News from the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics
Women whose leadership has made a difference at Iowa State University will be honored by the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics on the ninth annual Women Impacting ISU calendar. The 2015 calendar will be officially unveiled during a reception recognizing the 12 honorees on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, from 3:30 to 5 … Continue reading Center announces 2015 Women Impacting ISU honorees
The 2015 Ready to Run® Iowa Campaign Training for Women workshop series will begin Friday, Feb. 13. Women interested in running for political office, getting appointed to a public board or commission, or looking to get more involved in a leadership role within their community are encouraged to save the following dates: Friday, Feb. 13, … Continue reading Ready to Run® Iowa begins February 2015
National Public Radio political correspondent Mara Liasson will analyze the results of the 2014 mid-term elections and explain what it all means in her public lecture, “What Just Happened? The 2014 Elections and Beyond,” on Thursday, Nov. 13, at Iowa State University. Liasson is visiting Iowa State as the fall 2014 Mary Louise Smith Chair … Continue reading NPR’s Mara Liasson to analyze election results on Nov. 13
Leadership education programs coordinated by the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics will expand with the approval of a new minor in leadership studies. The 15-credit-hour interdisciplinary minor in leadership studies is open to undergraduate students in all academic disciplines and colleges at Iowa State University. It is designed to complement the established … Continue reading Leadership program adds new minor
The Catt Center is accepting applications for the 2014 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics through a postmark deadline of Nov. 26. 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 2014 Catt research prize deadline is Nov. 26
Applications are being accepted from students interested in participating in a new global leadership study abroad program that will be offered for the first time by the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics in summer 2015. Students selected to participate in the new global leadership study abroad program will earn six hours of … Continue reading Catt Center offers global leadership study abroad to Sweden
The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics is pleased to recognize the accomplishments and activities of its faculty, staff and students: Dianne Bystrom, Catt Center director, is the lead co-editor of the book, “alieNATION: The Divide and Conquer Election of 2012,” which was released in fall 2014 by Peter Lang Publishing. The edited … Continue reading Of note: news about center faculty, staff and students
Mara Liasson – the national political correspondent for National Public Radio and a contributor to the FOX News Channel – will analyze the results of the Nov. 4 midterm elections as the fall 2014 Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics. Liasson will present “What Just Happened? The 2014 Elections and Beyond” at 7:30 … Continue reading NPR’s Mara Liasson to analyze 2014 election results
The Catt Center is accepting applications for the 2014 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics through a postmark deadline of Nov. 26. 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 2014 Catt research prize deadline is Nov. 26
The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics has partnered with the Iowa Campus Compact to hire an election engagement project intern to help boost voter registration of students on campuses statewide. Kathryn Leidahl, sophomore in political science, international business and marketing on a pre-law track at Iowa State University, started her internship in … Continue reading Iowa State sophomore registers students to vote across Iowa