Tusculum College’s Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Melinda Dukes will temporarily trade her teaching and administrative roles for that of student this summer as she takes part in the prestigious HERS Bryn Mawr Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration in Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Dr. Dukes won a competitive scholarship to take part in the SI, as it is usually abbreviated, from the Appalachian College Association, of which Tusculum College is a member.
Each summer since 1976, the HERS Bryn Mawr Summer Institute has provided a month-long residential program presenting an intensive leadership and management development curriculum for approximately seventy women faculty and administrators on the campus of Bryn Mawr College.
The ACA provides scholarships to three individuals out of a field of applicants. Each summer since 1976, the HERS Bryn Mawr Summer Institute has provided a month-long residential program presenting an intensive leadership and management development curriculum for approximately seventy women faculty and administrators on the campus of Bryn Mawr College.
Dr. Dukes said that participants will involve themselves in such issues as “best practices in higher education, including financial concerns, trends, enrollment issues, and federal issues in higher education.
Days at SI typically start early and end late, Dr. Dukes said. They provide an opportunity for highly focused, intensive discussion and training in which education professionals can share ideas and practices.
Dr. Dukes will be involved in her Bryn Mawr experience from June 21 through July 16. She will report on her experiences to ACA and others upon her return.