{"id":7770,"date":"2013-07-22T16:15:11","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T20:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=7770"},"modified":"2013-07-22T16:15:11","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T20:15:11","slug":"dr-linda-walters-furthers-her-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/dr-linda-walters-furthers-her-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Linda Walters Furthers Her Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2013\/07\/Dr.-Walters_edited1.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7771\" alt=\"Dr. Walters_edited\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2013\/07\/Dr.-Walters_edited1.png\" width=\"267\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Dr. Linda Walters, Pegasus Professor of biology and director of the Center for Success of Women Faculty at UCF\u00a0recently graduated from the HERS Bryn Mawr Summer Institute, held June 22 \u2013 July 6, 2013 at Bryn Mawr College.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1978, the HERS Institute for Women in Higher Education at Wellesley College has annually offered women faculty and administrators the opportunity to participate in an intensive program that prepares them to be leaders in higher education.<\/p>\n<p>The 67 participants selected for this year\u2019s Institute represented 63 institutions across the U.S. Responding to the current environment for higher education globally, the Institute had a special focus this year on \u201cWomen Leaders: Facing the Challenges as We Re-Invent Higher Education.\u201d Topics studied included \u201cUnderstanding the Environment for Higher Education,\u201d \u201cPlanning &amp; Leading Change in the Academy,\u201d \u201cManaging &amp; Investing Strategic Resources,\u201d \u201cEngaging Individual &amp; Institutional Diversity,\u201d and \u201cMapping Your Leadership Development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Walters has been at UCF since 1997, serving as director of the UCF Center for Success of Women Faculty since May of this year.\u00a0 She was recognized as a Pegasus Professor, UCF\u2019s highest faculty honor, in 2012 and has received numerous awards locally, regionally and nationally for her coastal and estuarine research as well as excellence in teaching.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about HERS, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hersnet.org\">www.hersnet.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Bryn Mawr College, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brynmawr.edu\">www.brynmawr.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Linda Walters, Pegasus Professor of biology and director of the Center for Success of Women Faculty at UCF\u00a0recently graduated from the HERS Bryn Mawr Summer Institute, held June 22 \u2013 July 6, 2013 at Bryn Mawr College. 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