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Activities


2013 Past Activities

The USF ADVANCE PAID team hosted the "Academic Women Leadership Discussion Panel" on Wednesday, October 10th, 2012, 10:30a.m. to 1:00 pm., Marshall Student Center Room 2708. Panelists included Garnett Stokes (Provost, FSU), Karen Holbrook (Sr. Vice President, USF), Jackie Dixon (Dean, Marine Science, USF) and Karen Liller (Dean, Graduate School, USF). Panelists spoke about the challenges they encountered while successfully pursuing their leadership positions and offered advice to colleagues on best strategies to advance their careers. After the 60 minute panel discussion, there was a 30 minute Q&A followed by a networking lunch.


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2012 Past Activities

In October 2012, the AAFAWCE newsletter, ADVANCing News was distributed on all five campuses in the appropriate university color.

AAFAWCE team members attended NSF JAM 2012 in Washington D.C., June 12th to 15th. AAFAWCE team members led the session, "Isolation and Women Faculty." AAFAWCE presented a poster on its mentoring activities.

COACh Workshop

AAFAWCE-FAMU hosted the second COACh professional development workshop for women faculty, "Uses of Influence, Power and Conflict Resolution in Negotiation," on February 23-24, 2012 in Tallahassee, Florida. The workshop began with a 2-hour opening session at the Hotel Duval located in downtown Tallahassee on Thursday night, and resumed Friday morning for an all-day session at the Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee.

Facilitators Jane Tucker and Barbara Butterfield from COACh reviewed essential negotiation skills and examine Cialdini's six principles of influence. Additionally, the group took stock of personal and network power, and applied this knowledge to identify positive coalitions that can drive organizational change. Finally, factors contributing to personal success and failure were examined and applied to case studies. Travel funds were available for faculty to attend from all five universities through the NSF grant.


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Workshop: Using Mentoring and Networking to Develop Your Leadership Skills

AAFAWCE-USF hosted the workshop, "Using Mentoring and Networking to Develop Your Leadership Skills" on Thursday, February 2nd, 2012, 1:30pm – 3:30pm at the Patel Center, Room 140. Facilitated by Donna Dean, Ph.D., this workshop focused on practical strategies that individuals can implement in finding the right mentors and networking approaches for their career trajectory. Dr. Dean presented pragmatic points and action steps that could help attendees clarify their specific career development needs. How to identify the most appropriate mentors was also a key part of the presentation, as were critical facets of effective leadership strategies.

Dr. Dean, former President of the American Women in Science (AWIS), is a pivotal leader on scientific and technical workforce issues, women's health, and career strategies for young scientists. She has given over 450 presentations to universities, medical schools, and professional organizations. She is currently on the Board of Advisors for the Tulane University School of Science and Engineering and for the AAAS Center for Advancing Science and Engineering Capacity. She recently authored the book, Getting the Most out of Your Mentoring Relationships: A Handbook for Women in STEM.


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2011 Activities

In November 2011, the AAFAWCE newsletter, ADVANCing News was distributed on all five campuses in the appropriate university color.

In January 2011, the AAFAWCE newsletter, ADVANCing News was distributed on all five campuses in the appropriate university color.


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2010 Activities

COACh Workshop: COAChing Strong Women in the Power of Strategic Persuasion
October 22nd, 2010
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida

Florida State University (FSU) hosted this workshop as well as a discussion panel. In the COACh workshop, participants assimilated fundamentals of responsible negotiations and conflict resolution; they learned to be curious about points of view, data, and aspirations of all parties involved. Attendees examined the importance of developing alternatives to agreement that build self-confidence and enhance preparation. They used self-examination to discover personal negotiating styles and in prepared case studies covering current challenges, practiced skills to reach highly successful outcomes. For more information about the workshop and discussion panel, please visit this Web site or contact Penny Gilmer at gilmer@chem.fsu.edu


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Train-the-Trainer Mentorship Workshop
May 12-13, 2010
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Tallahassee, Florida

AAFAWCE ADVANCE-PAID Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) hosted this two day workshop facilitated by Dr. Christine (Tine) Reimers, Special Assistant to the Provost for Faculty and Program Development at SUNY, Albany. The workshop was designed to instruct two to four representatives from each university on how to establish and successfully implement campus mentoring programs. For more information about this workshop, please visit this Web site or contact Simone Hruda at simone.hruda@famu.edu


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Train-the-Trainer Faculty Recruitment Practices Workshop
April 9th, 2010
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida

AAFAWCE ADVANCE-PAID Florida State University (FSU) hosted this workshop facilitated by Drs. Pamela Raymond (Professor and Chair of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology) and Kathy Spindler (Professor of Microbiology and Immunology), University of Michigan. This workshop was designed to instruct two to four representatives from each university on information and advice about practices that maximize the likelihood that diverse, well-qualified candidates for faculty positions will be identified, and, if selected for offers, recruited, retained, and promoted at universities.

For more information on the two facilitators, click here. They are part of the Committee on Strategies and Tactics for Recruitment to Improve Diversity and Excellence (STRIDE) team at University of Michigan, through a NSF-funded ADVANCE grant. For more information about this workshop, please visit this Web site or contact Penny J. Gilmer at gilmer@chem.fsu.edu


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AAFAWCE ADVANCE-PAID FSU Presentation
March 30, 2010, 2:00 - 3:30 PM
1005 Chemical Sciences Laboratory (CSL)
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

AAFAWCE ADVANCE-PAID FSU met with representatives of engineering, chemistry and physics, and the university administration to present the projects goals and garner their support for the project activities.


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AAFAWCE ADVANCE-PAID USF Presentation
March 2, 2010, 10:00 a.m.
Marshall Center room 2702
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

AAFAWCE ADVANCE-PAID USF met with representatives of engineering, and university administration to present the projects goals and garner their support for the project activities.


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GEOSET FSU Lectures

  • Dr. Susan Latturner, FSU, "Growth of Magnetic Materials from Lathanide-rich Fluxes" in March 2010

  • Dr. Penny J. Gilmer, FSU, "NSF grant, Alliance for the Advancement of Florida's Academic Women in Chemistry and Engineering" in February 2010

  • Dr. Penny J. Gilmer, FSU, "Research in Rural Settings" in February 2010

The Web cast is available here.



2009 Activities

AAFAWCE ADVANCE-PAID team meeting was held on December 17th 2009 in Tampa, Florida.

Sheila Tobias presented, "Making it in 21st Century Science: End-Running the Crowd," FSU Graduate Women in Science Lecture on Thursday, 12th of November 2009. The Web cast is available here.