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The 2014-2015 STEM Department Chair Schedule is posted below. This facet of Department Chair Professional Development is coordinated by LU ADVANCE and the Deputy Provost for Faculty Affairs. All sessions are in UC 304 from 8:00-9:30 am. September 19, 2014 RSVP by September 15: http://doodle.com/gw9r623yx3vf4ksm November 7, 2014, RSVP by November 3: http://doodle.com/ampt99mi766pb7sx December 12, 2014 RSVP by December 8: http://doodle.com/ampt99mi766pb7sx February 13, 2015 RSVP by February 9: http://doodle.com/ampt99mi766pb7sx March 27, 2015 RSVP by March...

LU-WISE Luncheon dates have been identified for the 2014-2015 Academic Year. We are also scheduling a welcome and Kick-Off event hosted by ADVANCE for August. LU-WISE topics will include: Mentoring Graduate Students Enhancing Creativity and Innovation in Research Grant Writing Tenure/Promotion Review and Response Department Chair Roundup: Perspectives from a Panel of Women STEM Department Chairs LU-WISE Research Showcase If you would like to offer a topic, please let us know while we finalize the...

Lehigh University is part of a newly formed task force of regional employers who wish to support one another in recruting and retaining a diverse workforce by forming a consoritum. Together, we propose relocation and networking services to potential hires (and their partners, spouses, families) who are planning to relocate to the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania so that their integration into the community is strong and successful. Individuals with partners or spouses who also...

On April 18, Cindy Simpson and Gail Gasparich visited Lehigh University representing AWIS and spoke with some participants of our Interdisciplinary Networking Committee mentoring program about faculty mentoring of graduate students. Topics covered were broad and included work-life balance, working with students who have their own funding and how to cultivate independent questioning and intellectual curiosity while supporting your own research goals. The slides are available for viewing.

Faculty men who wish to take actions that support faculty women can review the list of items on this flyer and also review the additional suggestions identified by Lehigh ADVANCE Male Allies.

Lehigh's NSF ADVANCE Grant is making progress in faculty recruitment- not only in STEM disciplines. Read the news story that followed a meeting of internal stakeholders and external advisors to the project.

Please attend a town hall about the search for Lehigh University's next president. Your voice needs to be heard. If you cannot attend in person, there is also an online form to submit comments or make nominations. An email from the co-chairs of the presidential search committee with the schedule of town hall meetings is below. "Dear Members of the Campus Community, We want to take this opportunity to remind you about the upcoming presidential...

Lehigh ADVANCE is now accepting proposals from all recently tenured and promoted women associate professors (first three years) and STEM women (through the fifth year) who are interested in developing a two-year mentored plan of funded work to effectively demonstrate leadership in ways that make individual sense for optimum career success and satisfaction. This pilot program is based on surveys and focus groups that highlight STEM women faculty at Lehigh do not equate the achievement...

We are no longer accepting nominations. Thank you for your interest. The Lehigh NSF-ADVANCE Grant seeks nominations and self-nominations of Lehigh tenured faculty for two positions as the 2014 ADVANCE Chairs in Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The Lehigh ADVANCE Program is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCE Program for Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers. The ADVANCE Chair positions are for one...

From Lehigh News: The P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science (RCEAS) has received a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to offer women engineering majors further opportunities to conduct research. S. David Wu, Iacocca Professor and dean of the engineering college, announced the receipt of the Henry Luce Foundation grant along with the establishment of the new Lehigh Engineering Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship, which is open to both men and women.