Save the Date!
Clarkson ADVANCE invites you to a talk by WPI’s President Laurie Leshin on January 26th at 11am entitled “Aligning Faculty Reward Systems with Institutional Values“.
The talk will be open to the entire Clarkson community in the Multi-Purpose Rooms or via Zoom.
If you’d like the event on your calendar to save the time please just let ADVANCE Director Sarah know at streptow@clarkson.edu.Just a little bit about President Leshin:
President Leshin is the 16th president, and first woman, to lead Worcester Polytechnic Institute, one of America’s first technological universities. Since joining WPI in June 2014, she has embraced the university’s distinctive approach to STEM education, while challenging the campus community to elevate WPI’s impact in communities across the globe.
President Leshin has made diversity, equity, and inclusion a top priority, and WPI is now among STEM institutions with the highest percentage of female undergraduate students. She is also a champion of outreach to K-12 students, particularly girls and underrepresented students, aiming to foster a love of STEM that may lead to careers in science and engineering fields. She serves on the Federal STEM Advisory Panel, charged with advising federal agencies on their implementation of STEM education initiatives.
An accomplished space scientist, President Leshin came to WPI after more than 20 years of experience as a leader in academia and government service. She served as dean of the School of Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, as deputy director of NASA’s Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, and as deputy director for Science & Technology and director of Science and Exploration at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Before joining NASA, she was the Dee and John Whiteman Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences and director of the Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University. She earned her PhD in geochemistry at Caltech.
Hope to see you there!