All Entries Tagged With: "Purdue University"
Purdue University Expands Its Daycare Facilities for Faculty, Staff, and Student Parents
The university recently broke ground for the new Purdue Child Care Center that will have space for 140 children when its opens next August. This will represent a 63 percent increase in available daycare places for children of faculty, staff, and students.
Two Women Among Three Finalists for Vice President of Research and Innovation at Virginia Tech
Theresa S. Mayer and Padma Raghavan, both administrators and Distinguished Professors in the College of Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, are candidates for the job.
New Roles for 12 Women Faculty Members
Here is news of a dozen women faculty members who are taking on new duties at colleges, universities, or professional associations.
Marcia Buck to Lead the American College of Clinical Pharmacy
Dr. Buck is an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, a clinical associate professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Virginia, and an affiliate clinical professor in the School of Pharmacy at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Two Women Among Finalists for Vice Provost for Inclusion and Diversity at Virginia Tech
Menah Pratt-Clarke is the associate chancellor for strategic affairs and the associate provost for diversity at the University of Illinois and G. Christine Taylor has served as vice provost for diversity and chief diversity officer at Purdue University.
In Memoriam: Heather Ann Hostetler, 1973-2015
Dr. Hostetler was an associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. She had recently been promoted and granted tenure.
Purdue University Acquires Film Showing Amelia Earhart
The film was taken at the Union Air Terminal in Los Angeles in 1937 as Earhart was about to embark on her round-the-world flight. The plane disappeared during the flight and has never been found.
The Next Provost at Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Since 2013, Dr. Heidi M. Anderson has been provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Previously, she served as a faculty member and an administrator at the University of Kentucky for 11 years.
New Project Aims to Make Mechanical Engineering Programs Better for Women
The universities selected to participate in the program funded by the National Science Foundation are Purdue University, Michigan Technological University, Oregon State University, Texas Tech University, and the University of Oklahoma.
University Study Finds Women’s Sports Are Ignored on Television Sports News
A study by researchers at Purdue University and the University of Southern California found that coverage of women’s sports has declined over the past 25 years and now constitutes 2 percent to 3 percent of television sports broadcast news coverage.
In Memoriam: Melissa Elizabeth Exum, 1960-2015
Until February 2015, Dr. Exum was vice provost for academic affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Earlier she held high level posts at Ohio University, Purdue University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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.
Nancy Brickhouse Appointed Provost at Saint Louis University
Dr. Brickhouse has been on the faculty at the University of Delaware for 27 years. She was promoted to associate professor in 1994 and to full professor in 2002. Dr. Brickhouse has served as deputy provost, interim provost, deputy dean of the College of Education, and director of the School of Education.
Flyers Threatening a Women’s Studies Lecturer With Rape Found on the University of Akron Campus
According to the Facebook page of the women’s studies program at the university, the faculty member was threatened with rape and her personal information and home address were included on the flyers.
Six Women in New Teaching Roles at U.S. Universities
Taking on new faculty roles are Tamera Broderick at MIT, Lakami Baker at Auburn, Lucia Rothman-Denes at the University of Chicago, Donna Harsch at Carnegie Mellon, April Benasich at Rutgers, and Patrice Buzzanell at Purdue.
Sally Mason to Step Down as President of the University of Iowa
Sally Mason, who has served as president of the University of Iowa for the past eight years, has announced that she will retire on August 1. A molecular biologist, Dr. Mason is the former provost of Purdue University in Indiana.
Four Women Honored With Awards From National Organizations
The four women honored with awards are Karen Yehle of Purdue University, Stacey Fisher of the University of Rochester, Arlene Schmid of Colorado State University, and Patricia J. Vittum of the University of Massachusetts.
Nine Women Who Have New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
The women appointed to new administrative roles are Pamela D. White, Regan Crotty, Nora Stewart, Susan Harkness, Kate Ripley, Alyssa Panitch, Carolyn Harris, Darlette Carver Samuels, and Bernadette Brown.
In Memoriam: Katherine M. Markee, 1931-2014
Katherine Markee joined the staff at Purdue in 1968 as a reference librarian. During her 43-year career at Purdue she served as databases librarian, head of the archives and special collections unit, and oral history librarian.
Four Women Named Chairs of Academic Departments at Major Universities
The new department chairs are Teresa Waters at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Lisa Marie Assante at the University of West Florida, J. Catherine Scott-Moncrief at Purdue University, and Jacqueline Goldsby at Yale University.
Six Women Academics Honored With Notable Awards
The honorees are Lisa J. Mauer of Purdue University, Katherine Hayhoe of Texas Tech University, Laurie Maffly-Kipp of Washington University, Robin S. Reed of Colorado State University, Lee Anne Bell of Barnard College, and Emily Pease of the College of William and Mary.
Three Women Academics Are Honored With Awards From National Groups
The honorees are Ellen Ernst Kossek, a professor of management at Purdue University; Virginia Moxley, dean and professor emerita at Kansas State University, and Julie DeGraw, dean of students at Bluffton University in Ohio.
Purdue University Names Women as Leaders of Two of Its Schools
Marifran Mattson is the new leader of the Brian Lamb School of Communication and JoAnn Miller will serve as the director of the School of Interdisciplinary Studies. Both schools are housed in the university’s College of Liberal Arts.
Two Women Among the Four Finalists for University Librarian at the University of Georgia
Among the four finalists are Beth McNeil, the associate dean for academic affairs and professor of library science at Purdue University, and Grace J. Agnew, the associate university librarian for digital library systems at Rutgers University.
Five Women Scholars Taking on New Teaching Roles
The five women taking on new teaching roles are Heather Williams at the University of Pennsylvania, Nazli Kibria at Boston University, Jennifer Finney Boylan at Barnard College, Monica Kraft at Duke University, and Hazel Wetzstein at Purdue University.
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.
Purdue University Promotes 21 Women to Full Professor
Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, has announced a large number of promotions of faculty members to the rank of full professor. Included among the promotions are those of 21 women.
Five Women Promoted and Granted Tenure at Purdue University North Central
The five women promoted to associate professor and granted tenure are E. Anne Christo-Baker, Charlene C. Gyurko, Christabel L. Rogalin, Peggy Rose, and Angelea Schooley.
Professor Christine Mazier Is a Finalist for Provost at Purdue University
Christine M. Mazier is vice president, senior associate vice provost, and professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Notre Dame. She previously taught at the University of Minnesota and the University of Texas.
Candace Croney to Lead the New Center for Animal Welfare Science at Purdue University
Dr. Croney is an associate professor of animal sciences at Purdue University. The new center will focus on animal well-being in animal and poultry science, veterinary medicine, and scientific research.
New Posts for Five Women at Major Universities
The women taking on new administrative roles are Shelley M. Moss at Mississippi University for Women, Katie Giacalone at Clemson University, Emily Ballew Neff at the University of Oklahoma, Amy Noah at Purdue University, and Jennifer Peluso at Florida Atlantic University.
Study Finds That Young Girls Who Are Called “Fat” Are More Likely to Be Depressed as Young Adults
Sarah Mustillo, a Purdue University sociologist, has found that young girls who are called “fat” at age 11 or 12, are more likely to develop depressive symptoms in their late teenage years and early 20s, than obese teens who were not ridiculed as fat.
Purdue University Scholar to Lead the Society of Civil War Historians
Caroline E. Janney, associate professor of history at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, has been chosen as the next president of the Society of Civil War Historians. She will serve a three-year term covering the years 2014-2016.
Seventeen Women in New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
Here is this week’s summary of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions in colleges and universities across the United States.
Eight Women Taking on New Administrative Positions in Higher Education
The women taking on new roles are Carol Strohecker, Brenda Malone, Beth Raffeld, Kate Walker, Danielle Rice, Christina V. Tran, Maria Keri, and Dawn Thompson.
