The University of Iowa WISE program, along with the UI Council on the Status of Women and the Women's Resource and Action Center, are sponsoring a retreat for women professors to assist in finding ways to balance our personal and professional lives.

Group coaching via teleconference is convenient, affordable, and independent of the geographic location of the participants and the coach. You can call from anywhere, and return to your busy schedule immediately after the one-hour call. There are no travel expenses. Two new group coaching opportunities for AWIS members are starting soon!

This is an amazing opportunity for recent and upcoming science graduates to learn about land management while working with a mentor in the western United States.  We have current openings in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming beginning in June, 2008.

Many people do not believe that there is discrimination against women, especially among academics and in the sciences, where professionals think they are objective and smart. "The playing field is level in my field." They have personal explanations for the fact that there are few women or minorities in their field and in faculty or leadership positions. "They don't want to." "Their brains are different."
We can make a stronger case for diversity programs if we cite research to people in higher education.