Professor Segev named associate director

Congratulations to professor Sigal Segev, who was recently named associate director for programming and research at the Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication at Biscayne Bay campus.

The main goal at the center is to empower both women professionals and academics in all the fields of communication.

“We, at the center, attempt to initiate programs and activities that will provide women with the impetus to advance in their areas and fulfill what they are aspired to be,” Segev said.

The center is developing The Leadership Fellows Program that provides Hispanic women with guidance, resources and training that will allow them to obtain the opportunity to gain leadership positions within media industries.

Also in the works is the Status of Women in Communication Benchmark project. It will serve as a secondary research development for communication’s professionals and focus on getting women in leadership positions within their fields.

“As an associate director of the Kopenhaver Center, my plans for this year are to complete the development of The Leadership Fellows Program and start its implementation,” she said. “In addition, I hope to have the first phase of the Status of Women in Communication Benchmark Project completed.”

“I hope to teach students and especially female students that they should always try to achieve what they are aspired to achieve; that they should not find reasons for why achieving their goals is impossible but why it is possible,” Segev said.