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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.
Wesleyan College Ends the Use of Class Names That Once Had Ties to the KKK
In the early twentieth century one of every four undergraduate classes at Wesleyan College, an educational institution for women in Macon, Georgia, was designated the Ku Klux Klan class.
Women’s College in Georgia Confronts Its Racist Past
At Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, hazing rituals which included women in robes and blackface and wearing nooses around their necks continued into the late 20th century.
Three Women Scholars Who Are Leaving Their Posts in Higher Education
Kathleen Keane is retiring as director of the Johns Hopkins University Press. Professor of kinesiology Patty S. Freedson has retired from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Ruth A. Knox is stepping down in June from the presidency of Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia.
Wesleyan College in Georgia Appoints Vivia Fowler as Its Next President
Since 2007, Dr. Fowler has served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Wesleyan College, the liberal arts educational institution for women in Macon, Georgia. Dr. Fowler is an ordained deacon in The United Methodist Church.
After 15 Years, Ruth Knox to Retire From the Presidency of Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia
Ruth Knox is the first alumna of the college to serve as president. President Knox’s mother was a 1940 graduate of the college and her father served on the board of trustees. She will retire next June after serving 15 years as president of her alma mater.
