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Role of the Institutional Representative
As an affiliate of the Office of Women in Higher Education (OWHE), the Michigan ACE Network is committed to identifying, developing, encouraging, advancing, linking, and supporting women in higher education. Each participating public, private, 2-year, and 4-year college or university in the state appoints an institutional representative who is responsible for these basic duties:
- Serving as the institution's official representative to the Michigan ACE Network for Women Leaders in Higher Education (i.e., attend the two required in-person meetings as well as the annual state conference and submit an annual report of campus-based activities).
- Participating in local, regional, statewide, and national meetings, as appropriate, as your institution’s representative.
- Assisting the Michigan ACE Network Executive Board in developing strategic plans and implementing programs/activities.
- Establishing, where appropriate, linkages with other campus programs focusing on women.
- Enlisting the support of other women on your campus by forming an institutional steering committee, assessing needs, and conducting on-campus professional development programming.
- Serving as the communication conduit to women on campus regarding professional development, professional advancement, grant/research funding, opportunities to present papers and make refereed presentations based on the connection to the Michigan ACE Network’s communication systems, primarily electronic bulletins provided by the State Coordinator.
- Encouraging participation by women on your campus in the annual statewide conference sponsored by the Michigan ACE Network.
- Educate the women on your campus about the Network’s public policy agenda.
Overall, campus responsibilities of the Institutional Representative include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Identify women in administrative or leadership positions on the campus who should participate in the activities of the Michigan ACE Network (i.e., executive officers, deans, assistant/associate deans, department chairs/heads, program directors, associate directors, and faculty interested in women's leadership issues). You may need to contact your president's office or the institution's human relations' office to obtain a complete list. The identification process depends on you and your familiarity with campus women.
- Provide information to the Michigan ACE Network State Coordinator about women administrators/leaders on your campus, including new appointments, resignations, title changes, and possible position vacancies. This action enables the Office of Women in Higher Education as well as the Michigan ACE Network Executive Board to assist women in identifying employment opportunities.
- Develop an e-mail list of women who have been or are engaged in administration and leadership on the campus and send information to them regularly. Enlist their support and encourage them to participate in state and national programs. You should definitely forward the electronic bulletins, including NetworkNews that are sent to you by the State Coordinator, to the women on your campus.
- Keep your institution's president informed of National and Michigan ACE Network goals and activities, as appropriate, and seek the support and participation of campus leaders in appropriate activities. You may want to provide a brief synopsis of statewide meetings to key campus leaders. You are important in the feedback loop to the president.
- Disseminate information to women on campus regarding opportunities such as meetings and educational seminars; encourage attendance and assist with arrangements to facilitate their involvement.
- Urge qualified women on campus to apply for various leadership positions by providing information about vacancies on your campus and elsewhere, particularly those provided by the State Coordinator.
- Serve as an adviser to the Michigan ACE Network Executive Board.
- Serve as a mentor to aspiring women leaders.
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ACE Institutional Reps
