Empowering Women as Leaders and Scholars
Leadership Development
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Workshop Participants
The AdvanceVT Leadership Development Program selects a cohort of women from across the university who demonstrate an interest in and potential to assume leadership roles for individualized coaching and skill development. The program begins by assessing the current strengths and areas for development of the women in the cohort and provides feedback based on that assessment. Working with a coach, each woman creates a development plan to capitalize on strengths and address development needs. AdvanceVT also sponsors a series of workshops to build specific leadership skills, including resolving conflict, negotiation, power and influence, time management, and understanding university finance and budgeting. Workshops utilize both on campus experts and outside consultants. Eighteen tenured women faculty members have participated in the AdvanceVT leadership development program in 2005, 2006, and 2007.
Six senior women faculty members have received fellowships from AdvanceVT to complete self-designed leadership development experiences: Andrea Dietrich and Brenda Winkel in 2004-05, Karen Inzana, Kathleen Jones, and Mary Kasarda in 2006-07, and Naira Hovakimyan in 2007-08.
Research Seed Grants
2004-05 Research Seed Grant
Recipients
AdvanceVT research seed grants provide funding to support junior faculty developing a successful research proposal for external funding. In addition to research supplies, the budget may also include travel funds for visiting colleagues at other universities or funds for graduate student support to acquire data needed for writing a more competitive proposal. .
Twenty-two junior faculty members received competitively reviewed seed grants to jump start their research programs in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.