ADVANCE e-Update: April 9, 2009

Links to updates in the ISU ADVANCE Program and on the ISU campus.

ISU ADVANCE Administrative Fellowship Opportunity
The Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost has an Administrative Fellowship opportunity available to support a faculty member in developing an important component of the ISU ADVANCE Program (see http://www.advance.iastate.edu/). The administrative fellow will work with the ISU ADVANCE Program and the Associate Provost for Faculty Advancement and Diversity to enhance the university's programs and materials on "paths to promotion," particularly for associate professors in STEM fields. The fellowship will be up to half time for one or two semesters, beginning in Fall 2009. The program is open to tenured associate or full professors, with full professors preferred. Candidates should have a demonstrated interest in or experience with issues of the retention and promotion of women and other underrepresented groups in faculty positions and/or programs as well as excellent scholarly, communication and leadership skills. Applicants should have been employed by ISU for at least two years. All applications must be approved by the department chair or supervisor.

Please visit the Executive Vice President and Provost's Web site at http://www.provost.iastate.edu/faculty/internships.php for more information and to download an application. Applications are due April 17, 2009.

ISU ADVANCE Lectures Program
A reminder that ISU ADVANCE sponsors university lectures that meet ADVANCE's mission of increasing the participation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers and making Iowa State an optimal environment for all faculty. Each year ADVANCE awards two $1000 lectureships and ten $300 lecture co-sponsorships. Applications for Lectureships ($1000) for 2009-10 are due April 15, 2009. Several lectureship ($1000) and lecture co-sponsorship ($300) awards are still available. Visit http://www.advance.iastate.edu/events/lectureships.shtml for more information.

Seminars & Lectures
Monday, April 20, 2009
Workshop for Department Chairs in ADVANCE Focal Colleges: Engineering, Agriculture & Life Sciences, Liberal Arts & Sciences (by invitation only)
Location: 136 Union Drive Community Center
Time: 9:00 - 11:00am
Sponsored by ISU ADVANCE

Tuesday, April 21, 2009: "Working Toward Improving STEM Student Success: One STEP at a Time"
Center for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Education (CESMEE) Seminar Series
Dr. Maureen Scharberg, Associate Dean in the College of Science at San Jose State University, focusing on STEM student success, retention, advising and curriculum.
Location: 2030 Morrill Hall
Time: 11:00 - 11:50am
Co-Sponsored by CESMEE and the ISU ADVANCE

Thursday, April 23, 2009: "Characterizing Replicative Age-associated Changes in S. cerevisiae"
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology Seminar Series
Dr. Kiersten Henderson, Postdoctoral Researcher, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
Location: 1414 Molecular Biology
Time: 4:10 pm
Sponsored by a Women's Enrichment Fund Mini-Grant

Friday, April 24, 2009: "Women and Power: Glass Half Full - or Half Empty?"
Women's Leadership Series Keynote Address (co-sponsored by ISU ADVANCE)
Dr. Barbara Kellerman, James MacGregor Burns Lecturer in Public Leadership at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government
Location: Great Hall, Memorial Union
Time: Noon

Tuesday, May 12, 2009: "Metagenomic and Proteomic Analyses of the Structure and Dynamics of Natural Microbial Communities"
2009 Interdepartmental Genetics Workshop
Dr. Jill Banfield, Professor at the University of California Berkeley, member of the Geochemistry group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Location: 1414 Molecular Biology
Time: 4:10pm
Co-Sponsored by IG Program and the ISU ADVANCE