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Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education

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.

Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education

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.

Christy L. Brown Will Be the Next President of Alverno College in Milwaukee

Christy L. Brown Will Be the Next President of Alverno College in Milwaukee

Since 2012, Brown has served as chief executive officer for Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast. Prior to leading the Girl Scouts, Brown served as vice chancellor for finance and administrative affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 2007 to 2012. Earlier, she was executive vice president and general counsel at Milwaukee Area Technical College from 2002 to 2007.

Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education

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.

Six New Women Deans at Colleges and Universities

Six New Women Deans at Colleges and Universities

The new deans are Mary Anne Alabanza Akers at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Jessica Wilkie at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, New York, Jeanie C. Lucy at Alverno College in Milwaukee, Kendra Hall-Kenyon at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, Racquel Ingram at High Point University in North Carolina, and Iliana B. Melendez at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina.

Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education

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.

Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education

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: Kathryn Pauly Morgan, 1943 -2022

In Memoriam: Kathryn Pauly Morgan, 1943 -2022

A native of Wisconsin, Dr. Morgan retired from teaching in 2013, after a 39-year teaching career at the University of Toronto. Dr. Morgan was a co-creator of the Women’s Studies program. She established the first philosophy of feminism courses in the department of philosophy and the master’s and doctoral level programs at the university’s Women and Gender Studies Institute.

A Dozen Women Who Have Been Assigned New Administrative Duties in Higher Education

A Dozen Women Who Have Been Assigned New Administrative Duties in Higher Education

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.

Three Women Presidents Announce They Are Leaving Their Posts

Three Women Presidents Announce They Are Leaving Their Posts

Carolyn Long, campus president of West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley, Andrea Lee, president of Alverno College in Milwaukee, and Jennifer Orlikoff, president of Potomac State College in Keyser, West Virginia, are stepping down from their posts.

A Dozen Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Positions in Higher Education

A Dozen Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Positions in Higher Education

Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.

Four Women Faculty Members Who Will Be Taking on New Duties at Colleges and Universities

Four Women Faculty Members Who Will Be Taking on New Duties at Colleges and Universities

The four women scholars who are taking on new roles are Angela Frey at Alverno College in Milwaukee, Jamie Winders, at Syracuse University in New York, Nicole Holt has recently joined the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg, Virginia, and Mary Emery at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointment of Seven Women to Administrative Posts

Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointment of Seven Women to Administrative Posts

Taking on new administrative roles are Lizzie Smith at the University of Alabama, Samantha Rogers at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Suzanne Caccamese at Towson University in Maryland, Carolyn Carter at St. Augustine’s University in Raleigh, Madelyn Jones at the University of Arkansas, Demitra Kirby at Middlebury College in Vermont, and Christa Shileds at Alverno College in Milwaukee.

Eight Women Who Have Been Hired to New Administrative Positions in Higher Education

Eight Women Who Have Been Hired to New Administrative Positions in Higher Education

Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.

Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education

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.

New Women's Leadership Program Launched at Alverno College In Milwaukee

New Women’s Leadership Program Launched at Alverno College In Milwaukee

The Thea Bowman Institute for Excellence and Leadership, a program designed to serve Black women through academic leadership programming. The institute is named for a Franciscan, Catholic sister, teacher, and scholar educated in Wisconsin who made significant contributions to the church’s ministry to Blacks.

Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education

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.

A Quartet of Women Appointed to Dean Positions at Colleges and Universities

A Quartet of Women Appointed to Dean Positions at Colleges and Universities

The new deans are Laura N. Gitlin at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Carol Fawcett at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights, Illinois, Shanan Gwaltney Gibson at Texas A&M University-Commerce, and Carole Chabries at Alverno College in Milwaukee.

In Memoriam: Janice Anne Joel Read, 1925-2017

In Memoriam: Janice Anne Joel Read, 1925-2017

Sister Joel Reed joined the history department faculty at Alverno College in Milwaukee in 1955. She served as president of the women’s college from 1968 to 2003.

Mary Meehan to Lead Seton Hall University in New Jersey

Mary Meehan to Lead Seton Hall University in New Jersey

Dr. Meehan stepped down as president of Alverno College in Milwaukee in June 2016. She had served in that role for 12 years. Previously, she was executive vice president for administration at Seton Hall University.

Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education

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.

The Next President of Alverno College in Milwaukee

The Next President of Alverno College in Milwaukee

For the past 18 years, Dr. Andrea Lee has served as president of St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She announced last fall that she would be stepping down as president. Dr. Lee served on the Alverno College board of trustees from 2012 to 2015.

Jean Bartels Is the New Leader of Georgia Southern University

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.

Alverno College President Announces Her Retirement

Alverno College President Announces Her Retirement

In 2004, Mary J. Meehan was appointed the seventh president and the first lay president of Alverno College, a Catholic college for women in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. President Meehan has announced that she will retire at the end of the 2015-16 academic year.

Alverno College Embarks on Major Expansion and Renovation Project

Alverno College Embarks on Major Expansion and Renovation Project

The woman’s college on the south side of Milwaukee will construct a new 50,000-square-foot classroom building that will also include a nursing simulation center as well as art and dance studios.

Sister Joel Read Honored by the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities

Sister Joel Read Honored by the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities

She was president of Alverno College in Milwaukee from 1968 to 2003.