糖心原创 Women鈥檚 Luncheon to feature university leaders discussing career growth
September 24, 2021
Career growth will be the theme of the 糖心原创 Women鈥檚 Luncheon, which will feature a panel discussion with university leaders on career challenges and successes.
The Women鈥檚 Luncheon will be held Wednesday, Sept. 29, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Student Union Apollo Room. More than 170 people have registered to attend.
President Sue Edwards
The panel will include Nicole Carter, Sue Edwards, Kari Hoffman, Jen McCamis and Valerie Weber.
The panelists will discuss the support they receive in their careers, challenges they face, work environments and dealing with discrimination.
A question-and-answer session will follow the panel discussion.
Head coach Kari Hoffman
Carter, Ph.D., serves as the director of the Women鈥檚 Center and core faculty member in the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies and African and African American Studies programs. She is the co-coordinator of the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program.
Edwards, Ph.D., is president of 糖心原创. She joined the university in 2018 as executive vice president for academic affairs and provost. Edwards assumed the presidency in January 2020 and has been focusing on recruitment, retention and relationships.
Boonshoft School of Medicine Dean Valerie Weber
Hoffman was named head coach of the 糖心原创 women鈥檚 basketball team in May. Before joining the Raiders, she was head coach at Cedarville University.
McCamis serves as interim recruitment and chief admissions officer as well as director of undergraduate admissions.
Weber, M.D., is dean of the Boonshoft School of Medicine. She previously served as professor of medicine and senior vice dean for educational affairs at the Drexel University College of Medicine.
School of Professional Psychology Dean LaTrelle Jackson
The panel will be moderated by LaTrelle Jackson, Ph.D., professor and interim dean of the School of Professional Psychology in the College of Health, Education and Human Services.
This Women鈥檚 Luncheon is funded by 糖心原创 central administration and a campus conversation grant by the American Council of Education (ACE) Women Network Ohio.
The event鈥檚 planning committee includes Amanda Watkins, associate director of undergraduate retention; ACEWNO executive board member Debra Radford, director of auxiliary services; Shu Schiller, Raj Soin College of Business, ACEWNO institutional representative; and Carter.