All Entries Tagged With: "Mississippi State University"
Seven Women Faculty Members Honored With Prestigious Awards
The honorees are Shirley Meng of the University of California, San Diego, Maiken H. Mikkelsen of Duke University, Mara C. Tieken of Bates College, Lori Mann Bruce of Mississippi State University, Lynn Appelbaum of City College of New York, Susan Brantley of Pennsylvania State University, and Deborah A. Raines of the University at Buffalo.
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 Administrative Jobs for 16 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.
Marshall University Scholar to Receive Book Award
Kristi M. Fondren, an associate professor of sociology at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, was named the winner of the Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Award for Excellence in Recreation and Park Research.
Three Women Scholars Elected President of Professional Organizations
Nancy Reichert, of Mississippi State University, was named president-elect of the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology. Charlene Winters of Montana State University is president of the Western Institute of Nursing and Kelley M. Dodson, of Virginia Commonwealth University, is the first woman president of the Virginia Society of Otolaryngology.
Mississippi State Scholar Is the First Woman to Receive a Prestigious Award in the Geosciences
Brenda Kirkland, associate professor of geosciences at Mississippi State University, received the Grover E. Murray Memorial Distinguished Educator Award at the annual convention of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists in Calgary, Alberta.
New Assignments for 10 Women Faculty Members
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.
New Administrative Appointments for 10 Women at Colleges and 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.
Three Women Named to Provost Positions at State Universities
The three new provosts are Neeli Bendapudi at the flagship campus of the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Judith L. Bonner at Mississippi State University, and Melanie Hatch at Middle Georgia State University in Macon.
One Woman Among Three Finalists to Lead the Meridian Campus of Mississippi State University
Deborah Heslep is dean of enrollment management and director of admissions marketing at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi.
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.
Thirty Women With New Administrative Positions at Colleges and 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.
Nine Women Faculty Members Take on New Roles
The nine women scholars in new posts are Ishita Mukerji at Wesleyan, Lida E. Maxwell at Trinity College, Elizabeth Castelli at Barnard College, Margaret S. Clark at Yale, Caroline Elkins at Harvard, Deborah Vischak at Princeton, Constance W. Ziemian at Bucknell, Jane Parrish at Mississippi State, and Christina Kan at Texas A&M.
In Memoriam: Sheree Lynette Faulk Watson, 1956-2015
Dr. Watson was an associate professor of psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi. Her research focused on the behavior of the Garnett’s bushbaby, a small prosimian primate.
New Administrative Roles for 14 Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative posts at the nation’s leading colleges and universities.
A Dozen Women Taking on New Administrative Duties in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been named to key administrative positions at colleges and universities across the United States.
In Memoriam: Ruth Ann Taylor Cade, 1937-2015
Dr. Cade was the first women to earn a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering at Mississippi State University. She taught mathematics, computer science, and engineering at the University of Southern MIssissippi for 35 years.
Five Women Scholars Honored With National Awards
The honorees are YaeBin Kim of the University of Nevada, Jane Lubchenco of Oregon State University, Phyllis Miller of Mississippi State University, Jane E. Schulman of LaGuardia Community College, and Bernardine Lacey, formerly of Delaware State University.
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.
In Memoriam: Rebecca Kaye Toghiani, 1957-2013
Professor Toghiani retired from teaching about 18 months ago due to illness but she continued to lecture on campus. She was granted emerita status in July 2013. She taught at Mississippi State for nearly a quarter of a century.
Mississippi State Scholar Wins Electrical Engineering Award
Noel N. Schulz, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Mississippi State University, received the C. Holmes MacDonald Outstanding Young Electrical Engineering Teacher Award from Eta Kappa Nu, the international honor society for electrical engineers.
Honors for Three Women Academics
The honorees are Vivian Chi-Hua Wu of the University of Maine, Catherine Pierce of Mississippi State University, and Marion Nestle of New York University.
The Next Dean of the College of Engineering at Iowa State University
Sarah A. Rajala is currently the dean of the Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University in Starkville. She will assume her new post in April.
One Woman Among Three Finalists for Dean of the College of Engineering at Iowa State University
Sarah A. Rajala, a past president of the American Society for Engineering Education, is currently dean of the Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi State University in Starkville.
Six Women Taking on New Administrative Roles at Universities Across the Nation
The new appointees are Nicole Huang, Barbara Christ, Barbara Abercrombie, Aimee Turner, Lynn Darling, and Alexandra Mazalek.
Seven Women Scholars Receive Notable Awards
The honorees are Marilyn Flynn, Virginia Gonzalez, Silvia Salinas Belmker, Sherry Matusoff Merfish, Elizabeth Willis, and Laura Larsson.
Four Women Academics Are Honored
Marilyn Gugliucci, Jennifer Thomas, Mary Beth Poston, and Harriet Hamilton win prestigious awards.
Lydia Quarles Honored for Her Work to Increase Women’s Participation in Public Administration
She is a senior policy analyst at the John C. Stennis Institute of Government and an assistant professor of political science and public administration at Mississippi State University.
Four Women Academics Are Honored
Sarah Farrell, Elva Kaye Lance, Dorothy Leidner and Valerie Krugh win awards.
Five Women Honored With Prestigious Awards
Here is news of five women honored for their scholarly research.
Ten New Administrative Appointments for Women in Higher Education
Here is news of some of the latest appointments of women to high-level administrative posts at colleges and universities across the nation.
New Grant Programs Relating to Women in Higher Education
News of grants which will fund research on breast cancer, sexual violence, women’s health, and other topics.
A Host of New Appointments of Women to Top Posts in Higher Education
News of nine women in new posts at colleges and universities.
A Wealth of New Administrative Appointments
Here is news of 11 women who have been named to important posts in higher education administration.
Significant Appointments of Women to Administrative and Faculty Positions
Kenya Taylor, dean of graduate studies and research at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, was appointed associate vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at the university. She has served on the faculty at the university since 1996. Previously she taught in the department of communications disorders at Texas Christian University. Dr. Taylor holds […]
