Margaret Sloss Gender Equity Awards
About
Margaret Sloss was the first woman to graduate from the College of Veterinary medicine at Iowa State
University. She earned her bachelor's degree in zoology from Iowa Sate in 1923 and her master's
degree in veterinary anatomy in 1932. Despite an unwritten policy against admitting women as veterinary
students, Dean Stange let her accumulate credits in the veterinary medical curriculum, and in August
1938, Margaret Sloss was awarded a D.V.M. degree. She grew up on the Iowa State University campus where
her father was Superintendent of Grounds. Her childhood home is now the location of the Margaret Sloss
Women's Center, which was established there in 1981.
Margaret Sloss Gender Equity Award for their demonstrated commitment to helping women gain equity at Iowa State University.
2008 Award Recipients
- Kathy Hickok, Ph. D.- Professor English
2007 Award Recipients
- Sharon Bird, Ph.D. - ISU ADVANCE Co-PI Team and Associate Professor of Sociology
- Julie Snyder-Yuly, M.S. - Assistant Director of the Women's Studies Program and Assistant Director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics
- Alissa Stoehr, B.L.S., B.S. - Graduate student in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies Program
2006 Award Recipients
- Christopher Brown, DVM - Dean of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University
- Susan Carlson, Ph.D. - Associate Provost, Iowa State University
Current Award Information
The Margaret Sloss Women's Center Advisory Board is seeking nominations for the Fourth Annual
Margaret Sloss Gender Equity Award. Nominees should have demonstrated a commitment to helping women
gain equity within the university and/or the Ames community. Significant contributions come in many
forms, from public acts such as organizational leadership to personal acts such as academic and
professional mentoring. Examples include:
- Promoting awareness and understanding of the effects of sexism or prejudicial attitudes upon women
- Raising campus awareness of feminist issues
- Promoting attitudes and the use of skills and techniques which work toward the elimination of a sexist ideology
- Demonstrating an unusual and unique effort to promote gender equity in the classroom, university, or community
- Promoting the development of policies and procedures designed to achieve gender equity
- Developing or strengthening programs aimed at a scholarly understanding of women and gender roles
- Promoting the respect of human diversity and the rights of women
Those eligible for the Margaret Sloss Gender Equity Award include Iowa State faculty and staff, Iowa State undergraduate and graduate students, and Ames community members. The awards will be presented at the Margaret Sloss Gender Equity Awards Reception on February 25, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. in the Cardinal Room of the Memorial Union. More information regarding the reception will be available in January.
Please show your support for those who work for equity on campus and within the community by nominating them for the Margaret Sloss Gender Equity Award. Nominations may be made by ISU faculty, staff, and students or by members of the Ames community.
The deadline for submitting nominations in Wednesday, December 16, 2009.
For more information, contact Angela Hall at 294-4154 or anglong@iastate.edu.
