Professor of Biology Stephanie Fabritius Named ACE Fellow

Southwestern University Biology Professor Stephanie Fabritius has been named an ACE Fellow for academic year 2002-2003. The formal announcement was made recently in Washington, D.C., by David Ward, president of the American Council on Education.

The ACE Fellows Program, established in 1965, is designed to strengthen institutions and leadership in American higher education by intensifying and preparing promising faculty and senior administrators for responsible positions in college and university administration. Thirty-seven Fellows, nominated by the presidents and chancellors of their institutions were selected this year in a national competition.

Marlene Ross, director of the Fellows Program, noted that most previous fellows have advanced into major positions in academic administration. Of the nearly 1,350 participants in the first 37 years of the program, more than 250 have become chief executive officers and nearly 1,000 have become provosts, vice presidents or deans. "We're extremely pleased with the incoming class," Ross said. "The individuals selected have demonstrated strong leadership ability. The Fellows Program will sharpen and enhance their leadership skills and prepare them to address issues of concern to the higher education community.

Fabritius came to Southwestern in 1988. She teaches biological diversity and interactions, ecology, animal behavior, evolution, natural history of the vertebrates, animal behavior seminar and introduction to research. She also participates in teaching capstone seminars and occasionally teaches environmental science. In addition, she has been both chair of the Department of Biology and co-chair of the Animal Behavior Program at Southwestern. She also regularly pursues collaborative research with students under the auspices of the Biology Summer Research Program. Beyond her teaching and research, she has served for the past two years as the steering committee chair of Southwestern's self-study accreditation process, required every ten years by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Fabritius holds a B.S. from Pepperdine University and a Ph.D. from Purdue University.

Each ACE Fellow will focus on an issue of concern to the nominating institution while spending the next academic year working at a host institution with a college or university president and other senior officers. During the program, Fabritius will attend three week-long seminars on higher education issues organized by ACE, read extensively in the field and engage in other activities to enhance her knowledge about the challenges and opportunities confronting higher education today and in the next century.

The American Council on Education is a comprehensive association of the nation's colleges and universities dedicated to higher education programs. Counted among the Council's members are more than 1,800 accredited degree-granting public and private colleges and universities and higher education related associations, organizations and corporations.

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