News from the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics
The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics is pleased to recognize the accomplishments and activities of the following faculty: Cameron Beatty, lecturer in leadership education and program adviser at the Catt Center, co-presented “Learning to Thrive, Not Just Survive: Teaching Leadership to Increase Student Transition Success” at the Association of Leadership Educators conference … Continue reading Of note
The deadline to submit nominations for the 2015 Women Impacting ISU calendar is Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 5 p.m. Nomination forms are available on the Catt Center’s website. “Anyone can nominate a current student, faculty or staff member,” said Kristine Keil, public relations/student programs coordinator for the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics. … Continue reading Women Impacting ISU calendar nominations due Sept. 30
Since 1996, the Legacy of Heroines program has provided a number of scholarships to women who seek involvement in and knowledge about the political process and public service. Each scholarship has specific criteria determined by the donor, and all applicants must demonstrate academic achievement and leadership experience. Each student selected receives a one-time scholarship divided … Continue reading Center welcomes 18 Legacy of Heroines scholars
Judith Goetsch Brandlin of Los Angeles will receive the 2014 Carrie Chapman Catt Public Engagement Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for her work in providing quality and affordable after-school care for children throughout California. A 1964 graduate of Iowa State University with a degree in modern languages, Brandlin is the founder … Continue reading Brandlin to receive Catt Public Engagement Award
2014 Catt research prize deadline is Nov. 26. Two lecturers to join leadership faculty. Catt letters find home at Iowa State library. Bystrom receives LAS Institutional Service Award Hennings to join Morningside College faculty Catt Center interns help with research, outreach Wisconsin students’ research on Catt wins awards Of note: news about center students, faculty … Continue reading July 2014
The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics is pleased to recognize the accomplishments and activities of its students and staff: Shreya Bhardwaj, a senior in economics and women’s studies and an Elizabeth Hoffman and Brian R. Binger Legacy of Heroines scholar for the 2014-2015 academic year; Janet Horsager, the Beth Bierbaum Legacy of … Continue reading Of note: news about center students, faculty and staff
Two Wisconsin eighth-graders chose Carrie Chapman Catt for their middle school’s History Day project, and after months of local, state and regional competitions, advanced to the National History Day competition in Washington, D.C. Last January, Allison Cotton, Lexie Higgins and Allison’s mother Linda (Mendenhall) Cotton, a 1983 graduate of Iowa State University, embarked on a … Continue reading Wisconsin students’ research on Catt wins awards
Two undergraduate students and one graduate assistant have been hired this summer to assist with research projects at the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics as well as with two new partnerships between the center and Iowa organizations. Megan DeDoncker, a senior in political science and women’s studies, is analyzing data from the … Continue reading Catt Center interns help with research, outreach programs
Valerie Hennings, who has served as scholar-in-residence at the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics since the fall 2011 semester, will join Morningside College in August as an assistant professor of political science. Hennings, who earned a Ph.D. in political science in 2011 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be affiliated with Morningside’s … Continue reading Hennings to join Morningside College faculty
Dianne Bystrom, director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, has been awarded a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Institutional Service Award. The college will recognize Bystrom’s achievement at the LAS Fall Convocation on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 3:30 p.m. in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. “I’m honored to … Continue reading Bystrom receives LAS Institutional Service Award