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Advancing Women at Virginia Tech 2007

The fourth annual Advancing Women at Virginia Tech workshop sponsored by AdvanceVT was held on January 9, 2007, at the Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center. 

The primary focus for this year’s workshop was successful faculty searches and creating department climates that encourage faculty success.  Invited speakers from other Advance institutions shared examples of how they addressed similar issues. Presentations from the workshop are posted below in .pdf format.

Agenda

Time
Activity
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Welcome and Introductions:
Mark McNamee, Provost, Virginia Tech

9:25 am

Opening Panel: Strategies and Tactics for Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence - University of Michigan Advance Program
Katherine Spindler, Microbiology & Immunology
J. Wayne Jones, Materials Science and Engineering

10:35 am
Break
10:45 am
Using Interactive Theater as a Vehicle for Change
Susanna Rinehart, Theater Arts, Virginia Tech
11:00 am

Panel: Voices of Department Heads
Beate Schmittmann, Physics, Virginia Tech
Beth Grabau, Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech
Karen Thole, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Penn State
noon
Luncheon
1:15 pm

Workshops:
Recruiting a Diverse Faculty: Tactics for Successful Faculty Searches
Katherine Spindler, Univ. of Michigan
Wayne Jones, Univ. of Michigan
Kelly Oaks, Office for Equal Opportunity, Virginia Tech
Nancy Ross, College of Science, Virginia Tech
Andrea Dietrich, Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech
Facilitator: Ellen Plummer,Women’s Center, Virginia Tech

  • Presentation
  • Handout

Improving Department Climate: Sharing successful strategies
Eileen Van Aken, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
Joe Merola, Chemistry, Virginia Tech
Carla Finkielstein, Biological Science, Virginia Tech
Facilitators: Jack Finney, College of Science, Virginia Tech

3:00 Break
3:15 Closing Session
3:45 pm
Adjourn