Women in Engineering Leadership Institute Academic Workshop
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Dr. Bonnie Melhart, Texas Christian UniversityDr. Patricia Nava, University of Texas, El Paso Dr.
Judy M. Vance, Iowa State University
Women in Engineering Leadership Institute
Academic Workshop
1st Women in Engineering Leadership Conference
Winter Park, Colorado October 11-15, 2000 NSF sponsored
37 participants Gordon-style conference Focus on academic leadership in engineering
Formation of WELI
NSF funded 3 years 5 conference activities E-community/web presence
Mission
Provide academic leadership training, mentoring, and networking opportunities for women engineering faculty
Provide programs to encourage women engineering PhD students to consider an academic career
Serve as a clearinghouse for information and data related to women in academic leadership
Activities SWE National Conference
October 2003 2 Leadership Development/
Advanced Leadership Conferences Utah, November 5-8, 2003 Florida, Fall 2004
Leadership Summit Connecticut, May 8-10, 2004
Institutional Transformation/ Advanced Leadership Workshop New York, Spring 2005
Leadership Development Conferences
3 day events Common modules
Academic leadership roles, responsibilities Skills development Team building
Advice from the trenches Assessment and evaluation
Advanced Leadership Workshops
Use post-LDC assessment ot identify needs/interests Budget, legal issues, media training, program
building Time for networking and open discussion
Outcomes
Greater diversity in academic leadership Pro-active development of academic
leadership (positional and non-positional roles)
Strong network of women academics
“I don’t think I have ever been in a room with so many women engineers …
It has changed me forever.”
Executive Committee Dr. Lisa Aultman-Hall,
University of Connecticut Dr. Shobha Bhatia
Syracuse University Dr. Valerie Davidson
University of Guelph Dr. Alison Flatau
University of Maryland Dr. Britt Holmén
University of Connecticut Dr. JoAnn Lighty
University of Utah Dr. Allison MacKay
University of Connecticut Dr. Susan Margulies
University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Bonnie Melhart Texas Christian University
Dr. Pat Nava University of Texas, El Paso
Dr. Deb Niemeier University of California, Davis
Dr. Diane Rover Iowa State University
Dr. Kelly Rusch Louisiana State University
Dr. Laura Sullivan Kettering University
Dr. Judy Vance Iowa State University
Dr. Sara Wadia-Fascetti Northeastern University
Dr. Parveen Wahid University of Central Florida