News from the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics
The Catt Center is accepting applications for the 2016 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics through a postmark deadline of Nov. 23. This annual competition is designed to encourage and reward scholars embarking on significant research in the area of women and politics. Since the first prize was awarded in 1994, … Continue reading 2016 Catt research prize deadline is Nov. 23
The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics is pleased to recognize the accomplishments and activities of its alumni, faculty, staff, students and affiliates: Amy Aronson, a 2009 recipient of the Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics, presented a paper and has a publication forthcoming from a research project supported … Continue reading Of note: news about center alumni, faculty, staff and students
Two Iowa State alumnae who have supported the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women in Politics in various capacities will receive awards on Oct. 28 for their service and volunteerism in their communities.
Nominations are being accepted for the 2017 Women Impacting ISU calendar through Friday, Sept. 30.
Two lecturers – Tara Edberg and Julie Snyder-Yuly – have joined Iowa State University’s Leadership Studies Program, which is coordinated by the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics. Four faculty members and two graduate students now teach courses and provide administrative support to the program.
The four-year project of re-engraving
weathered granite pavers on the Plaza of Heroines was completed by the Carrie Chapman Catt Center of Women and Politics in August.
Faculty, staff and students affiliated with the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics are working with state, university and community organizations to encourage participation in the 2016 election.
Feminist icon, social activist, writer and editor Gloria Steinem will discuss her travels in the United States and other countries as an organizer,
lecturer and media spokesperson on issues of equality in a public lecture at Iowa State University on Tuesday, Oct. 11.
Internationally renowned counterterrorism analyst Malcolm Nance will share insights into the global terror group ISIS – the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
– when he presents the fall 2016 Manatt-Phelps Lecture in Political Science at Iowa State University on Oct. 17.
The Catt Center is accepting applications for the 2016 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics through a postmark deadline of Nov. 23.