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MISSION
The mission of the Women in Higher Education - Mississippi Network
(WHEMN) is to identify, develop, advance, and support women in
higher education in Mississippi.
To this end, WHEMN is dedicated to promoting and supporting women’s
leadership in higher education, facilitating networking of women in higher
education, assisting in career development and mentoring women in
higher education, and enhancing the visibility of women administrators on
Mississippi’s campuses.
GOALS & BENEFITS
• Promote and support
women’s leadership
in higher education,
particularly in Mississippi.
• Facilitate networking of
women leaders in higher
education with each other
and with organizations
and networks that have
shared goals.
• Develop collaborative
• Assist in career development
partnerships with other
of professional women and
institutions, organizations,
women students in higher
associations, foundations, and education, with particular
businesses to help achieve the
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mission of WHEMN.
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• Enhance the visibility of
women administrators on
Mississippi campuses.
• Identify potential women
leaders and provide
mentoring.
• Recognize achievement
of women administrators
through appropriate awards.
• Affiliation with statewide
and national organization
• Networking with other
professional women
• Opportunity to mentor
and be mentored
• Career/skill development
and employment
opportunities
• Improve leadership skills
HISTORY
The organization was established in 2003 at the behest of
the American Council on Education - Office of Women in
Higher Education (ACE-OWHE) that Mississippi develop a
state-wide network.
In 2003, the Mississippi Steering Committee, comprised of
Becky Askew (Pearl River Community College), Evola Bates
(Jackson State University), Mary Harrington (University of
Mississippi), Beverly Hogan (Tougaloo College), Rosetta
Howard (Coahoma Community College), Gloria Kellum
(University of Mississippi), Claudia Limbert (Mississippi
University for Women), Frances Lucas (University of
Mississippi Gulf Park), Cheryl Ragan (Northeast Mississippi
Community College), Lavinia Sparkman (East Central
Community College), and Thelma Spencer (Alcorn
State University) met on August 5, 2003, to establish the
mission and goals of the network. It was decided that
a poll be conducted to decide the name of the network.
At a subsequent meeting on September 24, 2003, the
name of the organization was chosen, the structure of the
organization was established, and the foundation approved
for the Mississippi network.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Each institution is represented by one Institutional
Representative appointed by the President of the institution. A
President’s Advisory Council will serve as an advisory body to
WHEMN.
The Steering Committee will be composed of the following:
• State Coordinator(s)
• Technology Coordinator
• State Coordinator-Elect
and Program Chair
• Student Representative
• State Coordinator - Past
• Treasurer/Recorder
• Public Relations
Coordinator
• Steering Committee
members serve staggered
three-year terms.
INSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
• Helen Wyatt, Alcorn State University
• Amy Tuck, Mississippi State University
• Suzanne Sullivan, Belhaven University
• Anna Faye Kelley-Winders, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
• Becky Bennett, Blue Mountain College
• Rosetta Howard, Coahoma Community College
• Gail Baldwin, Copiah-Lincoln Community College
• Christy Riddle, Delta State University
• Teresa Houston, East Central Community College
• Jackie Stennis, East Mississippi Community College
• Barbara Blankenship, Hinds Community College
• Lindy McCain, Holmes Community College
• Jan Reid-Bunch, Itawamba Community College
• Loretta Moore, Jackson State University
• Laverne Ulmer, Jones County Junior College
• Barbara Jones, Meridian Community College
• Debbie Norris, Mississippi College
• Mary Jean Lush, Mississippi Delta Community College
• Nora Miller, Mississippi University for Women
• Angela Getter, Mississippi Valley State University
• Kay Crow, Northeast Mississippi Community College
• Sybil R. Canon, Northwest Mississippi Community College
• Jennifer Seal, Pearl River Community College
• Sharron Goodman-Hill, Rust College
• Vacant, Southwest Mississippi Community College
• Sylvia Clark, Tougaloo College
• Charlotte Fant Pegues, University of Mississippi
• Mitzi Norris, University of Mississippi Medical Center
• Susan Siltanen, University of Southern Mississippi
• Lorie Watkins Fulton, William Carey University
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OFFICE OF WOMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Since 1973, the Office of Women in Higher Education
(OWHE) of the American Council on Education has provided
national leadership in the advancement of women into
executive positions and campus presidencies. OWHE has
maintained—and continues to maintain—a clear focus on its
mission: to IDENTIFY women leaders nationally in higher
education; to DEVELOP women’s leadership abilities; to
ENCOURAGE women to use their abilities and talents; to
ADVANCE more women into leadership positions; to LINK
women leaders to one another; and to SUPPORT the tenure of
mid- and senior-level women administrators and educators.
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