Dr. Bixby Selected as NSF ASCEND Faculty Fellow

NSF ADVANCE Partnership ASCEND Project (Advancing STEM Careers by Empowering Network Development) https://wou.edu/ascend/

"The goal of this $1 million grant is to create peer mentoring networks of mid-career STEM women faculty and administrator allies across institutions and regions. This collaborative initiative involves nine project leaders, 60 faculty participants and 15 administrator participants from colleges and universities across the northwest, the midwest and the southeast. Over the next four years (Fall 2020 through Summer 2024), participants will be engaged in conversations and training opportunities to give them the tools they need to advance their careers. Faculty and administrators will work together to address the institutional and systemic barriers that prevent women at the mid-career level from being promoted to full professor or obtaining positions in academic administration."