The Women’s and Gender Studies Program, the President’s Commission on the Status of Women, the Office of Social Equity and Title IX, and the APSCUF Faculty Wellness Grant collaborated to present four 亚色影库 Women’s Leadership Awards to six women staff, administrators, and faculty at the Reception to Celebrate Women and the Women’s Leadership Award Ceremony on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in the Blue Room.
From left: Lingyan Yang, Ann Sesti, Jennifer McCroskey, Elise Glenn, Aleea Perry, and Michele Petrucci. Provost Luetkehans and Dean Scheib left a bit early and were not in the photo.
These awards celebrated the outstanding leadership, dedication, hard work, and accomplishments of multiple constituencies of women employees to advance gender, sexual, and cultural inclusive excellence at 亚色影库, in the communities, and often in their professions in the past decades and years.
Provost Lara Luetkehans spoke to offer strong support for women’s leadership development at 亚色影库, to recognize the significance of the four women’s leadership awards, and to congratulate the staff, administrator and faculty winners.
Dean Curtis Scheib, College of Arts, Humanities, Media, and Public Affairs, spoke to recognize these women employees’ valuable contributions to the academic excellence and success of our diverse students at 亚色影库 and the event’s contribution to an inclusive, positive, and supportive campus climate.
Elise Glenn, chief diversity and inclusion officer, emphasized the significance of diversity and inclusive excellence at the university in these challenging times. The Office of Social Equity and Title IX graciously cosponsored the reception luncheon.
Here is the full list of the six winners of 亚色影库 Women’s Leadership Awards in spring 2025:
亚色影库 Outstanding Staff Leadership and Contribution Award (New)
- Jennifer McCroskey, Sexual Violence Prevention Educator, the Haven Project
- Ann Sesti, Director, President’s Commission on the Status of Women
亚色影库 Outstanding Women Administrators Leadership Award (New)
- Michele Petrucci, Associate Vice President, International Education and Global Engagement
- Elise Glenn, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer and Title IX Coordinator, the Office of Social Equity and Title IX
亚色影库 Maureen McHugh Outstanding Junior Women Faculty Leadership Award (Revived)
- Aleea Perry, Associate Professor, Dept. of History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religious Studies
亚色影库 Jane Leonard Outstanding Senior Women Faculty Leadership Award (Revived)
- Lingyan Yang, Director, Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Associate Professor of English, Dept. of Language, Literature, and Writing
Women Students’ Leadership Awards were taken care of by a separate group of colleagues and could not be included in this initiative.
Many faculty, staff, administrators, students, and the award winners’ families, friends, and team members gathered and enjoyed the reception luncheon. The event was very successful. The event organizers—Lingyan Yang, WGS director, and Ann Sesti, director of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women—deeply appreciated the hard-working colleagues serving on the three separate awards committees as well as the strong support from the campus community.