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University of Alaska Fairbanks Appoints Two Women to Direct Regional Campuses

University of Alaska Fairbanks Appoints Two Women to Direct Regional Campuses

Wanda Wahl is the new director of the Bristol Bay Campus in Dillingham, Alaska, and Minnie Naylor was named director of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Chukchi Campus in Kotzebue. Both women had been serving their new roles on an interim basis.

Minnie Naylor to Lead the Chukchi Campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks in Kotzebue

Minnie Naylor to Lead the Chukchi Campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks in Kotzebue

The Chukchi Campus, part of UAF’s College of Rural and Community Development, is a two-year public institution. The campus serves the 11 communities within the Bering Strait region, an area of more than 36,000 square miles.

Five Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Roles at Colleges and Universities

Five Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Roles at Colleges and Universities

Taking on new assignments are Laurie Owen at Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana, Peggy Keiper at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Lori Martin at Louisiana State University, Diane Marie Amann at the University of Georgia, and Stacy L. Leeds at Arizona State University.

Eight Women Who Will Be Taking on New Administrative Duties in Higher Education

Eight Women Who Will Be Taking on 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.

New Administrative Posts for Ten Women in Higher Education

New Administrative Posts for Ten 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.

New Administrative Jobs for 16 Women at College and Universities Throughout the United States

New Administrative Jobs for 16 Women at College and Universities Throughout the United States

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

Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of 21 Women to Administrative Posts

Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of 21 Women to Administrative Posts

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

Two Women Among the Four Finalists for Provost at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks

Two Women Among the Four Finalists for Provost at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks

Betty Lou Leaver served as provost at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California from 2013 to 2017 and Anupma Prakash is a professor of geophysics at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks.

Seven Women Who Have Been Assigned New Administrative Tasks in Academia

Seven Women Who Have Been Assigned New Administrative Tasks in Academia

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

University of Alaska Program Aims to Boost Young Women's Interest in Earth Sciences

University of Alaska Program Aims to Boost Young Women’s Interest in Earth Sciences

The University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Girls on Ice program sponsors two expeditions each year for high school girls who explore an Alaskan glacier or an ice-covered volcano in Washington State.

Book Award for University of Alaska Scholar

Book Award for University of Alaska Scholar

Sherry Simpson, an associate professor in the department of creative writing and literary arts at the University of Alaska-Anchorage, has been selected to receive the 2015 John Burroughs Medal.

Nine Women Who Have New Administrative Posts in Higher Education

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.

Nine Women in Academia Honored With Notable Awards

Nine Women in Academia Honored With Notable Awards

The recipients of these major national awards are: Maria Rosario Araneta, Meena Kumari, Kelly Drew, Mary Rogus, Alva Ferdinand, Sarah Holterhoff, Paula Agudelo, Elizabeth H. Maples, and Melody Bianchetto.

Five New Women Deans

Five New Women Deans

The new deans are Carolyn Denard at Connecticut College, DoVeanna Fulton at the University of Houston Downtown, Jane Mutchler at Purdue University Calumet, Michele Stalder at the University of Alaska and Carola Weil at American University.