{"id":25381,"date":"2013-11-04T15:49:31","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T19:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=25381"},"modified":"2013-11-04T15:49:32","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T19:49:32","slug":"wright-state-women-leaders-win-top-state-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2013\/11\/04\/wright-state-women-leaders-win-top-state-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State women leaders win top state honors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jacqueline McMillan, vice president for enrollment management, (front) received the Excellence in Higher Education Leadership Award and Amber Vlasnik, director of the Women's Center (left) received the Outstanding Service by an Institutional Representative Award from ACE Women\u2019s Network\u2014Ohio. Bowling Green State University President Mary Ellen Mazey, presented the awards.<\/p><\/div>\n

Two women leaders at Wright State University received top awards from the ACE Women\u2019s Network\u2014Ohio during its annual statewide conference at Wright State November 1. Jacqueline McMillan, Ph.D., vice president for enrollment management, received the Excellence in Higher Education Leadership Award, the organization\u2019s highest external honor. It recognizes an outstanding woman leader who has made significant contributions to higher education in Ohio.<\/p>\n

Amber Vlasnik, director of the Wright State Women\u2019s Center, was one of two recipients of the Outstanding Service by an Institutional Representative Award. Regina Sapona of the University of Cincinnati also was honored.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>It was only fitting that Mary Ellen Mazey, Ph.D., another female trailblazer with Wright State roots, presented McMillan\u2019s award. Mazey, president of Bowling Green State University, was the first female dean of a college at Wright State (other than the College of Nursing), serving as the dean of the College of Liberal Arts for seven years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe empowering leadership here\u2014President Hopkins and others\u2014really allow us to grow,\u201d McMillan said. \u201cAnd they\u2019re not afraid to empower and support that growth,\u201d she added. \u201cIt\u2019s been a good fit for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

McMillan has mentored and supported countless women students, faculty, staff and other administrators during her more than 30 years at Wright State. She has held a succession of leadership positions, including director of financial aid, minority affairs and recruitment in the Boonshoft School of Medicine, executive assistant to President Kim Goldenberg and secretary to the Board of Trustees, and associate provost.<\/p>\n

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Mazey, (right) was back on campus to participate in the statewide conference and to present McMillan, with the leadership award.<\/p><\/div>\n

McMillan believes in Wright State\u2019s mission and demonstrates that through extensive community service. Her work has included serving on the boards of directors for the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Miami Valley, the Atlanta-based National Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Foundation, the Dayton Urban League, Dayton Council of Campfire USA and the Dayton Dialogue on Race Relations.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we work to build inclusive institutions where all can succeed, it is critical to provide continued support for women at all levels of leadership,\u201d Vlasnik explained. \u201cWomen’s centers, statewide networks such as the ACE Women’s Network\u2014Ohio, and other forms of institutional and inter-institutional networking and skill-building are needed to help identify and close the achievement gap for diverse women in higher education.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vlasnik provides leadership and vision to the Women\u2019s Center, which is entering its 20th<\/sup> year of serving students, staff and faculty. She also engages in extensive professional service locally, regionally and nationally.<\/p>\n

She was appointed Wright State\u2019s institutional representative to the ACE Ohio Women\u2019s Network by then WSU President Goldenberg when she arrived at the university. Vlasnik has served a four-year term on the Network\u2019s Executive Board as the communications chair.<\/p>\n

Mazey fondly recalled her time at Wright State. \u201cMy whole career started here at Wright State. It was people believing in me more than I believed in myself,\u201d she noted. \u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for Wright State, I wouldn\u2019t be where I am today; Wright State is what propelled me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since leaving Wright State, she was named the first woman dean at West Virginia University and the first senior female administrator at Auburn University. \u201cI have a 10-year-old granddaughter and I hope she doesn\u2019t grow up in a world of firsts,\u201d Mazey said.<\/p>\n

The ACE Women\u2019s Network\u2014Ohio is a network of women administrators, faculty and staff from colleges and universities across the state that is dedicated to the professional advancement of women. The awards value individuals who have contributed to the advancement of women colleagues in higher education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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