The Catt Center held a year-end celebration event on April 12 to honor the affiliated students who earned their undergraduate or graduate degrees from Iowa State University this spring, as well as the students who graduated in December 2023.
After one month of active outreach, more than the amount in pledges needed to establish an expendable fund account at Iowa State University for a Legacy of Heroines Scholarship named for Dr. Deborah Turner has been raised.
The Catt Center sponsored the visits of two nationally known figures in March and April who discussed social innovation and women’s suffrage.
Nominations are being accepted for the 2025 Women Impacting ISU calendar, a tribute to current students, faculty and staff who have made a significant positive impact on campus through their actions, involvement and achievements at Iowa State University.
This issue of Voices features three women honored in the Plaza of Heroines who earned college degrees in mathematics, using those degrees in different ways throughout their lives.
The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics is pleased to recognize the accomplishments and activities of its faculty, staff, students, alumni and supporters.
Fundraising is underway for a new Legacy of Heroines scholarship to honor the late Dr. Deborah Turner—20th president of the League of Women Voters of the United States, 2024 Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics, and Iowa State University alumna.
Five research projects—three prize-winning proposals and two honorable mentions—received funding through the 2023 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics.
Catt Center intern Allie Crowson was part of a team whose class project placed first in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Invent2Prevent competition in Washington, D.C. in January.
Civil rights lawyer and scholar Sherrilyn Ifill discussed why she feels the country is facing an opportunity to “get really serious about the project of America” during the 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture on Jan. 25.