Dr. Bonnie Melhart, Texas Christian UniversityDr. Patricia Nava, University of Texas, El Paso Dr.

Judy M. Vance, Iowa State University

Women in Engineering Leadership Institute

Academic Workshop

1st Women in Engineering Leadership Conference

Winter Park, Colorado October 11-15, 2000 NSF sponsored

37 participants Gordon-style conference Focus on academic leadership in engineering

Formation of WELI

NSF funded 3 years 5 conference activities E-community/web presence

Mission

Provide academic leadership training, mentoring, and networking opportunities for women engineering faculty

Provide programs to encourage women engineering PhD students to consider an academic career

Serve as a clearinghouse for information and data related to women in academic leadership

Activities SWE National Conference

October 2003 2 Leadership Development/

Advanced Leadership Conferences Utah, November 5-8, 2003 Florida, Fall 2004

Leadership Summit Connecticut, May 8-10, 2004

Institutional Transformation/ Advanced Leadership Workshop New York, Spring 2005

Leadership Development Conferences

3 day events Common modules

Academic leadership roles, responsibilities Skills development Team building

Advice from the trenches Assessment and evaluation

Advanced Leadership Workshops

Use post-LDC assessment ot identify needs/interests Budget, legal issues, media training, program

building

Time for networking and open discussion

Outcomes

Greater diversity in academic leadership Pro-active development of academic

leadership (positional and non-positional roles)

Strong network of women academics

“I don’t think I have ever been in a room with so many women engineers …

It has changed me forever.”

Executive Committee

Dr. Lisa Aultman-Hall, University of Connecticut

Dr. Shobha Bhatia Syracuse University

Dr. Valerie Davidson University of Guelph

Dr. Alison Flatau University of Maryland

Dr. Britt Holmén University of Connecticut

Dr. JoAnn Lighty University of Utah

Dr. Allison MacKay University of Connecticut

Dr. Susan Margulies University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Bonnie Melhart Texas Christian University

Dr. Pat Nava University of Texas, El Paso

Dr. Deb Niemeier University of California, Davis

Dr. Diane Rover Iowa State University

Dr. Kelly Rusch Louisiana State University

Dr. Laura Sullivan Kettering University

Dr. Judy Vance Iowa State University

Dr. Sara Wadia-Fascetti Northeastern University

Dr. Parveen Wahid University of Central Florida