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Friday, Sept. 5, 2008

K-STATE'S JANA HAWLEY GRADUATES FROM PRESTIGIOUS SUMMER INSTITUTE THAT HELPS ADVANCE WOMEN LEADERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION

MANHATTAN -- A Kansas State University department head has graduated from a premier residential professional development program that seeks the advancement of women leaders in higher education administration.

Jana M. Hawley, head of K-State's department of apparel, textiles and interior design, was one of 64 participants selected for the 2008 class of the HERS Bryn Mawr Summer Institute, June 21-July 16, at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa.

Hawley's participation in the institute was sponsored by Duane Nellis, K-State provost, and Virginia Moxley, dean of K-State's College of Human Ecology. She was selected to represent K-State through a process facilitated by the provost's office.

The institute represents a 32-year partnership between Bryn Mawr College and Higher Education Resource Services.

Participants at this year's institute represented 59 colleges, community colleges and universities from 26 states as well as Canada and the Marshall Islands. The participants included a number of vice presidents, vice provosts and associate vice chancellors, along with deans, directors and heads of academic and administrative departments. The faculty of the institute included more than 40 senior officers from colleges and universities, national organizations and accrediting associations.

"The broad range of experiences across disciplines, sectors and positions offered a unique environment to evaluate critical issues confronting higher education today," Hawley said.

Hawley joined K-State and has been serving as head of the department of apparel, textiles and interior design since 2007. Her professional experience includes serving on the faculty at the University of Missouri, University of North Texas and Indiana University.

Her research areas include textile recycling and the Old Order Amish. Her work in textile recycling has earned her international acclaim. She is a Wakonse Fellow and has received a Kemper Award for Teaching Excellence. She also served as vice president of operations for six years of the International Textile and Apparel Association. She currently serves on K-State's Friends of the Costume and Textiles Museum board and the advisory board of K-State's Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art.

Since 1985, 15 K-State women, faculty and administrators have earned support from the university to participate in the Higher Education Resource Services' institutes.