Valerie Hennings, adjunct assistant professor of political science and scholar-in-residence at the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, recently won awards for her efforts to achieve gender equity as well as her excellence in the classroom at Iowa State University. In a ceremony on March 25, Hennings was presented with the 2014 Margaret … Continue reading Hennings wins gender equity, teaching awards
The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics thanks the following donors for their friendship, support and contributions to its programs, scholarships and activities. With the help of their donations, the center provided scholarships, internships and leadership development programs to students; brought noted guest speakers to the Iowa State campus through the Mary Louise … Continue reading Donors contribute to Catt Center’s success
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill shared the “sweet six” lessons she has learned throughout her 30-year political career to inspire women to file for, run for and hold a public office during her lecture, “Women, Politics and Leadership: Taking Risks is ‘Ladylike,’” on March 28 in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. McCaskill was invited … Continue reading McCaskill shares “sweet six” lessons learned for women leaders
This spring, the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics unveiled several changes on its Archives of Women’s Political Communication website to provide more advanced search capabilities. “We’re excited to have enhancements to the search functionality that will help visitors to the archives more quickly identify speeches relevant to their research,” said Dianne Bystrom, … Continue reading Archives website adds updated search capabilities
More than 40 students currently associated with the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics enjoyed a year-end celebration dinner on April 24 that recognized 28 seniors and three graduate students who have received or will be earning their degrees from Iowa State University in May, August and December 2014. Students attending the dinner … Continue reading Center congratulates seniors at year-end dinner celebration
2013 Catt Prize supports five projects on women and politics Sen. Claire McCaskill to discuss taking risks March 22 fundraiser to benefit Ready to Run™ Four Campaign College participants win GSB elections Catt Center students and staff present research April events to focus on women and politics New publication focuses on women in Iowa Of … Continue reading March 2014
The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics is now accepting applications for the 2015 Women Impacting ISU calendar. Download the form here. The deadline to submit nomination packets is Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. Each year, 12 women from a variety of disciplines and diverse backgrounds are selected for the calendar based on their … Continue reading 2015 Women Impacting ISU calendar form now available
*On March 28, 2014, Sen. McCaskill presented the lecture “Women, Politics and Leadership: Taking Risks is ‘Ladylike.’” Claire McCaskill has spent most of her career in public service at the county, state and federal level since graduating from the University of Missouri College of Law in 1978. She began her career as an assistant prosecutor … Continue reading Spring 2014 – Claire McCaskill
Five research projects received funding through the 2013 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics. A selection committee of 12 faculty members blind-reviewed 46 proposals submitted from researchers from 23 states and five countries. The committee chose three projects as winners of the Catt Prize and two projects as honorable mentions. Each … Continue reading 2013 Catt Prize supports five projects on women and politics
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri – who is known for her candor and willingness to take political risks throughout her more than 30 years in public service – will visit Iowa State University on Friday, March 28, to give a public presentation as the spring 2014 Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics. … Continue reading Sen. Claire McCaskill to discuss taking risks