PFWFGE Events 2018-2019
9th Annual Celebration of Women Faculty
October 17, 2019
Honoring awards, appointments and promotions for all women faculty
Speaker: Vice Provost for Faculty Anita Allen
Balancing Competing Savings Priorities
November 14, 2018
A workshop on how to balance financial priorities including college education, parent care, retirement, debt, and more.
Speaker: Pat Burke, CFA, CPA, CFP, Mill Creek Capital Advisors, LLC
Survival Tips for Junior Faculty
January 28, 2019
A panel discussion on managing the steps towards tenure
Speaker: Amy Hillier (SP2), Therese Richmond (Nursing), Olena Jacenko (Vet), and Laura Perna (GSE)
Having Impact Outside Your Academic “Day Job”
February 13, 2019
A panel discussion on managing the requirements of academia with broader goals of impact on community
Speaker: Risa Lavizzo-Mourey (SOM), Jessa Lingel (ASC), Kathleen Hall Jamieson (ASC), and Deborah Thomas (SAS)
Balancing Life and Career
March 21, 2019
A panel discussion and feedback session on how to balance demands of life with the demands of an academic career
Speaker: Marsha Lester (SAS), Karen Redrobe (SAS), Flavia Teles (Dental), and Beth Winkelstein (SEAS)
Annual Phoebe S. Leboy Lecture
April 10, 2019
A lecture by a renowned scholar on “The Power of Resilience: Women’s Leadership in the 21stCentury.” The Leboy Lecture is awarded annually to an outstanding scholar who catalyzes opportunities for women in academia
Speaker: President Emerita Judith Rodin
Spring Networking Reception
May 1, 2019
A festive end-of-year celebration with refreshments and chair massage for all women faculty
Cosponsored Events 2018-2019
Listening to Diversity Forum
March 13, 2019
A public forum to provide members of the Penn campus community (faculty, staff and students) the opportunity to voice their concerns and share their suggestions for how we might work together to bring about productive change
Cosponsors: University Council Committee on Diversity & Equity and the Faculty Senate
A Lecture by Frazier Benya, PhD of the National Academy of Sciences – Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
May 1, 2019
Cosponsors: Women in Chemistry, Penn Violence Prevention, Penn Women’s Center, GAPSA, SASGov, Community Impact Fund (Office of the Provost & Graduate Student Center), Advancing Women in Engineering, Campaign for Community, Penn Graduate Women in Science and Engineering