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Cruzado announces formation of MSU President's Commission on Status of Women

Montana State University President Waded Cruzado has formed a 24-member commission to study, evaluate and advise her on issues related to diversity and gender equity.

Cruzado said the President's Commission on the Status of University Women, to be chaired by Anne Camper, associate dean of the MSU College of Engineering, will identify institutional strategies to improve campus climate, alleviate the isolation of women in academic and work units through hiring and retention initiatives and accommodate the needs of diverse workers.

"My charge to the commission is to identify areas of concern and to help us go forward," Cruzado said. "Together, we will become the best university possible, a university where differences of any kind are respected and where bias of any kind is nonexistent." continued

President's Commission on the Status of University Women website

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Planning a NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation GrantNSF

MSU has submitted a NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation proposal in November 2011.

Spearheading this effort were:

Jessi Smith Psychology
Anne Camper College of Engineering and Center for Biofilm Engineering
Laura Black College of Business
Beth Burroughs Mathematical Sciences
Sarah Codd Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Gwen Jacobs Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Paula Lutz College of Letters and Science
Liz Shanahan Political Science
Tracy Sterling Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
Cathy Whitlock Earth Sciences and VP for Research Office
Linda Young Political Science

For more information please contact Jessi Smith.

 

 

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