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The University of Montana-Missoula PArtnership for Comprehensive Equity (PACE) works to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers. To date, twenty-eight ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grants have been awarded. Read more...
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| Julie Baldwin, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor
Department of Geosciences
Congratulations to Professor Baldwin who, in May, was awarded a Helen and Winston Cox Educational Excellence Award for her exceptional contributions in teaching and work with students. View her web page.
Julie Baldwin was always interested in the sciences as a young girl; she loved being involved in the ecology center during junior high school and participating in a marine biology camp as a high school student. Read more...
Both Assistant Professors for the Division of Biological Sciences were awarded a 5-year CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation. Read more...
WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING PROPOSALS FOR WRITING GROUP RETREATS!
CHECK IT OUT --
New Work-Life Policies at UM
UM has new policies for tenure-clock extension, reduction in FTE, and spousal/partner employment opportunities. To see the policies, CLICK HERE.
Congratulations to Dan Pletscher, PACE Director of Mentoring & Retention
Dan Pletscher, Director of UM's Wildlife Biology Program, received the "Appreciation Award" from the Montana Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Rarely given out, the award recognizes individuals who make exceptional contributions to the wildlife profession. Well done Dan!
Project PACE Wishes to Congratulate Joanna Legerski!
In May, PACE Research Assistant Joanna Legerski, was awarded The University of Montana Bertha Morton Fellowship for her research accomplishments and productivity.
Joanna based her application only on the past year’s work, “so I knew the competition was going to be fierce,” she said. However, her impressive one year of work is what proved to be strong. Joanna’s accomplishments range from national awards, to serving as the Student Section Chair for the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies. She contributed to numerous publications, one of which was included in the Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Joanna also defended her thesis, “The experience of rural battered women: Overcoming challenges.” Her endeavors include nine presentations as well, some of which involved rural and urban children, and trauma symptoms and treatments. Joanna’s productivity and professional achievements are no doubt worthy of recognition.
“PACE has been one of the main reasons why I received the award,” Joanna said. Seeking her MA/Ph.D. in clinical psychology, Joanna has worked as a Research Assistant for PACE since the summer of 2004. Her work with PACE has provided the opportunity to present and publish assessment findings, she said. Also, Joanna has continually interviewed research faculty about their experiences, gathering information about how they balance academia with personal life. PACE has used this information to assist in task force planning.
Specifically, Joanna has worked extensively with PACE Assessment Co-Director, and Professor of Psychology, Dr. Chris Fiore who has challenged Joanna from her first year in the program to strive for excellence and produce publications for each of her projects.
“Admittedly, I’m not the average graduate student, but I would not have been able to do any of these many exciting things without the support of PACE and my mentor Dr. Chris Fiore.”
PACE SPRING 2008 NEWSLETTER - Keeping Pace with Project PACE, CLICK HERE.
PACE BIANNUAL REPORT, 2006-2007 - An overview of activities and initiatives during the third and fourth years of Project PACE.
To view a PDF version of the report, CLICK HERE.
Project PACE mentioned in President Dennison's 2007-2008 University Agenda:
"As we develop the necessary policy revisions, we must also identify alternative scenarios for obtaining those outcomes. In a word we will need to define the proper mix of enrollment by level and residency that will enable the University to increase graduate education and research and devise strategies to obtain those goals while enhancing institutional vitality.Once again, doing so involves learning what other universities have done and adapting their strategies to fit our circumstances. We need not re-invent the wheel with so many valuable lessons available to us.
"Within that larger context, I’ll outline the agenda as I see it for the coming year.
"First, I will work closely with Professor Penny Kukuk, Professor Royce Engstrom, the various PACE Task Forces and Committees, and the Faculty Senate to bring to successful resolution the policy revisions developed over the last three years to assure that the University maintains a work environment supportive of gender and ethnic diversity among the faculty, staff and students. Most people will recall that we’ve enjoyed the assistance of a grant from the National Science Foundation to support this work and that grant ends in 2008."
President George Dennison -- The State of the University Address, 08/24/2007
To view the entire speech, or to view a video of the speech, CLICK HERE.
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