Susan Goldberg – 2016 Kopenhaver Conference Keynote Speaker

Susan Goldberg, Editorial Director of National Geographic Partners and Editor-In-Chief of National Geographic Magazine.  The first woman editor-in-chief of National Geographic magazine will be the keynote speaker for the 2016 Kopenhaver Conference - Equity and Equality of the Sexes in Communication:  Are Women Getting There? Click to Register for Conference at Eventbrite Link

By |2016-03-24T15:14:15-04:00March 24th, 2016|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Susan Goldberg – 2016 Kopenhaver Conference Keynote Speaker

Kopenhaver Student Researchers Selected for 2016 Conference

Congratulations to our Kopenhaver Center Student Research Team! Their abstract, “Between You and Me: What Women Tell Women About Working in Communication,” has been accepted for the 2016 Conference for Undergraduate Research at FIU (CURFIU).  This session will take place from 2:00 – 3:00 pm on March 31, 2016.  CURFIU is a university-wide event where undergraduates [...]

By |2016-02-16T18:42:55-04:00February 16th, 2016|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Kopenhaver Student Researchers Selected for 2016 Conference

Congratulations to Helen Aguirre Ferre

Congratulations to Helen Aguirre Ferre for being selected to the Florida Women's Hall of Fame.   Florida Governor Rick Scott has selected three outstanding Florida women for induction into the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame – Carol Jenkins Barnett, Helen Aguirre Ferré, and Elmira Louise Leto. Governor Scott chose the three women from a list of [...]

By |2017-01-12T19:16:59-04:00January 29th, 2016|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Congratulations to Helen Aguirre Ferre

Congratulations to Ammina Kothari PhD, 2013 Kopenhaver Fellow

    Dr. Kothari has been named one of four AEJMC Emerging Scholars for 2016-17.  Her proposal “UK Media Coverage of the Syrian Humanitarian Crisis” was selected for funding  in very selective and competitive process.    41 proposals were received for the 2016-17 program. The selection process was very competitive and the winning proposals were [...]

By |2016-01-12T20:37:51-04:00January 12th, 2016|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Congratulations to Ammina Kothari PhD, 2013 Kopenhaver Fellow

Congratulations to Peggy Dillion, PhD – 2014 Kopenhaver Fellow

Peggy Dillon, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Communications at Salem State University in Massachusetts, has been nominated for the second annual campus Distinguished Teaching Award. Professor Dillon a 2014 Kopenhaver Fellow has taught journalism and general communications courses for eight years at Salem State, where she previously advised the student newspaper, The Salem State Log, [...]

By |2016-01-07T16:57:30-04:00January 7th, 2016|General, News, Uncategorized, WFMF Workshop|Comments Off on Congratulations to Peggy Dillion, PhD – 2014 Kopenhaver Fellow

A CALL TO ACTION: Active Voice Campaign

  THE CALL TO ACTION Active Voice aims to create a more supportive climate for young women to use their voices to address substantive issues, and in doing so, to develop leadership skills translatable across all professional and civic fields. Active Voice is a positive, pro-voice campaign, emphasizing examples in which young women have valiantly [...]

By |2017-01-12T19:16:59-04:00January 5th, 2016|Free Press, General, Journalism, News, Student, Uncategorized|Comments Off on A CALL TO ACTION: Active Voice Campaign

Traits that Make Women Good Leaders

Do you wonder how women can excel in their leadership positions? Find yourself wanting to know their secrets? In a recent article for Fortune “The Trait That Makes Women Great” Geoff Colvin asserts women’s empathy is one of the traits that allow them to be great leaders. According to Colvin, empathy allows women to build [...]

By |2017-01-12T19:17:00-04:00August 20th, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Traits that Make Women Good Leaders