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Aristotle Circle, Founded by CEO Suzanne Rheault, acquires Peer2Peer Tutors, Inc

Aristotle Circle, the network of experts for school admission founded by Suzanne Rheault who is also the company's CEO, acquired Peer2Peer Tutors, Inc, the largest peer tutoring company in the country. "Aristotle Circle now has the widest possible breadth and depth of educational consulting services," said Suzanne. "The school admissions process is more competitive than ever, and families require a wide range of services to give their children the best possible advantage". Read more about it in the prnewswire press release.

Ambassador Barbara McConnell Barrett Made Interim President at Thunderbird

The Thunderbird School of Global Management appointed Ambassador Barbara McConnell Barrett as Interim President. Barbara is an award winning business executive and corporate board member, and she has served as U.S. Ambassador to Finland, CEO of the American Management Association, a Fellow teaching Leadership at Harvard, President of the International Women’s Forum, Senior Advisor to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, and Chairman of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. Read more in the Business Wire press release.

Susan Duffy Made Executive Director of the Center for Women's Leadership at Babson College

Babson College appointed Susan G. Duffy Executive Director of the Center for Women's Leadership. Susan, who holds a Ph.D. from The George Washington University (GWU) in Management and Organization, and a Master's Degree in Applied Behavioral Science from the Johns Hopkins University, had been a Professor at Simmons College where she laaunched an undergraduate program in Entrepreneurship. Read more in the prnewswire press release.

Veronica Melvin Made President and CEO of LA's Promise

LA's Promise, the nonprofit organization working to shift the education, health and social outcomes for thousands of youth, appointed Veronica Melvin President and CEO. Veronica had been Chief Operating Officer of Communities for Teaching Excellence. Veronica was appointed by President Obama in July 2011 to serve on the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence of Hispanics. Read more in the prnewswire press release.

Judith Huntington Inaugurated as President of The College of New Rochelle

The College of New Rochelle, which enrolls over 5,000 students on six campuses across the Greater New York City area, inaugurated Judith Huntington as its 13th President. Judith joined The College of New Rochelle in 2001 as Vice President for Financial Affairs with full responsibility for all fiscal issues involving the College. Read more about it in the prnewswire press release.

Mary Miller Made Capella University Chief Marketing Officer

Capella Education Company (NASDAQ: CPLA) appointed Mary Miller the Capella University Chief Marketing Officer. Before joining Capella, Mary had been Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer  at PetSmart, Inc. Read more in the Business Wire press release.

University of Connecticut new President Susan Herbst wrestles with Sports

Susan Herbst, who became President of the University of Connecticut on June 1, 2011 and is the first woman to hold that position, has a lot to deal with running a university of multiple campuses, more than 28,000 students, and a total operating budget of approximately $1.4 billion. But sports teams in colleges often create most of a college's press and require complicated decisions. So Susan is faced with questions about which conference UConn should play in which will impact the students' travel times and schedules. UConn is known for its women's teams who almost never disappoint like the champions they are. Read more about the conference choices on usatoday.com.

Economics Professors Jennifer Pate and Andrew Healy Find that "Women in Teams" May be the Answer to Corporate Structure Imbalance

Loyola Marymount University Economics Professors Jennifer Pate (pictured) and Andrew Healy released research that shows the "Competition Gap" (whether men or women are more likely to join a competition) shrinks when women can compete in teams. This leads the professors to conclude that "competing in teams levels the playing field by encouraging a higher number of qualified women to take part", and has implications for corporate management structures. Read more in the Gaurdian article.

Annette Gantt and Heather Clawson Join "Communities in Schools"

Communities In Schools, the organization dedicated to empowering students to stay in school and achieve in life, appointed Annette Gantt (pictured) Vice President of Field Operations and Knowledge Management. Annette has extensive experience and managed organizational growth for youth serving organizations including Hillside Family of Agencies and Earth Conservation Corps. Communities in Schools also appointed Dr. Heather Clawson Vice President of Research and Evaluation. Heather has extensive experience as a program evaluator for school and community-based prevention, intervention and enrichment programs for at-risk children and youth. Read more in the Business Wire press release.

Dr. Laurie Glimcher Made Provost for Medical Affairs at Cornell University and Dean at Weill Cornell Medical College

Cornell University appointed Dr. Laurie Glimcher Provost for Medical Affairs and Dean at Weill Cornell Medical College in Manhattan. Laurie is a Professor of Immunology at the Harvard School of Public Health, where she directs the Division of Biological Sciences program, and a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Read more in the Cornell press release.

Alecia DeCoudreaux is the New President of Mills College

Mills College in California appointed Alecia A. DeCoudreaux as its 13th President. Alecia, who holds a bachelor of arts degree in English and political science from Wellesley College and a JD from the Indiana University School of Law, had been Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Eli Lilly and Company. Read more in the Business Wire press release.

Jane Swift Made Chief Executive Officer at Middlebury Interactive Languages

Middlebury Interactive Languages (MIL), a provider of world language instruction for K-12 students, appointed Jane Swift Chief Executive Officer. Jane is the former Massachusetts Governor, and she has more than two decades of leadership in education technology, public policy and administration to MIL, a joint venture of Middlebury College and K12 Inc., a provider of curriculum and online education for K-12 students. Jane had also been a Senior Vice President of Government Solutions and Strategy for ConnectEDU, a Boston-based private education technology company. Read more in the Business Wire press release.

Patti Smith Made VP of Marketing and Product Management at DreamBox Learning, joining Sherri Bealkowski who was Made DreamBox VP Sales and Client Care

DreamBox Learning®, the intelligent adaptive learning™ company owned by the Charter Fund in partnership with Reed Hastings, a widely recognized educational philanthropist and CEO of Netflix, Inc, appointed Patti Smith (pictured left) Vice President of Marketing and Product Management. Patti had been Vice President of Portfolio Management, K-12 Mathematics and Specialty Markets with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Sherri Bealkowski was appointed Vice President of Sales and Client Care for DreamBox earlier in the year. Before joining DreamBox, Sherri (pictured right) had been Chief Operating Officer for education software start-up Intand Corporation, and before that served as an education technology consultant for a variety of organizations and also as the Interim Chief Information Officer at Seattle Public Schools. Prior to that, Sherri served as a General Manager at Microsoft where she oversaw U.S. Education Sales and Services. Read more in the prnewswire press release.

Ellen Frede Made Senior Vice President of Early Learning at Acelero Learning

Acelero Learning appointed Dr. Ellen Frede Senior Vice President of Early Learning, Research and Training. Ellen had been Co-Director of the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University. She had previously served as  Commissioner for Early Childhood Education at the New Jersey Department of Education. Read more in the prnewswire press release.

Laura Soave, President and CEO of Fiat Brand in North America, Takes Part in “Chrysler Day” at Kettering University

Laura Soave, President and CEO of Fiat Brand in North America, took part in the “Chrysler Day” at Kettering University which featured informational and recruiting booths staffed by Chrysler. Chrysler Group and Kettering University in Flint, Mich., today celebrated the establishment of the first class of student co-ops that will work at the Company beginning this fall. Read more about the co-op program in the Business Wire press release.

USA Science & Engineering Festival highlights Many Women in their "Nifty Fifty" List.

The 2nd USA Science & Engineering Festival meant to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers will hold a finale Expo in Washington DC on April 27-29, 2012. As part of the Festival they have gathered the "Nifty Fifity", an amazing list of doctors and scientists representing a wide array of research. The list is filled with amazing women scientists including Dr. Miquel Antoine (pictured), a senior analytical chemist at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory’s Milton S. Eisenhower Research Center (Miquel holds a doctorate in analytical chemistry from the University of Maryland); Microbiologist Dr. Sarah Fortune, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, whose research studies the bacterium that causes tuberculosis, developing new approaches to prevent, diagnose and treat tuberculosis (Sarah holds and MD from Columbia); and Dr. Catherine Mohr, who studied engineering at MIT and then went to Stanford University Medical School, and now works on the development of surgical robots as well as working at Stanford's School of Medicine, where she studies simulation-based teaching methods to teach clinical skills to doctors. There are so many more amazing women to learn about so check out the niftyfifty.

More Women Accepted at Business Schools - Great News!

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that both Harvard Business School and Wharton have a higher percentage of women in their new business school class of 2013 than previous years, Harvard with 39%, and Wharton 45%, up from 40% last year. This is great news for gender equity in business. Read about it on wsj.com.

Jean Ann Linney Made Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Villanova

Villanova University appointed Jean Ann Linney, Ph.D., as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Linney had been Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Read more in the prnewswire press release.

Lucy Carter to lead Product Development at RedRock Reports

RedRock Reports, which helps companies serving K-12 education by providing customized funding assistance with grants tracking etc, hired Lucy Carter to lead Product Development. Lucy was with Apple inc. for 20 years where she helped create Apple University, a program focused on executive development. She was also Director of Apple Global Training. Read more in the Business Wire press release.

Professor Mary Dixon and Students use Economics to Drive Entrepreneurial Ideas

Mary P. Dixon, Professor of Economics and Management at DePauw University and the Economics and Management Department Chair, wanted to answer the question “Why are there so few women who enter economics as a discipline at DePauw when half of the faculty members in the Economics Department are women and 60 percent of DePauw students are women?” Mary found that the students felt alone, so she started the Women in Economics and Business group at the University. The group is holding its first alum reunion this weekend where students will meet graduates, discuss careers and talk about the students' projects, which range from healthcare clinics in Haiti, to concern about the lack of job and educational opportunities for adults with special needs, to saving a center that works to eradicate poverty. Read more about Professor Dixon and her amazing students and how their entrepreneurial spirit shines through their economics classes.