Women in Scientific & Environmental Professions
Originally offered as a graduate seminar (FOR 797) Spring 1999, (Syllabi 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009) this 1-credit class is now also open to upper division undergraduate students (FOR 496).  Participants discuss issues faced by professional women, such as mentoring and productivity, and attend presentations of the Women in Scientific and Environmental Professions Speaker Series, generally offered immediately after the scheduled class time, in lieu of that class.  Students also meet with the speakers, often for dinner the evening after their presentations.  The speakers share their experiences in their work environment, and their perspectives of that environment over time.  For this reason, we try to bring speakers from a variety of employer types, such as academic, NGO, state agencies, and industry.  Previous campus wide-seminars have included:   Dr. Donna Perison, International Paper, Jackson, MS "Meeting the Challenge of Change"; Ellen Ketterson, Indiana University, "Phenotypic Engineering: Using Hormones to Explore Adaptation and Constraint"; Dr. Shirley Malcom, AAAS, "Bringing Science to People and People to Science: New Faces --New Places"; Sandra Brown, Winrock International, Corvallis, OR, "Kyoto, forests and Climate Change". 

Please send speaker suggestions (name, affiliation, field of expertise, why she would be a good speaker, suggested cosponsors) to Heather Engelman, engelman@syr.edu.