Annual Award
“She Flies with Her Own Wings”
In 1996, OWHE began honoring a woman or program for outstanding dedication to higher education and women in the state of Oregon.
If you would like to nominate a woman or program for the 2008 Service Award, please send your nomination to Beth Rietveld at Oregon State University. Your nomination should include a description of the person or program and an explanation of its benefit to women and higher education in the State of Oregon. Portions of your nomination remarks may be read at the conference if your nominee is selected as the Service Award recipient.
Previous Award Winners
- 2008
- Dr. Martha Anne Dow, Late President, Oregon Institute of Technology
- 2007
- Dr. Mary Spilde, President, Lane Community College
- 2006
- Dr. Lorraine Davis, Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Oregon
- 2005:
- Dr. Vivian Bull, Former President of Linfield College
- 2004:
- Dr. Suresht Bald, Professor of Politics at Willamette University
- 2003:
- Dr. Nancy Porter, co-founder of the Women's Studies program at Portland State University
- 2002:
- Dr. Dixie Lund, Dean of the Distance Education Program at Eastern Oregon University
- 2001:
- Dr. Barbara Seldman, Professor of English, Associate Dean of Faculty, and Coordinator of the Gender Studies Program at Linfield College
- 2000:
- Dr. Anne Brodie, Professor of Biology, Oregon State University (now retired)
- 1999:
- Dr. Marilyn Ewing, Professor of English, Chair, President’s Commission of the Status on Women, Eastern Oregon University
- 1998:
- Dr. Sally Lawrence, President, Pacific Northwest College of Art
- 1997:
- Dr. Christina Brink, Professor of Chemistry, Willamette University Science Outreach Program
- 1996:
- Dr. Jo Anne Trow, Vice President of Student Affairs, Oregon State University