University Committee on Women

Wednesday, January 19

11:30 - 1 pm

Room 144, Durham

Present: Chris Cook, Janet Tait, Deb Sanborn, Jaye Stefani, Deb Covey, Amy Bix, Eileen Thacker, Lauri Dusselier, Carolyn Heising, Susan Carlson, Ann Thompson, Sheley Johnson, Guests: Lindsey Pace, Du Zhang

I. Minutes/Announcements

The minutes from the December meeting were reviewed and accepted as written. If there are changes or addition please let Sheley know.

II. Women in Leadership Update

President of University of Colorado to speak on women and leadership at ISU Jan. 22

Elizabeth Hoffman, president of the University of Colorado, Boulder, will present a lecture on "One Women's Path to Leadership" at 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, in Rooms 220-230 Scheman Building, Iowa State Center. A reception will be held at 3 p.m. in the Brunier Room.

The event is part of a yearlong program sponsored by Iowa State University's Advancing Women Leaders series. The lecture is free and open to the public.

The lecture will be followed by comments from Ann Thompson, chair of ISU's University Committee on Women and interim associate dean of research and graduate studies for the College of Education, and Judy Vance, chair of the department of mechanical engineering.

Parking for the event will be in Lot B1 at the Iowa State Center (north of Scheman). Please enter the parking lot from Center Drive, coming from Beach Avenue. At the entrance, tell the attendant that you are attending the women's leadership event and you will be allowed to enter. A map of the area is online.

Final Advancing Women Leaders Series

The final event of the Advancing Women Leaders series sponsored by the University Committee on Women, Women's Leadership Consortium, Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, Office of the Provost and the Committee on Lectures will be the Women’s Leadership Summit to be held on April 15. The speaker for this event is scheduled to be Angela Oh. Mark your calendars to attend the Summitt.

Women’s Enrichment Mini-Grants

The recipients that received funding for the mini-grant proposals that were submitted are now posted on the Provost website: http://www.provost.iastate.edu/faculty/diversity.html