2017 Women’s College Coalition Members Commencement Speakers

2017 Women’s College Coalition Members Commencement Speakers

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...
Insights From Women’s College Coalition Presidents

Insights From Women’s College Coalition Presidents

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...

Lessons on the Path to the Presidency

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...

Women’s College Coalition Appoints Michele Ozumba as President

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...
Women’s Colleges Receive First in the World Grants

Women’s Colleges Receive First in the World Grants

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...
Women’s Colleges Recognized as Economically Diverse

Women’s Colleges Recognized as Economically Diverse

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...
From College to Career

From College to Career

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...
Katie Couric Presents Award to Columbia College Senior

Katie Couric Presents Award to Columbia College Senior

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...
For Expert Women, Look to Women’s Colleges

For Expert Women, Look to Women’s Colleges

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...