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MSU biofilms research helps set standards for everday research
Montana State University scientist Darla Goeres knows that there is more than one way to grow a biofilm, a fact that she uses to make sure that when a product claims it kills "99 percent" of bacteria, it really does the job. (8/08)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=6139

Students in certificate program achieve 100 percent acceptance into med school
Blythe Belzer, who completed MSU's post-baccalaureate pre-medical certificate program, will attend the University of Washington School of Medicine. (5/08)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=5916

MSU joins Mali villagers in fight against malaria
Montana State University students and faculty returned to west Africa this month to join villagers who want to eradicate malaria. A $462,000 grant from the USDA-CSREES Higher Education Challenge Grant Program allowed five MSU students, two MSU faculty members, a Helena school teacher and a student at Chief Dull Knife College to spend two weeks in Mali as part of an on-going partnership with the village of Sanambele, said grant recipient and MSU entomologist Florence Dunkel. (3/08)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=5702

Students raise $30,000 in one night for clean water in Kenya
A group of Montana State University students doing humanitarian work in Kenya surprised themselves recently by raising $30,000 in one evening.
Engineers Without Borders at MSU held its first annual "Clean Water for Kenya Jubilee" on Friday, Feb. 29, at the Emerson Cultural Center. The event featured silent and live auctions as well as a cash call, where attendees made public donations of support in an auction-like format.
(3/08)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=5701

Rural women needed for chronic illness study
The Women to Women Project, a support network for rural women with chronic illness, is seeking women to participate in a study group forming in September 2008. The College of Nursing at Montana State University is in its 12th year of this program, which enhances rural women's ability to manage their chronic condition and assesses its effect on their quality of life. (3/08)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=5693

MSU chemical engineering student chooses different path
MSU chemical engineering student Katie Hoyt spent last summer in Washington D.C. on a Morris K. Udall Native American Congressional Internship. A member of the Tlingit Tribe of Alaska, Hoyt hopes to use her background in science and engineering to work on environmental problems. (12/07)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=5416

Program on business management for farm and ranch women set in Montana
A nationally recognized program designed to empower farm and ranch women to become better business managers, operators and partners in agriculture, will be coming to Montana this winter. Programs are scheduled in Baker, Bozeman, Culbertson, Dillon, Glasgow, Great Falls, Havre, Lewistown, Miles City, Rapelje, Scobey, Shelby and Sidney. (11/07)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=5403

MSU student film looks at women's role in Kenya
Montana State University graduate film student Jaime Jelenchick spent five weeks in Kenya filming the efforts of MSU students to bring clean drinking water to schoolchildren in the western part of that country. (10/07)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=5273

Pilot program will aid community and economic development
A new partnership will provide communities in Gallatin, Park, and Meagher Counties improved access to the economic and community development resources available from Montana State University Extension. The program is a pilot project from MSU Extension and the Northern Rocky Mountain Resource Conservation and Development Corporation. The two groups have hired Sarah Hamlen as Extension area economic development coordinator. She will work with other partners to deliver educational programs and develop new projects that aid communities in reaching their economic and community development goals and objectives. (9/07)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=5120

Zabinski receives AAUW Education Foundation Fellowship
A plant ecologist, Cathy Zabinski teaches and conducts research in restoration ecology and belowground plant ecology. Her research sites include industrially disturbed sites, high elevation areas affected by recreation, and thermal areas in Yellowstone National Park. The potential for resource sharing between plants via a common fungal network has an impact on the way researchers study plant communities. Cathy is using her fellowship at the Centre d'Ecologie Evolutive et Fonctionelle, in Montpellier, France while on sabbatical from MSU. (9/07)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=5120

Melody Zajdel named associate dean for MSU's College of Letters and Science
Zajdel, who has served as interim associate dean of the college for the past year, is a member of the English department faculty. She has worked on several program and curriculum initiatives in the university, including the University Honors Program, the Women's Studies minor, the Women's Center, Reinventing the CORE, and the WEEA project. She has served as a member of MSU's Faculty Council, Faculty Affairs Committee, University Promotion and Tenure Committee, Presidential Scholars Selection Committee and other faculty/student affairs committees.
(7/07)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4976

Mann to speak at "Mother Earth" ceremony in Washington in July
Henrietta Mann, a Cheyenne tribal elder and administrator at Montana State University, will be the opening speaker for the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian's "Mother Earth" ceremony set for Saturday, July 7. The event is being held in collaboration with Al Gore's "Live Earth" concert to be held that day. (7/07)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4958

Burke named Dean of Students
Katherine (Kate) Burke, acting senior associate dean of the College at Dartmouth, has been named MSU's Dean of Students. Burke will begin her duties in the fall of 2008 but will be on campus for several activities throughout the year, including orientation, move-in day and freshman convocation. (7/07)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4978&pid=2

Outstanding senior gravitates to hospitals, volunteer work
Madeline Turner became a scrub technician and helped deliver babies at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital. During her summers, she volunteered at hospitals in Costa Rica, Panama and the African country of Malawi. (5/07)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4871

World opens for accidental Spanish student
Taking Spanish on a whim opened a new world for Montana State University student Claire Wing of Helena. Wing was recently named Student of the Month by the Bozeman chapter of Rotary International. (5/07)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4856

Ski bum detour leads to doctoral degree
Whitehall native Jennifer Brown has distinguished herself in the field of magnetic resonance microscopy at Montana State University, where she will finish her doctorate this fall. (5/07)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4703

Billie Brown manages a half-dozen roles
The soon-to-be nursing graduate at Montana State University has balanced work, school and family throughout a bachelor's of science degree from Jamestown College in North Dakota, a master's in science education from MSU Northern, and now her nursing education. (3/07)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4847

Cook named marketing specialist
Lee Cook has been hired as a marketing specialist for Montana State University's Office of Communications and Public Affairs. (3/07)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4703

Girls can learn about science and math careers at April 14 MSU conference
Don't be surprised if you send your daughter to Montana State University's Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) conference and she comes home testing your hot tub for scum. Or digging for archaeological artifacts in your backyard. Or talking about her career opportunities in science and math.
(3/07)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4727

Student plans career in Native American health
Montana State University computer science student Sha Brady recently attended a course on Native American public health at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore, Md. (3/07)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4666

MSU Students, faculty try grasshopper stir fry, cricket tacos
Montana State University Florence Dunkel recently introduced Montana State University students and faculty to the idea of eating insects. The entomology professor and instructor for "Insects and Human Societies" started the four-hour dining experience by having participants taste and compare 20 kinds of honey. (3/07)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4616

Would be teacher fired up about new plans
Karly Krausz trains year-round so she can fight wildfires during the summer. She has dug trenches, trekked through the Missouri breaks and climbed rugged, steep terrain. Those experiences, though brutal at times, were enough to make her abandon the idea of becoming a school teacher and switch to a hot new career where fire is the focus, said the MSU senior from Lewistown. (2/07)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4561

International student completes Herculean load before returning home
Gokce Adsiz did the near impossible by completing 27 hours in one semester at MSU recently. The international exchange student from Turkey wanted to complete her degree at MSU before returning home. Adsiz earned a 3.6 GPA for the semester, which was completed in her third language.
(1/07)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4354

McFadzen receives certificate in distance ed
Mary McFadzen recently earned a professional development certificate in distance education from University of Wisconsin at Madison. McFadzen is the education program coordinator for the Center for Invasive Plant Management at Montana State University. She is developing online training modules for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and annually coordinates a six-week online workshop for vegetation managers throughout the United States.
(1/07)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4364

A Native American's Experience
Cinnamon Spear, an aspiring physical scientist who has worked summers with Mark Burr and his lab, leaves the reservation and goes east to the Ivy Leagues - for herself and the folks back home. This article about Cinnamon's educational experience was written by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and gives voice to what Cinnamon and others from the reservations are really challenged by and the grit it requires to step out and take new directions. (12/06)
-http://www.montana.edu/wrt/CinnamonSpear.pdf

Clark appointed to national committee
Janet Clark, Director of the Center for Invasive Plant Management at MSU, has been appointed by U.S. Secretary of the Interior to serve a three-year term on the Invasive Species Advisotry Committee of the National Invasive Species Council in Washington, DC. (11/06)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4279

Gender Gap
Full-time female teachers at Montana State University earn less than male counterparts. (10/06)
-http://www.montana.edu/wrt/GendergapChronicle.pdf

Math, science and girls
MSU computer science professors Rafal Angryk and Anne DeFrance received a $75,000 National Science Foundation grant for a project that might lead to a more gender-balanced workforce in computer science and related fields. The pair plan to encourage 14- and 15-year-old girls to study more science and math through two, week-long, summer workshops. The first workshop will be in June 2007. Students who attend will program robots, among other fun activities. Local professional women who work in computer science or related fields will mentor the girls during the workshops and the following two school years. The project could lead to identifying effective methods for increasing the number of women who pursue computer science or closely related fields. (10/06)

Marjorie Brown appointed Director of Affirmative Action
Marj Brown, who worked as a training and compliance officer in the Affirmative Action Office for 16 years, has been appointed the office's new director. She replaces Corky Bush who accepted a position at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia in August. (10/06)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4123

MSU technologist wins national award
Renee Arens, a laboratory animal technologist at MSU's Animal Resources Center won a 2006 Animal Technician Travel Award from Lab Products, Inc. (10/06)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4125

Rupp is National President
Gretchen Rupp, director of the Montana University System Water Center based at MSU, is currently serving as president of the National Institutes for Water Resources. (9/06)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=4015

The Women's Center receives grant for domestic violence project
The Virginia Law Foundation has provided a grant of $5,000 to The Women's Center for a project to develop informational aids for victims of domestic violence who are functionally illiterate. (8/06)
-http://www.thewomenscenter.org/content.asp?contentid=347

Montana wins $1.2 million to improve Native American schools
MSU education professors Joanne Erickson and Bill Ruff have designed a course to train aspiring school administrators wishing to work at schools on and near the state's Indian reservations. (8/06)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=3936

Awards made for Whirling Disease Studies
Billie Kerans at MSU has received two grants to carry out a statewide study in Montana of patterns in whirling disease risk and salmonid population response, and to study whirling disease as it relates to Yellowstone cutthroat trout in Yellowstone National Park and variations in the aquatic worm, Tubifex tubifex. (6/06)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=3796

From the Reservation to the Research Lab
Cinnamon Spear may be the first teenager from an Indian reservation in Montana who ever tried to sneak into a summer science program at a university. (6/06)
-http://www.montana.edu/wrt/Spear.html

Agre-Kippenhan named dean of MSU School of Arts and Architecture
Susan Agre-Kippenhan, chairman of the art department at Portland State University who has a background in both fine art and graphic design, has been named as the dean of the College of Arts and Architecture at Montana State University. She will begin her duties at MSU on August 7. (6/06)
-http://www.hhmi.org/news/06012006a.html

MSU student shared experiences in Indonesia
Montana State University sophomore, Katie Baldwin, whose grant from the MSU Office of Research and Creativity made possible a three-week visit to Yogajakarta, Indonesia, presented a program about Indonesia and her work there on girls' education. (5/06)
-http://www.montana.edu/wrt/Indonesia.html

MSU College of Nursing graduates first Bozeman upper division class
Montana State University's College of Nursing graduated 160 students with Bachelor of Science degrees this spring, and 16 of those are a close-knit group that was able to stay in Bozeman through upper division education. (5/06)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=3705

MSU dean accepts presidency at Plymouth State University
Sara Jayne Steen, dean of the College of Letters and Science at Montana State University since 2003, has been named president of Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. (4/06)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=3647

Students honored with MSU Women of Achievement Awards
Fourteen seniors at Montana State University were recently honored with Women of Achievement awards at the Herstory Reception sponsored by the MSU Women's Center and the MSU Alumni Association. The awards honor the students' hard work, compassion and activism. (4/06)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=3688

French labor protests tied to immigration
Recent unrest that has nearly paralyzed France is related to the country's treatment of its immigrant communities, according to Ada Giusti, an associate professor of French at Montana State University (4/06)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=3584

Fraudbuster: MSU prof at forefront of anti-fraud education
MSU accounting professor Bonita Peterson Kramer has developed a national reputation for the scholarly study of fraud, a crime that can victimize businesses and organizations of any size and any location. (2/06)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=3422

MSU professor helps Pakistan prepare for controversial trade talks
Political Science professor Linda Young helped prepare Pakistani agricultural officials for recent World Trade Organization meeetings. (1/06)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=3240

Kristin Juliar hired to direct health education and rural health
Juliar has begun as director for the Montana Area Health Education Center and Montana Office of Rural Health at Montana State University. She plans to focus on providing high-quality information and sevices that help Montana communities and healthcare providers. (1/06)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=3193

Prof provides a framework for studying violence in student reading
The portrayal of violence -- in movies, the evening news and literary classics -- should be studied just as plot, character and other elements of literature are studied, says Montana State University education professor Judi Franzak. (12/05)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=3175

Research on Montana T. rex makes Discover magazine's list of year's top science
An announcement by Mary Schweitzer, formerly of Montana State University and now at North Carolina State University, of the discovery of soft tissues preserved in thigh bones of a dinosaur found by a Museum of the Rockies crew is the year's sixth most important scientific story, according to Discover magazine. (12/05)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=3155

Education professor explores social issues in children's literature
Joyce Herbeck said literature is a great way for parents and teachers to teach children about social responsibility. Herbeck is working with graduate student Kathleen Byrne to contact Bozeman teachers about whether and how they address social issues in their curricula. (12/05)
-http://www.montana.edu/news/1134056163.html

MSU student judges started young, kept going
Senior Lacey Hunter and Heidi Arlian have been judging livestock for many years already. They are full time students expecting to graduate Fall 2006, and spend time traveling all over the U.S. with MSU's traveling Livestock Judging Team to pit their abilities against other college students on the national circuit. (10/05)
-http://www.montana.edu/news/1128890748.html

College of Business opens Bracken Business Communication Center
Linda Adams directs the new Bracken Business Communication Center in Reid Hall. The center, open to any students taking business courses, opened September 6. (9/05)
-http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=2660

Weinert named Carter-Flect professor
Clarann Weinert, SC, PhD, RN,FAAN, a professor in the MSU-Bozeman College of Nursing, has been named the 2005 Carter-Fleck Professor at the University of New Mexico College of Nursing. This professorship enables the college to rotate visiting specialists and to broaden the scope of its current offerings in areas where it is not feasible to have a permanent faculty. Weinert will visit Albuquerque several times throughout the year to provide instruction, consultation and research services in the area of rural nursing and rural nursing science for nursing students and faculty. (9/05)
-http://www.montana.edu/msutoday/nwview.php?article=2682&pid=2

MSU student wins Fulbright to make film about Soviet Union nuclear test site
Anne Devereux, graduate student in MSU's Science and Natural History Filmmaking program, has won a Fulbright to make a documentary film in Kazakhstan about a former Soviet atomic testing site and the effects of nuclear proliferation. (8/05)
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=2560

Hard work and science degree lead to dream job on reservation
Patricia Sioux Ramos achieved her dreams of a science degree at MSU, then a week later landed her dream job working in environmental quality for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. (7/05)
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=2539

Microbes of Yellowstone detailed in new book by MSU researcher
"Seen and Unseen: Discovering the Microbes of Yellowstone," a new book by Kathy Sheehan, reveals unique and newly discovered microbes through photographs and natural history details. Sheehan is a research associate in Microbiology and the Thermal Biology Institute. She explains that the microbial world in Yellowstone is something of a new frontier for scientists. (7/05)
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=2538

Student-doctor team wages war on wounds
Ellen Swogger of Miles City, is a senior in chemical and biological engineering. Her work is already leading to different treatments for diabetics. (6/05)
-http://www.montana.edu/news/1118163453.html

Buffy Sainte Marie to lecture June 16 at MSU's Museum of the Rockies
Buffy Sainte Marie, an Academy Award-winning songwriter, Native American folk music star and activist will speak about Indian education at 7 p.m., Thursday, June 16 in the Hager Auditorium. She has spent decades developing and fostering education for Native American Students grounded in history and culture. (5/05)
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=2449

Brown selected for NEH Institute in Peru and Bolivia
Alanna Kathleen Brown, professor of English, will spend five weeks in Peru studying native cultures on a National Endowment for the Humanities program. (5/05)
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=2448

Blackfeet teachers' work displayed at the Smithsonian
The Smithsonian honors Blackfeet Head Start educators Julia Schildt, Carol Bird and Ethyl Grant by displaying their Blackfeet language and cultural curriculum material in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. (5/05)
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=2444

Tiffany Kniepkamp decided to be a doctor at age four
Now in her third year at MSU, Kniepkamp intends to attend medical school after graduating from MSU with two degrees, in cell biology and neuroscience and one in biochemistry. (5/05)
-http://www.montana.edu/news/1116790908.html

MSU ag econ study says voluntary labeling increased prices
Former MSU student Kristin Kiesel and MSU economist Dave Buschena studied the impact of voluntary labeling related to biotechnology issues on retail purchases of a food using regional and national sales data. (5/05)
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=2435

Montana pharmacies survey shows power of seniors shopping
Adrienne Ohler, MSU economics masters student, studied prescription drug pricing in 13 Montana communities. She found communities with a higher percentage of senior citizens charged lower prices. (5/05)
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=2412

Students gather oral histories of Montana women
Mary Murphy created an oral history class project in her research seminar in women's studies. Nineteen MSU undergraduate students interviewed Montana women of their memories of first impressions of husbands, childhood memories, memories of their mothers, and chores they did as children. (4/05)
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=2383

Jones turns her eclectic focus to nursing
MSU Nursing junior Ann Brandom Jones will bring a lot of experience to the job when she becomes a nurse next year. She has been in the Peace Corps, worked in Nepal, is a certified EMT, has done undergraduate research in women's health, and more. (4/05)
-http://www.montana.edu/news/1114696809.html

MSU's Christensen aids students and community with taxing issues
Anne Christensen is the director of the MSU College of Business Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, which has the double-pronged goal of providing free tax preparation services for people making less than $35,000 while giving aspiring accountants practice in their demanding profession. This year, the MSU VITA program helped prepare federal and state tax returns for more than 250 individuals. (4/05)
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=2317

Helena politics create drama, controversy for student regent
Student regent Kala French, junior at MSU, has learned that in public life, nearly anything can become news. She has seen the controversy surrounding her appointment as student regent, caused by Gov. Judy Martz appointing her an unprecedented three-year term. (4/05)
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=2321

Helena student wins MSU's 44th Goldwater Scholarship
Bridgid Crowley, biochemistry major, has received the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for undergraduate excellence in math, science and engineering. She has been working in Trevor Douglas' laboratory since her freshman year. Their work deals with hollow protein cages that have the potential for carrying cancer drugs to specific tumors.
-http://www.montana.edu/news/1112224046.html

Messengers program aides Crow women's cancer outreach
Alma Knows His Gun McCormick leads 22 Crow women trained in cancer outreach. They dispense information and encouragement to other Crow women about cervical cancer in a manner both comforting and traditional. Suzanne Christopher, PI of this American Cancer Society grant, trains the Messengers.
-http://www.montana.edu/news/1111536079.html

Broken leg changes MSU student's career path
Katie Newell of Roundup, Montana aspires to medical school and said her experiences in a research lab should help get her there.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=2214

MSU graduate coordinates international engineering affair
Meredith Short, 2002 graduate of Montana State University's College of Engineering, packed her bags in January for Sunbury, England and a yearlong assignment with BP to head an international engineering education program.
-http://www.montana.edu/news/1109092996.html

Director of University Honors Program retires
Victoria O'Donnell, who has served as director of the MSU Honors Program for 12 years, has retired. Mike Miles, associate director, has been appointed interim director.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=2140

Schmalzbauer studies new type of family straddling national borders
Leah Schmalzbauer, MSU professor of sociology, found that pressures of immigrating to the U.S. to escape poverty are transforming traditional family patterns of Honduran migrants.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=2150

MSU junior from Stevensville selected for National FFA Alumni Council
Amanda Cloud, 2003-2004 president of Montana FFA and 2004 national officer candidate for Montana, was selected to serve on the Council. Her goals are to learn new things from fellow council members.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=2153

Anne Camper, Center for Biofilm Engineering, was named to the Water Science and Technology Board Committee on Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks, organized by the National Research Council of the National Academies of Science and Engineering. The committee's duties over the next two years will be to investigate public health risks that may be associated with drinking water distribution systems.

Montana values help launch Callahan's career in finance
Alexis Callahan, junior in MSU's College of Business, has an intense desire to succeed, is self-motivated, and loves to compete.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=2077

MSU advisor helps students consider health options
MSU's new health professions advisor Jane Cary helps students figure out where their personality and skills would fit in the mosaic of health professions and to help them add to their skill mix by choosing additional classes wisely.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=2037

Accomplished Muslim students are a PLUS on MSU campus
Sanaa Kiddi, Houssna Jabir and Shaden Alamleh are three of ten international students who are enrolled at MSU on highly competitive Partnerships For Learning –Undergraduate Studies Program, PLUS Scholarships. They are participating in an exclusive U.S. State Department scholarship program for Muslim students that intends to bridge the U.S. and Arab worlds.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=2038

Erin Lynch works to involve students in elections
Erin Lynch, senior in elementary education, is a doer. Her activities range from food drives, voter registration, service projects, debate planning, managing Cat Cab, and more.
-http://www.montana.edu/news/1098919504.html

Cheeseburger ambassador Lacey Lingohr spreads the word
Lacey Lingohr, animal science major at MSU, visited Ridge View Elementary recently with a giant cheeseburger pillow to show the nutrition information a cheeseburger and a piece of fruit contain.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=2003

Katy Sparks' heavy class load still leaves time for extras
Sparks is an agricultural business major from Plevna, Montana who is taking 22 credits this semester to also gain a minor in English when she graduates next spring. She spent spring semester at a South Australia university and is learning Spanish.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1980

MSU student studies architecture, language and literature in Germany
Senior Veronica Schreibeis from Laramie, WY received an $8,000 fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service to study abroad in Tuebingen, Germany this year. She is working on two undergraduate degrees (environmental design and German) and a graduate degree in architecture. (10/04)
-http://www.montana.edu/news/1097674951.html

Plumb joins College of Engineering as director of strategic projects
Carolyn Plumb will assist the College of Engineering in managing strategic initiatives, including faculty development and both curricular and program assessment. (10/04)
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1902

Peru was an eye-opener for MSU dietetics student
Anna Muldown spent five weeks in a small village in Peru observing a clinical nutrition education program and doing a community research program.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1830

Gaines works to restore ancient fish and monastery in Mongolia
Betsy Gaines Quammen was a University fundraiser. She is now executive director of The Tributary Fund, which is launching a program to raise funds to save the mystical fish of Mongolia and to rebuild an ancient monastery.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1835

MSU civil engineering student hopes to design roller coasters
Keely Obert loves roller coasters so much that she hopes to create her own, after graduating from college. (8/04)
-http://www.helenair.com/articles/2004/08/16/top/a01081604_01.txt

First-year medical student is joint author on major paper
Pam Fry Durling has worked on research in Charles Paden's laboratory that may lead to a new approach to treating brain trauma. Her work suggests that treatment after a brain injury needs to take into account how the brain reacts to that trauma over time.
-http://www.montana.edu/news/1090267397.html

"A wizard at recipes" tailors them for special needs
Bettie Stanislao has worked with nutrition for a long time. She is a dietitian who is intimately aware of the connection between food and health. Her current work has been developing recipes for gluten-free crops.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1818

MSU student researcher tracks wildlife on U.S. Highway 93
Graduate student Whisper Maillet is spending her summer documenting wildlife tracks through sand beds through the Flathead Indian Reservation.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1802

Fungi expert Cathy Cripps talks about morel hunting
This has been an exceptional year for mushrooms in Montana. Cripps offers suggestions on hunting them.
- http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1789

MSU students travel to Japan for business internships
Kapri Malesich is spending her summer internship studying Japanese business practices and culture.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1783

Nursing student Alyssa Pearson already has five years' experience
Great Falls native Alyssa Pearson just graduated from MSU with her nursing degree, but she has been working at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls for close to five years.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1746

Oudshoorn named to MSU planning position
Jo Oudshoorn, a strategic planning expert from Australia, has been appointed as the director of planning and coordination for MSU's Division of Administration and Finance. In addition to strategic planning, she will coordinate the MSU system's administration information services, and direct MSU's "To Improve Productivity" program.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1726

Elizabeth Galli-Noble named Asst Director of MT Water Center
Galli-Noble will manage two national research/outreach programs, the Wild Fish Habitat Initiative, the Whirling Disease Initiative, and more.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1634

MSU students forego spring break to volunteer
Through MSU's Office for Community Involvement's BreaksAway program six MSU students volunteered over spring break at a large inner-city daycare in Kansas City, Mo. -http://www.montana.edu/news/1080599380.html

Undergraduate Katie Conner has article published in journal
Conner, a senior majoring in English literature, has had a paper that she has written on themes of the opera "La Boheme" in three popular movies accepted by The Journal of Popular Film and Television.
-http://www.montana.edu/news/1079032323.html

MSU nutrition study needs women volunteers
Women who are post-menopausal and have Type II Diabetes are being recruited to better understand the effect of soy protein on heart disease risk factors.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1567

Grandparents raising grandchildren face challenges
Sandra Bailey, MSU Extension specialist, is working to help Montana grandparents by developing a statewide partnership of agencies that can provide information and resources, support groups, and continuing training and facilitation.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1559

Antarctic researcher uses popsicles to reach high school students
Graduate student Jill Mikucki loves science and wants to encourage women to pursue careers in science. She designed an experiment to who high school students that some organisms thrive in cold temperatures.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1524

MSU freshman named to two national 4-H posts
Political science freshman Amber King has been named one of two executive directors of the National 4-H Youth Directions Council and one of t youth trustees on the 45-member National 4-H Council Board of Trustees.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1529

New director of development for MSU College of Letters and Science
Kathleen Langenheim has been selected as the new full-time development officer for MSU's College of Letters and Science, following spending the past 10 years as director of development in the College of Business.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1513

Retired Japanese professor now an MSU graduate student
Yasuko Idei, a 71-year-old Japanese grandmother, brings a global perspective to her Native American Studies classes.
-http://www.montana.edu/news/1077577087.html

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day at MSU
Female high school students who are interested in MSU's College of Engineering are invited to attend "Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day" activities at MSU on February 26. RSVP by Feb. 19.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1503

MSU artist creates manga, Japanese comic book art
Art student Jessica Moffett became enamored with manga's startlingly dramatic black-and-white line drawings back in junior high. Now she draws Japanese style comics adding elements of science fiction or basing the stories and dialogue on her Navajo culture and history.
-http://www.montana.edu/news/1075240474.html

MSU filmmaker Cindy Stillwell Slamdances again
Wheat cutting and sheep shearing are the subjects of Stillwell's latest film accepted for screening at the esteemed Slamdance Film Festival this weekend in Park City, Utah.
-http://www.montana.edu/news/1074202324.html

Designing MSU student sees world with successful perspective
Onawa Linden is a senior from Helena majoring in graphics design at MSU who painted windows during the holidays. She is also December's MSU Rotary Student of the Month, manager/designer of SUB-Graphics, founder and president of the new MSU Grafix Club, and helps community service organizations.
- http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1429

Historian Joan Hoff is national commentator and MSU adjunct
Hoff has returned to Montana and now lives in Big Sky, but also has an apartment in New York City. She teaches, is a writer, and often travels to speak or research books.
-http://www.montana.edu/news/1070315112.html

MSU scientist Betsey Pitts coauthors paper in journal Nature
Phil Stewart, Betsey Pitts and others discover that genetics play a role in bacterial resistance to antibiotics.
-http://www.montana.edu/news/1069270175.html

McKamey named dean and director of Museum of the Rockies
Sheldon McKamey, assistant Director of the Museum of the Rockies since 1998, has been named the museum’s dean and director beginning January 1, 2004. She replaces Marilyn Wessel, who retired March 2003.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1344

Connie Larson shows women how to succeed
She was a single mom with three kids working at MSU, and now is a corporate research nutritionist.
- http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1340

Cellist finds that baby deepens her music career
Ilse-Mari Lee's young daughter inspired her to write "Sonatina for Violoncello and Piano" which was performed at MSU last week.
- http://www.montana.edu/news/1067473313.html

Outstanding General Studies Freshman Seminar Instructor
Dawn Silva has taught the freshman seminar courses five semesters and has received an award as outstanding instructor for the 2002-2003 academic year.
- http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1320

Cloud leads Montana FFA Association
Now a sophomore at MSU, Amanda Cloud has become the president of the Montana FFA Association. Her major is agricultural education.
- http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1290

Roller coaster fan wants to design them for a living
Keely Obert, freshman and Presidential Scholar at MSU, loves roller coasters. She now wants to become a structural engineer and design them.
- http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1283

Noll named director of MSU's General Studies program
Mary Noll has been serving as interim director of General Studies for more than three years and now has been appointed to the position on a permanent basis.
- http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1278

MSU to lead regional partnership on carbon sequestration
The Department of Energy has awarded MSU a $1.6 million grant to lead a partnership aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Dr. Susan Capalbo, professor of agricultural economics, will lead this partnership in identifying the most suitable ways of sequestering greenhouse gases in the northern Rockies.
- http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1270

Clinical Nurse Specialist degree now available
The College of Nursing at Montana State University-Bozeman is now offering a Clinical Nurse Specialist program for advanced nursing education.
- http://www.montana.edu/news/1063995092.html

Ronan student helps Crow women through research
Jana Smith helps girls with their basketball skills, but more importantly, she is working with her advisor, Suzanne Christopher, to prevent cervical cancer on the Crow Indian Reservation.
- http://www.montana.edu/news/1062706834.html

Ballantyne named interim dean of MSU College of Nursing
Jean Ballantyne has served for 12 years as campus director of MSU College of Nursing's Billing's campus, and now has been appointed interim dean of the MSU College of Nursing. She replaces Lea Acord who left for Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis.
- http://www.montana.edu/news/1059501407.html

MSU hires first female band director
Lisa Hunter is MSU's first female band director, and one of the only female collegiate band directors in the country.
- http://www.montana.edu/news/1060126346.html

MSU president mandates Mann to advance American Indian education
Henrietta Mann, former Endowed Chair in Native American Studies at MSU, has been appointed to MSU President Geoff Gamble's cabinet of advisers to help improve the education of MSU's American Indian students.
- http://www.montana.edu/news/1058912942.html

Student works on exotic fungi project over summer
Undergraduate student Erica Dobbs of Columbus remained at MSU this summer to study exotic fungi with Drs. Gary Strobel and Uvi Castillo. They are looking for organisms that may produce antiobiotics that could be leading to medicine or uses in agriculture.
- http://www.montana.edu/news/1058675359.html

Miles City student looking for reasons behind sinus infections
Ellen Swogger didn't envision herself studying mice sinuses in college. She disliked biology in high school. And physics, come to think of it, wasn't her strong suit either.
- http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1138

Ronan student helps Crow women through research project
Jana Smith is involved in a research and educational project called "Messengers for Health" to prevent cervical cancer on the Crow Indian Reservation. Her advisor Suzanne Christopher received a four-year grant from the American Cancer Society.
- http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1127

Conrad students head toward health careers
MSU students Jes Garnett and Crystal Hepp, both of Conrad, MT, are working in research labs this summer and preparing for careers in health care.
- http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=1010

MSU economist studies a Montana medical model
The model of limited-care hospitals that now serves 33 Montana communities and about 657 communities across the United States began in Montana. The model has provided care more economically than full-service hospitals, according to a recent study by Montana State University researchers Susan Capalbo and Jean Shreffler-Grant.
- http://www.montana.edu/news/1055884247.html

Steen named Dean of MSU College of Letters and Science
Sara Jayne Steen, a Renaissance scholar and former chair of Montana State University's Department of English, has been named dean of MSU's College of Letters and Science, the university's largest college. She replaces Jim McMillan who will return to a faculty position on July 1. Steen spent the past year as an American Council on Education Fellow at the University of Delaware studying higher education issues and administration, specifically working on a diversity project for MSU.
- http://www.montana.edu/news/1054676994.html

MSU faculty honored for teaching, research achievements
Three women faculty and researchers are among the winners of the top Montana State University 2003 faculty awards announced at the University Honors Banquet May 9. Gwen Jacobs, Cell Biology and Neuroscience, was awarded a Cox Award, Susan Dana, College of Business, received the President's Distinguished Teacher Award, and Joan Henson received the Betty Coffey Award. - http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=907

Two chosen for residential summer institute for women in higher education administration
Susan Monahan, Associate Professor of Sociology, and Linda Karell, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Graduate Studies, have been selected to attend the Bryn Mawr College and HERS, Mid-America Summer Institute from June 23-July 19 at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. Participants must be interested in seeking leadership positions in higher education or in advancing in administrative positions they currently hold.

The Summer Institute, which began in 1976, hopes to improve the status of women in the middle and executive levels of higher education administration, an area in which women traditionally have been under-represented. The program accepts women who are actively seeking increaed administrative responsibilities and provides 1) training in the management and governance of institutions of higher education, 2) institutional perspective on the pressing issues and problems in higher education today, 3) strategies for professional development, and 4) continuing supportive network of peers and mentors.

Past participants from MSU include: Susan Capalbo, Ag Econ & Econ & VP Research (2002), and Leslie Schmidt, Grants & Contracts. For more information on the Summer Institute, go to: http://www.brynmawr.edu/summerinstitute/

New high-tech business started under “home-grown” project
A technology to rapidly and accurately detect and identify bioterrorist pathogens is the focus of a new business in Bozeman. The business, SensoPath Technologies, Inc., is being developed under a federal grant aimed at home-growing new Montana companies. Brenda Spangler, SensoPath CEO and an associate professor at MSU, says this technology is on a fast track to market.
- http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=978

Hyman selected as MSU vice provost for health sciences
Linda Hyman, a scientist from Tulane University Medical School has been selected as MSU’s Vice Provost for the Division of Health Sciences. Her specialty is molecular biology and the biochemistry of the genome. She will supervise the Montana WWAMI Medical Education Program, the Montana Office of Rural Health, the Montana Area Health Education Center and the Rural Preceptor Placement Program in Montana.
- http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=969

MSU Nursing Dean takes job at Marquette
Lea Acord will leave MSU in mid-summer to take a similar post at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis. She has directed MSU nursing programs in Billings, Great Falls, Missoula, Kalispell and Bozeman for the past eight years.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=908

Ballantyne appointed interim dean
Jean Ballantyne, Ph.D. (C), RN, Billings Campus Director of the MSU College of Nursing, has accepted the position of Iinterim Dean of the College. Her appointment will be effective July 28, 2003.

Former chef and food bank director joins MSU’s statewide nutrition education team
Renee Harris has worked as a big-city chef, became active in programs that combated food waste, and directed the Gallatin County Food Bank. There she implemented ideas along with nutrition specialist, Lynn Paul, and nutrition education specialist, Phyllis Dennee, like packaging easy recipes with all the ingredients to make them. Now she has joined the team of MSU Extension agents and nutrition educators as another avenue to help sustain the people of Montana.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=902

Grandmother’s yard, garden inspire Roundup student
Kristi De Vries is a junior at MSU majoring in horticulture. She chose her major when thinking about her grandmother’s huge yard and garden. She spent last summer interning at the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park at Grand Rapids, Mich. and now participates in the Undergraduate Scholars Program at MSU. Her research is aimed at developing plants that are bushier and shorter, thus more attractive to Montana customers.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=894

Young recognized with national award for mentoring work at MSU
Sara Young, the driving force for programs that engage American Indian students in research at Montana State University, was one of 10 individuals to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) this year. Young received the award April 18 at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.
-http://www.montana.edu/wrt/sarayoung.html

Student does biotech internship at Monsanto
Leslie Shama, a senior in plant sciences, spent the summer of 2002 participating with a corporate “discovery team” trying to find genes that were important for increasing corn yield. This internship was in Chesterfield, Mo. with Monsanto Corporation.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=875

Friends of MSU Libraries fetes university writers
A public reception was held April 28, 2003 to honor recent authors from MSU. Women authors feted were Linda Karell, English; Shawna Lockhart, mechanical engineering; Lisa Stanley, math; and Franke Wilmer, political science.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=859

Glendive student finds purpose in research lab
Alison Ziegler, a sophomore majoring in biomedical sciences, works with biofilms – colonies of bacteria covered in a slimy coating – and loves it. Her work has shown that although antibiotics may not be able to completely prevent biofilm infections, they can retard and inhibit biofilm.
-http://www.erc.montana.edu/CBEssentials-SW/education/archives/Students%20in%20the%20News033103.htm

Nursing researcher does research on sleep habits
Rita Cheek, Assistant Professor of the College of Nursing at the Missoula campus, studies naps. Yes, a short midday nap improves functioning.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=806

Letter writing assumes new meaning in digital age
Karen Wilcox, a graduate student in English at MSU, is studying letter writing in the 18th century. Letters were the main way to bridge trans-Atlantic distances. Every little word was valued because correspondence was so infrequent. E-mail has caused people to develop a casualness about the written word.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=800

Minimum wage provides avenue to teach economics
Wendy Stock, an associate professor of economics at MSU, participated in a workshop in February 2003 for Montana high school and community college economics teachers. Her session on the minimum wage was one of several designed to help teachers incorporate issues-based economics into the classroom.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=797

MSU professors receive sabbaticals to work on research
Among the nine faculty members at MSU who have been awarded sabbaticals for the 2003-04 academic year are the following women: Alanna Brown, English; Bonita Peterson, Business; Linda Sexson, History and Philosophy; and Sara Jayne Steen, English. Brown, Sexson and Steen will work on their manuscripts and books; and Peterson plans research with leading academicians in the area of fraud research and education.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=793

New MSU geneticist targets applied beef cattle research
Janice Rumph began at MSU in January 2003, and wants to do research that is applied. Her first target will be looking at whether she can improve cattle energy efficiency through breeding. She also teaches an undergraduate course on the Principles of Animal Breeding and will be teaching the Advanced Animal Breeding graduate course.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=780

MSU professor publishes book on collaboration
Linda Karell, professor of English, published her theory that writing is collaborative. She uses the works of eight Western writers to demonstrate her theory that all writing has roots of inspiration outside the writer. She says that her research on collaboration in writing was rooted in a study of women’s storytelling several years ago.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=752

Student researches Mongolian home remedies
Courtney Paterson, first year medical student at MSU, spent a month in Mongolia and two weeks in Japan in 2001 researching home remedies and learning how to work and enjoy being in a foreign culture. As a student researcher with MSU’s BioRegions Program, she collected information on home remedies for illnesses, such as milk and meat, and rest. The travel experience confirmed her intention to enter the medical school program last fall.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=737

MSU economist receives $1.3 million to study global-warming gases
Can you make money by trapping greenhouse gases in the soil? Susan Capalbo, professor of agricultural economics, and other MSU researchers have received a $1.3 million grant as part of the Consortium for Agricultural Soils Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases to study this. MSU economists are determining the costs of carbon sequestration to farmers, how to document how much carbon could be stored and its value.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=717

MSU Ag Dean takes job in Virginia
Sharron Quisenberry has resigned effective July 1 to take a position in Virginia. She came to MSU in 1999 as Dean of MSU’s College of Agriculture and the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=944

Photography student connects with Eastern Montana landscape
Amanda Breitbach uses images from the land in Eastern Montana where her family has raised cattle, grains and other crops in her senior photography project. Her photos show the images that matter most to her. Sun-bleached cattle skulls. Abandoned farm buildings. Wind-scalloped snow on the prairie.
-http://www.montana.edu/commserv/csnews/nwview.php?article=957

MSU Science, Engineering Program Opens Doors for Rural Women

- http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/univ/SciAll.html (5/02/00)

"MSU-Bozeman Project to Open Doors for Women"

- http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/univ/doors.html (no date)

MSU scientist's persistence brings girls to math and science
- http://www.montana.edu/news/0987525017.html (modified 3/15/01)

Position added to seek grant funding for women and minorities
- http://www.montana.edu/news/1023049041.html (6/2/02)

 


National News

Study Reveals Reasons for Women's Departure from the Sciences
NIH did a study that looked at why women drop off the tenure track in the sciences. The reasons mostly revolve around issues of balancing career and family, being a trailing spouse to a male whose career is seen as having priority, and interestingly enough, the women's own confidence (or lack thereof) about being able to make tenure.  (12/07)
- http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2007/od-31.htm

Resources Available from the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP)
The goal of the NGCP is to maximize access to shared resources within projects and with public and private sector organizations and institutions interested in expanding girls' participation in science, technology, engineering and math.   More information and resources are available at the project Web site: www.ngcproject.org. One of the valuable NGCP resources is the online Program Directory. The purpose of the directory is to help organizations and individuals network, share resources, and collaborate on STEM-related projects for girls.  Organizations and programs enter program description, resources available within your organization, program and/or organizational needs and contact information. You can browse the program directory at any time by visiting:  http://www.ngcproject.org/directory/index.cfm.  Register your program and/or resources for collaboration today! (11/07

Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering, 2007
This site provides data on the participation of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering education and employment. The data are organized by topic and are presented in tables, graphics, and spreadsheets for downloading. (11/07)
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/

Women Lose Ground in IT, Computer Science
National Center for Women & Information Technology has just released a scorecard on the status of girls and women in computer science and IT professions. Campus Technology has an article about the report titled "Women Lose Ground in IT, Computer Science" which can be found here:
http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/52710. The full report can be read here: http://www.ncwit.org/pdf/Scorecard.pdf (11/07)

At North Dakota State, Women Are Few and Far Between
Why does one university seem so behind the times? (The Chronicle of Higher Education, 11/2/07, by Robin Wilson)
- http://www.montana.edu/wrt/NDSUwomen.pdf

The Feminine Critique
How are women in the workplace viewed differently from men, and what should they do about it? (The New York Times, 11/1/07, by Lisa Belkin)
- http://www.montana.edu/wrt/FeminineCritique.pdf

MentorNet News - July 2007
MentorNet News, is a monthly e-newsletter designed to keep you abreast of recent research and developments in mentoring as well as news about women and others underrepresented in the fields of engineering and science. Subscribe at
- http://www.mentornet.net/documents/community/public/subs.aspx

Chronicle Careers
Women are taking faculty positions in record numbers but most are not the sort of jobs that lead to success in higher education. (The Chronicle of Higher Education, 3/27/07)
- http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2007/03/2007032701c/careers.html

"Code O:" How to recover from Overwhelm
Here's a great article about what to do when you become so overloaded with work that it just makes you freeze up. Read on for some great tips. (by Susan R. Johnson)
- http://www.mentornet.net/news/newsart.aspx?nid=20&sid=1

References on Chilly Climate for Women Faculty in Academe
Included is an extensive bibliography on bias in student evaluations and the following list of
topics: General Chilly Climate References; Bias in Student Evaluations; Bias in Hiring and Evaluation; Balancing academic and personal responsibilities; Other Data on Bias; Pay Inequity; . Pay Inequity in the Life Sciences; Bias in Peer Review; Tenure Inequity; and Related Online Resources. (Compiled by Jennifer Freyd and JQ Johnson at U of Oregon)

- http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/~jjf/chillyclimate.html

NIH study group to study issues raised in report
Elias Zerhouni, director of the NIH, has formed a Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers to examine issues raised in the recent National Academies report, "Beyond Bias and Barriers, Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering." In the NIH announcement NIH Leads Effort to Help Women in Science and Medicine Fulfill Potential of the Working Group, he says it is critical to address the barriers that women face in hiring and promotion at research universities in many fields of science.

Harvard alters its approach to scientific study - Collaboration a key to plan
Women have still not reached the top academic ranks in numbers anything like their growing presence in science and engineering classes would suggest. (by Gareth Cook, Globe Staff, January 19, 2007)

- http://www.montana.edu/wrt/Harvardalters.doc

Women in Science: The Battle Moves to the Trenches
Women have still not reached the top academic ranks in numbers anything like their growing presence in science and engineering classes would suggest. (by Cornelia Dean, New York Times, Dec. 19, 2006
)
- http://www.montana.edu/wrt/Battle.pdf

Maryland Releases Taskforce Report on Women and IT
The legislatively created Taskforce on the Status of Women and Information Technology released its findings and recommendations to the governor and legislature on October 17, 2006 entitled: In the Center of the Storm: Addressing the Challenges of Maryland’s Tightening IT Labor Market.

The Taskforce was established by the State of Maryland to study the issues relating to the declining involvement of girls and women in information technology and related technologies. Over two years, the Taskforce studied the impact the decline has on the overall technology literacy of Maryland's workforce and on the future of the information technology workforce. In addition, they investigated strategies to address the challenges to better meet the state's workforce demands in all career areas where technology is used. From this, the Taskforce developed a statewide comprehensive women and information technology plan and strategies for plan implementation and public promotion of the plan, including facilitating the coordination and communication among state and local agencies and organizations regarding achieving the goals of the plan.

In addition, understanding the importance of the issue, the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (who staffed the Taskforce), under the leadership of Secretary Aris Melissaratos; Deputy Secretary, Chris Foster; Assistant Secretary Bob Diamond; and CIO, Ovetta Moore; developed and launched a new set of pages on the Maryland site to help attract and retain talented women in technology careers and as entrepreneurs.  According to Beth Perlman, CIO of Constellation Energy and Chair of the Taskforce, “Maryland is being very strategic in promoting services and support to women in technology.   It’s good for women and it’s great for business.” http://www.choosemaryland.org/businessservices/womenintechnology/WITMainPage.html (12/06)
- http://www.mdbusiness.state.md.us/Resources/pdffiles/performancereporting/WIT%20Task%20Force.pdf

Balance It Out
Career advice for scientists on how to balance work and life. (By Greta Bennett, pseudonym of a Ph.D. who just finished a prestigious international postdoc and has started a full-time research position overseas.)
- http://www.montana.edu/wrt/BalanceItOut.doc

Life as a Mother-Scientist
This article is written from the perspective of a woman scientist faculty member, but touches on issues that affect women in the humanities as well. It discusses issues of balancing career and family. (By Lucille Louis, pseudonym of a research assistant professor of biology at a research university in the West. Article from The Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 30, 2006)
- http://www.montana.edu/wrt/LifeAsMotherScientist.doc

Show Me the Money
The usual excuses can't explain the continuing wage gap between women, minorities, and white men. (By Anne Fleckenstein at Association for Women in Science)
- http://www.montana.edu/wrt/ShowMeTheMoney.pdf

References on Chilly Climate for Women Faculty in Academe
Included is an extensive bibliography on bias in student evaluations and the following list of
topics: General Chilly Climate References; Bias in Student Evaluations; Bias in Hiring and Evaluation; Balancing academic and personal responsibilities; Other Data on Bias; Pay Inequity; . Pay Inequity in the Life Sciences; Bias in Peer Review; Tenure Inequity; and Related Online Resources. (Compiled by Jennifer Freyd and JQ Johnson at U of Oregon)
- http://dynamic.uoregon.edu/~jjf/chillyclimate.html

Gender Similarities in Mathematics and Science
Boys and girls have similar psychological traits and cognitive abilities; thus, a focus on factors other than gender is needed to help girls persist in methematical and scientific career tracks. (by Janet Shibley Hyde and Marcia C. Linn, Science, October 27, 2006)
- http://www.montana.edu/wrt/Science06GendSim.pdf

AAUP: Women Professors Lag In Tenure, Salary
There are more women in full-time faculty positions than 30 years ago but research institutions are still reluctant to hire women or pay them in parity with their male hires, according to an annual report by the American Association of University Professors released today. (by Shilpa Banerji, Diverse Online, October 26, 2006)
- http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_6571.shtml

Science and the Gender Gap
A generation ago, women physicists and chemists were rare in the lab, but their number is increasing every year. (Newsweek, September 25, 2006)
-http://www.montana.edu/wrt/ScienceGenderGap.pdf

At U. of Southern California, a Support Network Helps Women in Science and Engineering
Female faculty members in USC's science and engineering programs have more support and more options, thanks to a program called Women in Science and Engineering. (9/06)
- http://www.montana.edu/wrt/SoCalifWISE.doc

Study calls for 'Urgent' Campaign to Help Women Thrive at Research Institutions
Congress should investigate how well NIH, NSF, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), among others, are complying with antidiscrimination laws, concludes a new report on barriers to women in academia. "Fundamental changes in the culture and opportunities at America's research universities are urgently needed," said Donna Shalala, president of the University of Miami, former secretary of Health and Human Services, and chair of the committee that completed the report, Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering. The report recommends that university executives should require academic departments to show evidence of having conducted fair, broad, and aggressive talent searches before officials approve appointments, and