Events

Candice Lange, President of Lange Advisors

October 7, 2009 - 3:00pm
PAO B157

Candice Lange, president of Lange Advisors and expert on work life balance issues will hold a workshop focusing on work/life balance in professional life. Co-sponsored by the Women's Resource Office and the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence. Please RSVP online no later than October 2, 2009.

"Oh great, the woman with the coffee is here... and other boardroom stories."

Amy Millman - President, Springboard Enterprises

4:00pm Thursday March 26, 2009 Burton D. Morgan Center, Room 121

Amy Millman has established a successful career as an advocate working for and with business and government officials to develop and implement national business development and policy initiatives. In 2001, she co-founded a non-profit venture, Springboard Enterprises, whose mission is to facilitate women entrepreneurs' access to the equity markets. The organization offers educational programs and forums designed to provide women entrepreneurs with access to investors and information about sources and uses of equity capital. Springboard has showcased over 380 women-led emerging growth businesses at its Forums nationally and those businesses have raised over $4 billion in equity, grants and strategic investments.


Women and Mentoring

March 25, 2009 at 8:00pm
Stewart Center, Room 206


Keynote Speaker
Julie Burkhard
Chair, National Panhellenic Conference

Sponsored by the Women's Resource Office and Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence: http://www.purdue.edu/humanrel/wro/

2009 Webinar Schedule



Brownbag Leadership Webinars
featuring Shambaugh Inc., an alumna owned leadership consulting firm


Date Location Topic Speaker
12:00-1:00pm Jan 29 HOVD 119 Asking For What You Want Becky Shambaugh
12:00-1:00pm Feb 26 MRGN 121 Making Your Words Count Becky Shambaugh
12:00-1:00pm March 26 SCHL B038 Building Strategic Relationships Becky Shambaugh
12:00-1:00pm April 23 MRGN 129 Managing Change Effectively Becky Shambaugh
12:00-1:00pm May 28 MRGN 121 Leveraging Your Political Savvy Becky Shambaugh

* If you are interested in attending a webinar please register at ButlerCenter@purdue.edu. Please give your name, the number attending and the webinar you would like to attend.

Springboard Conference

Beverly Davenport Sypher (right), the SBB Chair for Leadership Excellence, and Julie Goonewardene (left), Director of Business Development for the Purdue Research Foundation and Discovery Park, are pictured here with Amy Millman (center), founder and president of Springboard Enterprises at an October 30, 2008, ALLTHINGSMEDIA Venture Forum at the Paley Center for Media in New York City.

Springboard is a national non-profit organization which accelerates women's access to equity markets and provides programs which educate, showcase and support women entrepreneurs. Millman was recently profiled in USA Today. Click here to read more about Millman.

Purdue's Susan Bulkeley Butler Center is a sponsor of Springboard.

Women and Leadership Class

October 28, 2008
8:30am MRGN 129

On October 28, 2008 Purdue Trustee Susan Butler will speak to students enrolled in Purdue's newly developed Women and Leadership class about her recently published book Becoming the CEO of You. This class was developed by an interdisciplinary committee interested in women and leadership as part of the Entrepreneurial Certificate Program under the direction of Dr. Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Associate Director of the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship. This semester the course is taught by Rebecca Dohrman, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Communication.

Reception for Women Faculty

September 25, 2008 at 4:00pm
Purdue Memorial Union, Room 118

The Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence, the Office of the Provost, and the Women's Resource Office cordially invite you to a reception to celebrate recently promoted and tenured female faculty.

Sticky Floor Webinar

July 29, 2008

SHAMBAUGH's Webinar Program
We're thrilled to announce the start of SHAMBAUGH's Sticky Floor Webinar Series. Be sure to mark your calendar for July 29th from 12-1PM (EST) for the first one!

To register, contact gsims@purdue.edu:

Sticky Floor Webinar July 29th 12-1PM (EST) Becky Shambaugh, President and CEO of SHAMBAUGH Leadership, has been criss-crossing the country this year speaking about the Sticky Floors and now will hold a one hour free webinar on them! The focus of this webinar will be on strategies and techniques for getting "unstuck" and achieving your career and life goals.

Sponsored by:
Office of Human Relations
Office of the Provost
Women's Resource Office

All Things Media - Application Deadline

May 5, 2008

All Things Media - application information (pdf)

All Things Media is the first-ever venture capital forum exclusively for women entrepreneurs in all sectors of media

The Paley Center for Media
New York City
Thursday, October 30, 2008

What would Cinderella Do If She Were a Professor?

March 31, 2008


Speaker:
Julie-Ann McFann, PhD
Faculty Development Specialist and Educational Psychologist

Sponsored by:
College of Liberal Arts
Susan Butler Leadership Center
Women's Resource Office

It's Not a Glass Ceiling It's a Sticky Floor

February 11, 2008


Speaker: Rebecca Shambaugh
SHAMBAUGH Leadership Services

Shambaugh presents her vision of leadership best practices and proven developmental solutions.

Campus Women Lead Workshop: Expanding Leadership and Spheres of Influence at Purdue University

January 31-February 1, 2008

Speakers:
Gertrude J. Fraser, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement
University of Virginia

Kathy Wong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Western Michigan University

Sponsored by:
Office of the Provost
Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence
Office of the Vice President for Human Relations

About the Center

The mission of the Susan Bulkely Butler Center for Leadership Excellence is to develop leadership capacity through research, education and collaborations that helps advance inclusion and broaden representation in academic administration.

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Susan Bulkeley Butler
Center for Leadership Excellence
610 Purdue Mall
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907

Beverly Davenport Sypher
Susan Bulkeley Butler Chair for Leadership Excellence