by admin | Feb 13, 2020
Roanoke, VA — Hollins University has announced that Mary Dana Hinton, Ph.D., president of the College of Saint Benedict (Saint Ben’s) in St. Joseph, Minnesota, will become the school’s next president. She officially takes office on August 1. “I am...
by admin | Feb 13, 2020
OMAHA, NE – College of Saint Mary (CSM) has approved the construction of its new state-of-the-art $18 million athletic facility, which will provide its students and the greater Omaha area with a place for women to excel and grow through athletics. Attached to the Lied...
by admin | Feb 13, 2020
OMAHA, NE – College of Saint Mary President Dr. Maryanne Stevens, RSM, is pleased to announce that Dr. Kimberly Allen has been named the University’s new vice president for academic affairs. She began her duties on January 20. As vice president for academic affairs,...
by admin | Feb 13, 2020
President Andrea Lee, IHM, has appointed Joseph Foy, Ph.D., vice president for Academic Affairs. Foy, who is currently dean of the College of Arts, Sciences and Letters at Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wis., begins his appointment April 15. “Joe brings an array of...
by admin | Feb 4, 2020
Feb. 3, 2020 – DENTON – An award-winning broadcasting executive with a history of forging strong partnerships among businesses, institutions, foundations and public-service entities has been tapped to lead the Jane Nelson Institute for Women’s...
by admin | Jan 30, 2020
SWEET BRIAR, VA. (Jan. 30, 2020) — Sweet Briar College and American Farmland Trust have agreed to collaborate on a number of programming initiatives that will support the future of women in agriculture, natural resource management and conservation. The collaboration...
by admin | Jan 30, 2020
Decatur, GA, January 30, 2020—Agnes Scott College is expanding its graduate degree offerings to include a Master of Science degree in data analysis and communication beginning in fall 2020. The new program expands on the graduate degree programs and certificates...
by admin | Jan 28, 2020
Meredith College is pleased to announce Snapshot 20/20, a symposium to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. The event will kick off with a keynote address on April 2, 2020 and offer concurrent panels and a range of activities...
by admin | Jan 28, 2020
As the centenary of women’s suffrage approaches, the National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) will launch a six-month commemorative initiative, “Determined to Rise: Women’s Historical Activism for Equal Rights”, at Wesleyan College, Thursday, January 30,...
by admin | Jan 23, 2020
Boston, Mass. (January 22, 2020) – Simmons University announced today that it will honor the late journalist Gwen Ifill, one of the institution’s most distinguished alumnae, with a “Gwen Ifill USPS Stamp Celebration: Honor and Action” event on February 4, 2020....
by admin | Jul 19, 2018
Agnes Scott College: Commencement May 12, 2018 Speaker: Jennifer Nettles – Award-Winning Singer-Songwriter In her encouraging address at Agnes Scott College’s 129th commencement held on Saturday, May 12, 2018, award-winning...
by admin | Jun 23, 2017
Cedar Crest College: Commencement May 13, 2017 Speaker: Molly Barker – Founder of Girls on the Run International “Remember that the things that matter aren’t things, it’s the space between the things. The connections, the way we treat people, the...
by admin | May 12, 2017
Dr. Campbell Spelman College Atlanta, GA Why did you choose to lead a women’s college? I chose to lead Spelman because I saw not only a campus wide commitment to the ideals and values of Black women’s success and ascension to leadership, but I...
by admin | Oct 4, 2016
The spotlight is on the recent national college rankings, and our Women’s College Coalition member institutions are shining! We have the Washington Monthly College Rankings Report and the 2017 U.S. News & World Report Best College Rankings Report that both portray...
by admin | Aug 18, 2016
Lessons on the Path to the Presidency Carmen Twillie Ambar shares five pieces of advice for senior women administrators in the academy. I have now spent 17 years in higher education and seven as a college president. In some people’s eyes, being a college president at...
by admin | Jun 25, 2016
Agnes Scott College: 127th Commencement – May 14, 2016 Speaker: Alexis M. Herman – America’s 23rd Secretary of Labor and member of the National Economic Council “You have to do your part to bring down barriers of intolerance, barriers of...
by admin | Apr 13, 2015
Michele Ozumba became the president of the Women’s College Coalition on March 16, 2015. A history and political science graduate of Douglass College, with a Master’s degree in city and regional planning from Rutgers, Michele has over twenty years of...
by admin | Oct 22, 2014
Three women’s colleges, Bay Path University, Bryn Mawr College and the College of New Rochelle, were among 24 institutions of higher education to receive Department of Education First in the World Grants in 2014. The First in the World (FITW) Program provides...
by admin | Sep 11, 2014
Women’s colleges were in the news when two, Smith College (ranked #4) and Saint Mary’s College (ranked #8) were recognized by the New York Times as some of the most economically diverse top colleges in the country. They were joined by Barnard, Wellesley and Bryn...
by admin | Jul 31, 2014
Women’s colleges are as diverse and the women they serve, and their 2014 graduates have launched careers that are equally wide-ranging. Kristen Lee, a basketball player and exercise and sport science major from St. Catherine University now works...
by admin | Jun 13, 2014
Memorable photos from 2014 women’s college graduations . http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-propsner/memorable-2014-graduation_b_5488830.html
by admin | Jun 9, 2014
Their stories still rivet me: Wai Wai Nu, who spent seven of her 27 years as a political prisoner and now fights for the rights of marginalized women in Myanmar; Achol Williams Amoi, a mother of seven girls and the first woman speaker of the State Legislative Assembly...
by admin | Jun 9, 2014
The understanding of gender is becoming more fluid, embracing transmen and transwomen as well as everyone in between. As the New York Times reported, single-sex colleges are struggling to work out where their loyalties lie. The ideological masonry of these...
by admin | May 27, 2014
Columbia College senior Emelin Garcia is a recipient of the first-ever Scholarship America Dream Award announced on May 23 on “Katie”, Katie Couric’s daytime television show. Emelin was among twelve student finalists welcomed by Katie Couric to the show, filmed...
by admin | May 4, 2014
To the Editor: Re “The Media Has a Woman Problem,” by Liza Mundy (Sunday Review, April 27): The argument that “I can’t find qualified women” — for my editorial page, engineering firm or corporate board — is a tired one. Here’s where to start a search: women’s...
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