Susie Stalcup at Vanderbilt Univerity, Evelynn Ellis at Dartmouth College, Mary Kay Helling at South Dakota State University, and Karen Scolforo, president of Castleton State University in Vermont.
Three Women Announce Their Retirements From Positions at State Universities
The three women who have announced their retirements are Terri Spinazza, director of purchasing at Boise State University in Idaho, Jane S. Bray, dean of education at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and Mary Minton, an associate professor of nursing at South Dakota State University.
Four Women Who Are Leaving Their Posts as College Presidents
The four women who have left – or will be leaving their posts – as college presidents are Carol A. Moore at Columbia College in South Caroline, Terri L. Winfree at Praire State College in Chicago Heights, Illinois, Carolyn J. Stefanco of the College of St. Rose in Albany, New York, and Linda D. Rose at Santa Ana College in California.
Dean of the Baylor University School of Nursing to Step Down on June 30
Shelley F. Conroy dean of the Louise Herrington School of Nursing at Baylor University in Texas, has decided to step down from her administrative post effective June 30. She has served as dean of the nursing school for eight years.
Dianne Harrison to Postpone Retirement as President of California State University, Northridge
Last November, Dianne Harrison, president of California State University, Northridge, announced she would retire on June 30, 2020. Now, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Harrison has announced that she will stay on through the fall 20020 semester.
Four Women Who Are Stepping Down From College Leadership Posts
The four women who are leaving or have left their posts are Elizabeth McCormack, a dean at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, Constance M. Carroll, the chancellor of the San Diego Community College District, Maria Harper-Marinick, the chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District in Arizona, and Olivia G. White, dean of students at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland.
Four Women Scholars Who Are Leaving Their University Posts
Stepping down from their positions are Patricia M. Lampkin at the University of Virginia, Karen P. DePauw at Virginia Tech, Endia Beal at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina, and Jeanne H. Balsam at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Chancellor of Rutgers University-Camden Announces She Is Stepping Down on July 1
Phoebe A. Haddon became the chancellor of Rutgers University-Camden in July 2014. From 2009 to 2014, Haddon was dean of the Carey School of Law at the University of Maryland. Chancellor Haddon will remain at the university as a professor of law.
Three Women Scholars at Virginia Tech Granted Emerita Status
Helene Renard was named associate professor of interior design emerita. Ruth Grene is professor of plant science emertia in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Jill Kiecolt was named professor of sociology emerita in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.
Two Deans at State Universities Announced Their Retirements
Mary Nettleman, dean of the Sanford School of Medicine and vice president for health affairs at the University of South Dakota and Miriam Chaiken, dean of the William Conroy Honors College at New Mexico State University, will retire this summer.
Four Women College or University Presidents Announce Their Retirements
The four retiring presidents are Marcia G. Welsh, president of East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania, Kaylen Betzig, president of Waukesha County Technical College in Wisconsin, Christine Hammond, president of Mid Michigan College, and Carol Taylor, president of Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri.
Research Finds That Mental Health Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Should Be Different for Men and Women
A study led by Elizabeth Evans, an assistant professor in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, concludes that gender-tailored methods to address the harmful mental health effects of childhood adversity may help alleviate the current opioid crisis and make treatment more effective.
Three Women Who Are Stepping Down From Their Posts at Major Universities
Dawn Cartee director of the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Stephanie Reel, the chief information officer and vice provost for information technology at Johns Hopkins University, and Mildred Robinson, the Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law are retiring.
Four Women Retiring From High-Level Positions at Major Universities
The four women who have announced their retirements from university administrative pots are Teresa Phillips at Tennessee State University, Jill D. Friedman at Washington University in St. Louis, E. Royce Harper at the University of Michigan, and Almeda Jacks at Clemson University in South Carolina.
Three Women Serving as Community College Presidents to Step Down
The three community college presidents who are stepping down are Karen Vickers of Clinton Community College in Iowa, Patricia Gentile of North Shore Community College in Danvers, Massachusetts, and Linda Moley of Coffeyville Community College in Kansas.
Three Women Scholars Announce They Will Step Down From Dean Positions at the End of the Academic Year
Betty Kirby, dean of the College of Education and Human Services at Central Michigan University, Margaret Raymond, dean of the law school at the University of Wisconsin, and Mary Elizabeth Moore, dean of the School of Theology at Boston University, have announced they will will step down this coming summer.
President of California State University, Northridge Announces She Will Step Down in June
Dianne Harrison, president of California State University, Northridge since 2012, announced that she will step down from her post on June 30, 2020. President Harrison’s academic and research areas of expertise include HIV prevention among women and minority populations and higher education issues related to university leadership.
Claire Sterk, President of Emory University, Announces She Will Step Down Next Summer
When she took office on September 1, 2016, Dr. Sterk was the first woman to serve as president of the university in its 180-year history. After a sabbatical, she will return to the faculty at Emory as the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Public Health.
Three African American Women University Presidents Announce Their Retirements
WIlma Mishoe, president of Delaware State University, and Lucille H. Mauge, who until recently was interim president of Calrk Atlanta University, will retire at the end of 2019. Cynthia Jackson-Hammond, president of Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, will retire at the end of the current academic year.
Three Women Announce Their Retirements From High-Level University Posts
Barbara O’Keefe, dean of the School of Communication at Northwestern University and Mary G. Boland, dean of the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa will retire next summer. Lori A. Lewis, vice chancellor for advancement at Western Carolina University, recently stepped down from her position.
Three Women Faculty Members Announce Their Retirement From the College of the Holy Cross
The three women faculty members at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, who have retired are Isabel Alvarez Borland in Spanish, Patricia Bizzell in English, and Carol Lieberman in music.
Three Women Announce Their Retirements From University Posts
The three women who hve announced their retirements are Jennifer Horn, managing director of export and security compliance at Texas Tech University, Carolyn McAllaster, Colin W. Brown Clinical Professor of Law at Duke University, and Elise Kriss, president of the University of Saint Francis in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Four Women Retire From High-Level University Posts
Pareena Lawrence, president of Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, Lynn Verschoor, director of the art museum at South Dakota State University, Mary J. Kennett, director of the Animal Resource Program at Pennsylvania State University, and Sandra Witte, a dean at California State University, Fresno, have all announced they are leaving their posts.
Leadership Change on the Horizon at LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis
The board of trustees of LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, Tennessee, has chosen not to renew the contract of President Andrea Miller. Dr. Miller was appointed the 12th president of the historically Black college in 2015. She is the first woman president in the college’s history.
Three Women Who Are Retiring From High-Level University Positions
The women who are leaving their university posts are Kathleen Spehar at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, Hazel V. Carby at Yale University in Connecticut, and Patricia White at Alcorn State University in Mississippi.
Four Women Who Have Stepped Down From Their Posts at Colleges and Universities
The four women who have retired from their posts in higher education are Tommie Stewart at Alabama State University, Diane Windham Shaw at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, Filomina C. Steady at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, and Alfreda Horton at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Four Women Faculty Conferred Emerita Status at Arkansas Tech University
The four women granted emerita status at Arkansas Tech University are Paula Pendergrass in biology, Patricia Roach in education, Elizabeth Salmeri in education, and Rebecca Shopfner in teaching, learning, and leadership.
Six Women Who Are Stepping Down From Their Higher Education Posts
The women leaving their posts in academia are Melissa Thomas-Hunt at Vanderbilt University, Julie A. Hodge at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia, Dorothy Leland, chancellor of the University of California, Merced, Melissa R. Hyatt at Johns Hopkins University, Marie Lynn Miranda at Rice University in Houston, and Diane Cole Ahl at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Kent State University in Ohio Honors Its Outgoing President
Beverly J. Warren, president of Kent State University in Ohio, will step down from her position on June 30, 2019. To recognize her accomplishments over her five-year tenure, the Kent State University board of trustees has voted to name the university’s new Student Recreation and Wellness Center in her honor.
