What is COACh

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Proactive Mentoring and LeadershipProgram for
Females in Academia
Committee on the Advancement of Women
Chemists COACh
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• The current objectives of theCommittee on the
  Advancement of Women Chemists are to
• Assist academic women chemists to achieve their
  professional teaching research goals.
• Provide training workshops and networking forums
  to enhance the careers of women.
• Research factors that may contribute to the low
  numbers of women in the field.
• Develop model programs that can be used more
  broadly across the sciences.

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COACh Workshops

• COACh workshops are designed to develop
  professional skills for career enhancement. Two
  types of workshops are currently offered
• Negotiation training in successful negotiating
  strategies for use in leading or participating in
  discussions and meetings
• Leadership training in leadership roles and
  self-assessment of leadership style, with a
  perspective on genders role in leadership.

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COACh Works Testimonials

• The workshop helped me to define what problems I
  have with negotiating. Now I can improve them
  with the skills I learned.
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• I got a lot of value out of getting to know my
  female colleagues and sharing our real
  situations.
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• The sessions were incredibly instructive no
  fluff.
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• The workshop facilitators experiences in higher
  education settings were helpful contributions to
  the group discussions.
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• It was an amazing experience to work with so
  many smart women to effectively problem-solve
  difficult situations weve encountered with
  negotiation in our workplaces.

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Workshop Grads

• Georgia Arbuckle-Keil, Rutgers
• Christina Bailey, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• Ruth Baltus, Clarkson
• Deborah Bebout, College of William and Mary
• Rebecca Braslau, UC Santa Cruz
• Joan Brennecke, Notre Dame
• Joan Broderick, Michigan State
• Sheila Brown, Mt. Holyoke
• Diane Burgess, Connecticut
• Maria Burka, NSF
• Judith Burstyn, Wisconsin
• Jean Chmielewski, Purdue
• Sue Clark, Washington State
• Christa Colyer, Wake Forest
• Katrina Cornish, USDA
• Phoebe Dea, Occidental
• Victoria DeRose, Texas AM
• Felicia Etzkorn, Virginia Tech
• Stephanie Farrell, Rowan

• Barbara Garrison, Penn State
• Gunda Georg, Kansas
• Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague, UC Davis
• Christine Grant, North Carolina State
• Karen Goldberg, Washington
• Dixie Goss, Hunter College, CUNY
• Sarah Green, Michigan Tech
• Esin Gulari, Wayne State
• Ann Hagerman, Miami University of Ohio
• Rita Hessley, Cincinnati
• Kathryn Hollar, Rowan
• Karlene Hoo, Texas Tech
• Amy Howell, Connecticut
• Judith Iriarte-Gross, Middle Tennessee State
• Sue Jackels, Seattle University
• Leslie Jimenez, Rutgers
• Kerry Karukstis, Harvey Mudd
• Carol Korzeniewski, Texas Tech
• Branka Ladanyi, Colorado State

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Workshop Grads

• Nancy Levinger, Colorado State
• Linda Luck, Clarkson
• Lee Magid, Tennessee
• Rita Majerle, South Dakota State
• Guangzhao Mao, Wayne State
• Cynthia McClure, Montana State
• Anne McCoy, Ohio State
• Lisa McElwee-White, Florida
• Jeanne McHale, Idaho
• Sabeeha Merchant, UCLA
• Kathleen Healy Moore, Oakland University
• Faith Morrison, Michigan Tech
• Janet Morrow, Buffalo
• Pushpa Murthy, Michigan Tech
• Donna Nelson, Oklahoma
• Umit Ozkan, Ohio State
• Kathy Parker, SUNY, Stony Brook
• Diana Phillips, Kettering
• Hanna Reisler, USC

• Mary Rezac, Georgia Tech
• Mercedes Rivero-Hudec, Rhode Island
• Maureen Scharberg, San Jose State
• Cynthia Selassie, Pomona
• Sherry Yennello, Texas AM
• Jacqueline Shanks, Iowa State
• Annette Shine, Associate, Delaware
• Jennifer Sinclair, Purdue
• Deanne Snavely, Bowling Green State
• Marylee Southard, Kansas
• Koni Stone, Calif. State University, Stanislaus
• Claire Tessier, Akron
• Nancy Tooney, Polytechnic University
• Debra Van Engelen, North Carolina, Asheville
• Pratibha Varma-Nelson, Saint Xavier
• Linda Wang, Purdue
• Angela Wilson, North Texas
• Ingrid Fritsch, Arkansas
• Julia Fulghum, Kent State

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Upcoming Workshops
November 3, 2002 (Fall AIChE November 4-9),
Indianapolis, IN Coaching Strong Women in the Art
of Strategic Persuasion Networking
Reception March 22, 2003 (Spring ACS March
23-27), New Orleans, LA Coaching Strong Women in
the Art of Strategic Persuasion The Chemistry of
Leadership A Women's Leadership Development
Program Networking Reception November 15, 2003
(Fall AIChE November 16-21), San Francisco,
CA The Chemistry of Leadership A Women's
Leadership Development Program Networking
Reception March 27, 2004 (Spring ACS March
28-April 1), Anaheim, CA The Chemistry of
Leadership A Women's Leadership Development
Program Networking Reception
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Our Funding Sponsors
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation National
Science Foundation National Institutes of
Health Department of Energy, Basic Energy
Sciences
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