Presidents of SC higher education institutions are contacted bi-annually to nominate a qualified candidate from their institution. A Committee of the Executive Board of South Carolina Women in Higher Education selects the Piper Award winner from among the nominees.
The following criteria with percentage weights should be used in considering a nominee for the award.
A one-page letter of nomination describing how the nominee has fulfilled the criteria for selection with special emphasis on the nominee’s involvement in the S.C. Women in Higher Education.
Current curriculum vitae.
Two (2) letters of support.
Current members of the Executive Board of South Carolina Women in Higher Education are not eligible for nomination, nor may they make nominations. Former winners have included faculty members, administrators and presidents from a number of South Carolina institutions. The award is presented bi-annually at the SCWHE Annual Conference.
Dr. Sally Boyd, University of South Carolina
Dr. Elizabeth Bell, USC Aiken
Dr. Joan Altekruse, USC School of Medicine
Dr. Sue Rosser, USC Columbia
Dr. Sally Hare, Coastal Carolina University
Dr. Mary Thornley, Trident Technical College
Dr. Ellen Wood-Hall, Converse College
Dr. Sue Sommer-Kresse, College of Charleston
Dr. Ann Shoemaker McNutt, Technical College of the Lowcountry
Dr. Kathleen Noble, Aiken Technical College
Dr. Judith Prince, USC Upstate
Dr. Carolyn West, USC Columbia
Dr. Joann Boyd-Scotland, Denmark Technical College
Dr. Kay McFarland, USC School of Medicine
Dr. Sally Horner, Coastal Carolina University
Dr. Deidre Martin, USC Aiken
Dr. Susan Winsor, Aiken Technical College
Dr. Doris Helms, Clemson University
Dr. Nancy Welch, Greenville Technical College
Dr. Caroline Whitson, Columbia College
Dr. Donna Richter, USC Columbia
Dr. Jane T. Upshaw, USC Beaufort
Dr. Anita Bowles, Spartanburg Methodist College
Dr. Christine Curtis, USC Columbia
Dr. Willette Burnham, Medical University of South Carolina
Dr. Karen Gainey, Limestone College
Dr. Jackie Blakley, Tri-County Technical College
Dr. Mary Holloway, Midlands Technical College
Dr. Sally Sheldon, The Citadel
Note: Institutional affiliations at the time of the award
The mission of South Carolina Women in Higher Education (SCWHE) is to provide support that includes encouragement, empowerment, and professional development to all faculty, staff, and students who identify as women and work or take classes in higher education entities within South Carolina. SCWHE aims to increase diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and the number of women in leadership positions throughout higher education systems statewide. SCWHE is affiliated with the American Council on Education’s Inclusive Excellence Group, (formerly the Office on Women) and the American Council on Education’s Women’s Network. SCWHE also joins with other organizations to foster an educational, social, and political environment in which women in all their diversity and richness gain a greater voice.
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