Oregon State University’s Difference, Power, and Discrimination Program also to be recognized
ACE announced today that Judy Genshaft, president of the University of South Florida (USF) System, will receive the 2017 Donna Shavlik Award.
The award will be presented at ACE2017, ACE’s 99th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, during the Women’s Leadership Dinner on Saturday, March 11.
ACE established the Donna Shavlik Award to honor the long and
outstanding service of Donna Shavlik, former director of ACE's Office of
Women in Higher Education. Presented annually, the award honors an
individual who demonstrates a sustained commitment to advancing women in
higher education, through leadership and career development, campus
climate and mentoring.
Under Genshaft’s leadership since 2000, USF has become one of the
fastest growing research universities in the nation with a rapidly
expanding international reputation for academics, research and
innovation. With its strong commitment to applied research, USF has been
instrumental in the economic development of the Tampa Bay region as
well as playing an influential leadership role among American
universities.
Throughout her career, Genshaft has provided invaluable leadership
through her insights and dedication to promoting and supporting women on
her campus and in the community. For instance, in 2005 Genshaft
co-founded the Women in Leadership and Philanthropy program at USF,
which focuses on engaging and educating its members in support of women
and women's initiatives throughout the USF System and beyond.
Regionally, nationally and globally recognized as an outstanding
woman leader, Genshaft was the first woman to chair the National
Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Board. She has also been
recognized by the Tampa Bay Business Journal as the 2007
Business Woman of the Year, and received the Tampa World Trade Center’s
Betty Castor Lifetime Achievement Award. She was also the recipient of
the Amiga Award for Non-Hispanic women whose outstanding efforts have
improved the quality of life in the Hispanic community and the first
woman to receive an honorary doctorate in Literature from Yeungnam
University, South Korea.
“Judy Genshaft has worked tirelessly and effectively to develop the
next generation of women leaders,” said ACE President Molly Corbett
Broad. “She is an inspiring role model and frequent mentor through her
own achievements and her sustained commitment to creating paths to
success for so many others.”
Christine Brennan will give the keynote address at the Women’s Leadership Dinner.
Brennan’s speech will focus on the advancement of women in the United
States and life lessons learned as a result of Title IX affording more
women the opportunity to engage in intercollegiate athletics.
2017 ACE State Network Leadership Award
The 2017 ACE State Network Leadership Award will be given to Oregon State University’s
(OSU) Difference, Power and Discrimination (DPD) program. The award
will be accepted by Susan Capalbo, senior vice provost for academic
affairs and Nana Osei-Kofi, director of the Difference, Power and
Discrimination Program, at the Women’s Network Leadership Council
reception just prior to the Women’s Leadership Dinner.
The ACE State Network Leadership Award for the Advancement of Women
in Higher Education recognizes an outstanding and innovative program,
sponsored by an ACE State Network or by a college or university that
helps advance or support women or women's issues in higher education.
The DPD program was created in 1992 as a response to several bias
incidents on campus. It works with faculty across all fields and
disciplines at OSU to develop inclusive curricula that address
institutionalized systems of power, privilege, and inequity in the
United States.
Since the program’s launch, more than 200 faculty members, the
majority of whom are women, and thousands of OSU undergraduates have
taken DPD courses, helping to raise consciousness for faculty and
students about sexism as a system of oppression and its intersections
with racism and other forms of oppression.
“The Difference, Power and Discrimination program at Oregon State
University is an innovative and model program to facilitate
collaboration among and through the faculty, addressing issues of
difference, power, and discrimination in an intentional and thoughtful
way,” said Lynn M. Gangone, vice president, ACE Leadership. “We are very
pleased to honor the OSU program with the ACE State Network Leadership
Award.”