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ADVANCE Grant is sponsoring a virtual workshop

Olivia Badalamenti ContributingWriter obadalamenti@murraystate.edu The ADVANCE Grant will be co-sponsoring a Zoom workshop, Ethical Orientations for Collegiality, Mentoring and Teaching, presented by Koritha Mitchell on March 3, from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.  The event, also sponsored by the Murray State Office of  Institutional Diversity, Equity and Access, Black Faculty and Staff Association and funded Read More

Workshop looks to help female STEM faculty

Sarah Mead Staff Writer smead@murraystate.edu Murray State will host a “When to Say Yes and How to Say No” workshop on Friday, Feb. 28, for female faculty. The workshop will provide guidance for female professors on the appropriate responses when determining priorities between workplace responsibilities, tenure expectations, a myriad of service requests and personal home Read More

Survey questions workplace culture for female faculty

Story by Haley Penrod Staff Writer hpenrod1@murraystate.edu The Murray State ADVANCE team conducted a workplace culture survey to assess the University’s recruitment and retention of women faculty. The survey questions were based on past ADVANCE climate surveys from other institutions and were implemented through the Cornell Survey Research Institute online. Their responses were analyzed and Read More

Program highlights gender inequality in STEM fields

Story by Ciara Benham, Staff writer The Murray State ADVANCE program addressed gender inequality in STEM on Jan. 31. The seminar, titled “Women in Science: Dress Like a Lady, Act Like a Man, Work Like a Dog,” was led by Patricia Kelley,  professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. She talked about the Read More

Advance hosts seminar to discuss challenges women face in STEM

Story by Ashley Traylor, Staff writer Murray State Advance will hold its first seminar Oct. 20 to discuss challenges women face in science and engineering. The program will host one seminar each semester for the next three years. Joan Herbers, professor of evolution, ecology and organismal biology at Ohio State University, is the first speaker Read More

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