AdvanceVT Progress Report

Pl Meeting

Atlanta, Georgia

April 19, 2004

4/19/04 Virginia Tech

Programmatic Activities to Date

January 12 initial workshop big success– Positive feedback and priorities for action

Met with other Advance institutions at University of Washington

Hosted networking reception for Women’s Month

Surveyed faculty, staff and graduate students regarding child care needs– Identified as high priority at January workshop

Began compiling institutional data for NSF reporting requirements

4/19/04 Virginia Tech

Pipeline Element:AdvanceVT Fellowship Recipients

Miriam Stewart, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Olga Pierrakos, Mechanical Engineering

Megan Elwood Madden, Geosciences

4/19/04 Virginia Tech

Recruitment and Retention Element: Increase the representation of women

Element Activities to Date

Compiled listservs and websites for faculty recruitment

Co-hosted Caroline Lasser, TU Munich, with math department

Identified mentoring as central retention element; plan to develop tool kit

Led and participated in numerous faculty searches in the two colleges

“Some of the main factors resulting in my choosing Virginia Tech were the supportiveness of the hiring committee, the fact that my spouse was hired, and the quality of research in the university as a whole."

A Recent Faculty Hire,

Fall 2003

4/19/04 Virginia Tech

Dr. Kathleen MeehanElectrical and Computer

Engineering

Dr. Corina SanduMechanical Engineering

Dr. Naira HovakimyanAero and Ocean

Engineering

Dr. Linsey MarrCivil and Environmental

Engineering

Dr. Julie DunsmorePsychology

Dr. Lynn AdlerBiology

Leadership Element:Recipients of AdvanceVT

Research Seed Grants

4/19/04 Virginia Tech

Leadership Element:Recipients of AdvanceVT Leadership Fellowships

Dr. Brenda WinkelBiology, Fralin Biotechnology

Center

Dr. Andrea DietrichCivil and Environmental

Engineering

4/19/04 Virginia Tech

Institutional Change Element: Policy review

Element Activities to Date

Dual career accommodation policy– Identified as high priority at January

workshop– Collected and reviewed policies from

other institutions– Draft policy/procedure prepared and

circulated for discussion– Plan to present to Board of Visitors this

summer

“[There is a] ‘nothing written down’ trend in our department. I have no idea what some of the policies are.”

Female Assoc. Prof. at Virginia

Tech.Fall 2003

4/19/04 Virginia Tech

Assessment and ResearchActivities to Date

Completed first interviews with new faculty in colleges of science and engineering

Completed interviews with female associate professors in colleges of science and engineering

In process of interviewing comparable group of male associate professors

Preliminary findings distributed to department heads and work group members

"It's important to address scientists in a scientific way. The only way you are going to convince scientists that change is needed is by giving them data. Give them a lot of data."

Associate Professor, College

of Science

4/19/04 Virginia Tech

Assessment and Research

Faculty Survey Goals:

– Assess institutional transformation, – Assess gender differences and organizational

factors associated with success in faculty positions Partnering with other Advance institutions Contracted with Survey Research Center for

logistics Anticipated distribution fall 2004 Requesting support from University leadership

to increase response rate