Welcome from the UT Commission for Women

The UT Commission for Women (CFW) is a body appointed by the Chancellor to advise on planning, implementation, and evaluation of University programs, policies, and services designed to improve the status of women on the Knoxville Campus. The Commission, in its role as an advocacy group, is committed to the advancement of women students, faculty and staff at the UT Institute of Agriculture, UT Medical Center, and The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

• U.S. Poet Laureate Visits UT Knoxville
  (Tuesday, February 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the University Center auditorium)
  
  
• The 2010-2011 HERS Institute
  
  Chancellor Jimmy Cheek and the Commission for Women want to sponsor an outstanding woman to attend a Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Institute.  Women faculty members or administrators who have a proven record of professional growth and responsibility, and who have a keen interest in campus administration and the challenges of growing a university rich in international and intercultural diversity, are encouraged to review the Institutes and apply for the one that best suits individual circumstances. The Bryn Mawr Summer Institute offers a two-week residential program.  The HERS Institute at Wellesley College offers four three-day sessions across the 2010-2011 academic year. The HERS Institute at the University of Denver offers an integrated  immersion and return format which includes a six-day residency and two three-day return sessions.  Please visit the HERS website for more information:  http://www.hersnet.org/institutes.asp.
   
  HERS Summer Institutes have earned sterling reputations for expanding horizons, providing exposure to new and exciting ideas, fostering enduring mentoring relationships, and preparing women for institutional leadership roles.  Recent UT participants include:  Dr. Cynthia Peterson, Professor, Department of Biochemical, Cellular, and Molecular Biology;  Dr. Joan Heminway, Professor, College of Law;  Dr. Maxine Thompson Davis, Dean of Students;  Dr. Sarah Gardial, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs;  Dr. Carolyn Hodges, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School;  and Dr. Dixie Thompson, Professor and Department Head, Exercise, Sport, and Leisure Studies.
  
  The campus selection process will require that each applicant submit three items:  a current CV; a letter describing the applicant’s reasons for application and how she will contribute to our international and intercultural initiatives; and a letter of support from her dean, director, department head, or supervisor.  Send these items to:
  
  Pamela F. Hindle, Chairperson, Commission for Women
  218 Student Services Building
  Campus 37996-0230
  phindle@utk.edu
  
  The Bryn Mawr application deadline is March 1; the UT application deadline is February 10, 2010.
  
  The University of Denver application deadline is April 1; the UT application deadline is March 10, 2010.
  
  The Wellesley College application deadline is May 1; the UT application deadline is April 14, 2010. 
  
  Outstanding applicants will be recommended to Chancellor Cheek for review of campus materials and selection of this year’s candidate.  The candidate must then apply to her chosen Institute and provide required documents by the Institute’s deadline.
  
  Please contact Pam Hindle (phindle@utk.edu) if you have questions.
  
  
• Call for Nominations - UT Notable Woman Award
  (Nomination Deadline - January 6, 2010)
  

  The Commission for Women recognized its first Notable UT Woman in 1995 after a suggestion from then University Historian, Dr. Milton Klein, recommended that outstanding women connected with the University be honored on an annual basis.
  
  The award recognizes women from three rotating categories: administrator, alumnae, faculty and staff. The honoree will be selected by Commission members from a slate prepared by the Notable UT Women Committee. The 2009 award will honor a present or past faculty member of the University of Tennessee.

  For more information, contact Margaret Crawford at 974-4422.
  

• Angie Warren Perkins Nomination Form
  (Nomination Deadline February 8, 2010)
  
  The Commission for Women requests nominations for the Angie Warren Perkins Award, to be presented at the Spring 2010 Chancellor’s Honors Banquet. The award, named for the first Dean of Women at the University, will honor a woman faculty member who is still on a probationary tenure track and who shows outstanding promise of scholarship, teaching, and/or other contributions to campus intellectual life. The candidate must have a minimum of one year’s continuous service. No recipient of the award within the past five years is eligible. Click here to see a listing of past award recipients.
  
  Mail completed nomination forms, and extra sheets if necessary, by February 8, 2010, to Pamela F. Hindle (phindle@utk.edu), 218 Student Services Building, Campus 37996-0230. Nomination forms will be reviewed by the Angie Warren Perkins Award Committee of the Commission for Women, and a winner will be selected.
  
  
• Advancing Women Leaders in Higher Education Administration: HERS

  Below are links to information about four deanship openings:

  Bryn Mawr College--Dean of the College
  
  Rutgers University--Douglass Residential College and Campus Dean

  Mills College--Dean of Education
  
  University of New Hampshire--Dean of the College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
  
  More information about these, and other opportunities can be found by logging into the HERS Alumnae page of our website: http://hersnet.org/Alumnet.asp. If you have questions about logging in, please contact Stacey Farnum.

  Judith S. White
  President & Executive Director
  HERS (Higher Education Resource Services)
  The Chambers Center
  University of Denver
  1901 East Asbury Ave

• Family Care Policies for Faculty
  (The December 2008 revised edition is currently located on the Provost's website.)
  
  
• Dixie Thompson, professor and head of the Excercise, Sport and Leisure Studies department, recently graduated from the HERS Bryn Mawr Summer Institute.
  

Position Announcements

• Director- Engineering Diversity Programs
  

• Business Manager - Civil & Environmental Engineering