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Ellen Gawait Is the First Woman Dean of Natural and Environmental Sciences at Duquesne University
A faculty member at Duquesne since 2003, Dr. Gawalt is a Hillman Distinguished Professor and formerly served as chair of the school’s chemistry and biochemistry departments. She has authored or co-authored more than 100 scientific papers and presentations.
Four Universities Announce the Appointment of Women as Chief Diversity Officers
Taking on new duties relating to university diversity are Jody C. Randall at Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Andrea Cornett-Scott at Mary Baldwin University in Staunton, Virginia, Marsha McGriff at the Univerity of Florida, and Crystal McCormick Ware at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.
Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions
Afua Arhin is the new dean of the College of Health, Science, and Technology at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. Maggy Tomova will become the next dean of the College of Sciences at the University of Central Florida on October 18 and Gretchen Givens Generett is the new dean of the School of Education at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.
Catching Perpetrators of Groping Sexual Assaults
For the past 10 years, Julie Valentine, a professor of nursing at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, has been at the forefront of making touch DNA evidence collection a standard practice in groping cases. She has created a standard form for sexual assault medical examiners to collect touch DNA evidence from survivors’ skin and clothing.
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.
Rutgers University-Camden Chancellor to Lead the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Phoebe A. Haddon became chancellor of Rutgers University-Camden in July 2014. From 2009 to 2014, she was dean of the Carey School of Law at the University of Maryland. Chancellor Haddon will continue to fulfill all her duties at Rutgers University-Camden while serving as board chair.
Universities Appoint Six Women to Dean Posts
The new deans are Michèle Alexandre at Stetson University in Florida, Kristine L. Blair at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Bernadette Boden-Albala at the University of California, Irvine, Melissa Gresalfi at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Julia DeLoia at Hollins University in Virginia, and Teresa Reed at the University of Louisville.
Five Universities Appoint Women to Dean Positions
The new deans are April Barton at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Carol Anne Murdoch-Kinch at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Bethany Nowviskie at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Sherri Jones at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Maria Donoghue Velleca at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
A Quartet of Women Scholars Who Have Been Honored With Notable Awards
The honorees are Marilee Bresciani Ludvik of San Diego State University, Mary Catherine Harper of Defiance College in Ohio, Laurel Willingham-McLain of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, and Elizabeth Payne of the University of Mississippi.
Ursuline College Partners With the School of Pharmacy at Duquesne University
Under the agreement, women would study chemistry at Ursuline College for three years. The women would then spend four years in the doctor of pharmacy program at Duquense, earning the pharmacy doctorate in seven years instead of the usual eight.
Five Women Scholars Appointed to Dean Positions
Appointed to positions as deans are Becky Copper-Glenz at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts, Kathleen M. Blee at the University of Pitttsburgh, Peggy A. Johnson at Pennsylvania State University, Maureen Lally Green at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, and Katrina Glanzer at Haverford College in Pennsylvania.
Phoebe Haddon Named Chancellor of Rutgers University-Camden
Since 2009 Dr. Haddon has been dean of the Carey School of Law at the University of Maryland. Before becoming dean in 2009, Haddon served on the faculty at the Beasley School of Law at Temple University in Philadelphia.
Five Women Scholars Awarded Distinguished Honors
The honorees are Lynne Billard of the University of Georgia, Mary Ann Glendon of Harvard University, Karen Meneses of the University of Alabama Birmingham, Mary L. Vaughn of Mississippi State University, and Sherilyn Fritz of the University of Nebraska.
