All Entries Tagged With: "Lehigh University"
Why Do Many Women Majoring in STEM Fields Decide to Switch Majors?
The authors’ analysis found that the prevalence of large lecture classes in many STEM disciplines were unpopular among many women students. A desire to help people and make a difference fueled some women’s passion for STEM fields but caused others to pursue a different degree path.
Empowering Women Can Have A Major Impact on Easing Harm From Climate-Based Disasters
The study, by sociologists at Lehigh University and Tulane University, found that women who live in areas of the world where they are economically empowered have a disproportionately positive impact when disaster strikes, greatly reducing the overall devastation and loss of life.
Ten Women Faculty Members Assigned to New Roles
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions.
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 New Leader for Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania
Sister Mary Persico will become the 12th president of Marywood University on July 1. Dr. Persico has been serving as executive vice president or Trinity Health in Livonia, Michigan, one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation.
Lehigh University Examines the Role of Pornography in Forming Opinions on Gender Violence
The Office of Gender Violence Education and Support at Lehigh University in Bethlehem has developed a new program that allows students to examine the role of pornography in shaping beliefs and behaviors about sexual relations.
New Administrative Posts at Major Universities for 11 Women
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Eleven Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Posts 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.
New Administrative Assignments for 10 Women 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.
Nine Women Taking on New Administrative Duties at American Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Martha Narvaez Is the New President of the American Water Resources Association
Martha Narvaez is an associate policy scientist at Water Resources Agency of the Institute for Public Administration and the School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware.
In What Situations Are Women Leaders the Most Effective?
A new study by Corinne Post, an associate professor of management at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, found that in business settings women were the most effective as leaders in unifying large groups made up of individuals with diverse specialties and spread across a large geographic area.
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.
Eleven Women Appointed to Administrative Posts 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.
Lehigh University Names a STEM Scholarship Program in Honor of Its Departing President
n 2012, Alice P. Gast, then-president of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, announced the establishment of a $1 million scholarship fund to support young women in STEM disciplines. Now the scholarships have been named in her honor.
A New President for Westmoreland County Community College in Pennsylvania
Tuesday Stanley is currently the vice chancellor at Metropolitan Community College in Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Stanley will begin her duties as president of Westmoreland County Community College on July 1.
Alice Gast to Become President of Imperial College London
Alice P. Gast, the 13th president of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has announced that she will step down this July and will accept the presidency of Imperial College London. She will be the institution’s first woman president.
Georgette Chapman Phillips Named Dean of the College of Business and Economics at Lehigh University
She currently serves as a professor of real estate and vice dean for technology-enhanced learning at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and holds joint appointments at the university’s law school and School of Arts & Sciences.
Seven Women Taking On New Administrative Duties in Higher Education
The women named to new administrative posts are Jean Davis, Crystal Crockett, Beverly Adams, Maria Anguiano, Ryann Randall, Noel Sloan, and Patricia A. Johnson.
There Are 13 New Women on the Faculty at Lehigh University
Lehigh University, the highly ranked educational institution in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has 27 new faculty members this fall. Thirteen of the new faculty members are women.
Three Women Academics Win Whiting Writers’ Awards
The Whiting Writers’ Awards are given annually to 10 emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays. Each winner receives $50,000. This year, three of the 10 winners are women who currently teach at universities in the United States.
A Dozen Women in New Higher Education Administrative Posts
The appointees are: Mary Ellen Gillespie, Katherine Ates, Marilyn Smith, Naomi Sigg, Fiona Murray, Virginia Chapman, Pamela Jeffries, Kimberly Logan, Denise Wilbur, Shari Clarke, Trish Boyles, and Rychetta Watkins.
In Memoriam: Anna Pirscenok Herz, 1922-2013
Dr. Herz was the first woman to be named a full professor and department chair at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. After serving as a nurse during World War II, she earned bachelor’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Pennsylvania.
Lehigh University Program Encourages Middle School Girls to Consider Engineering
Sixty middle school girls came to the Lehigh campus and conducted several hands on experiments geared toward creating an interest in engineering.
Lehigh University Establishes Scholarships for Women in STEM Fields
The scholarship awards will provide tuition assistance and fund research opportunities for four years for two women in each incoming class.
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.
Eight New Appointments of Women to Administrative Positions in Higher Education
Anne Khademian was named director of the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech. She has been serving as director of the Center for Public Administration and Policy at the university. Dr. Khademian has been on the faculty at Virginia Tech since 2004. Previously, she taught at the University of Wisconsin, the University […]
