You can contact me if you have any questions. Cheers, Kim
********************************************************* Kimberly G. Smith Department of Biological Sciences University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 479-575-6359 (note new phone number) fax:479-575-4010 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In 2006 the University of Washington received a grant from the National Science Foundation ADVANCE program (grant SBE-0619159) to offer a national leadership workshop for science, engineering, and mathematics department chairs and emerging faculty leaders. These workshops, called LEAD: Leadership Excellence for Academic Diversity, are focused on providing academic leaders with the skills and resources to address issues related to departmental and university culture and the professional development of all faculty. A pre-workshop mentoring-for-leadership event will also be offered to women faculty. The workshop website is www.engr.washington.edu/lead. The third and final workshop being offered under this grant will be in 2009. We hope you can join us. Save-the-Date -- The 2009 workshop will be held June 22-23, 2009 in Fayetteville, AR and is jointly hosted by the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville and the University of Washington, Seattle Please share this announcement with your deans, department chairs, and emerging faculty leaders. A call for registration will appear in early March 2009. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joyce W. Yen, Ph.D. Program/Research Manager ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change University of Washington Box 352180 Seattle, WA 98195-2180 Office: 367 Loew Hall Phone: 206.543.4605 Fax: 206.685.0666 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]