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Long-Time Smith Administrator Moves to New PositionEleanor Rothman, the founding director of the Ada Comstock Program at Smith College, will leave her current position next year to assume a new post as director of Ada Comstock Initiatives for the Future. The Ada Comstock Scholars Program, established in 1975, enables women of nontraditional age to complete a bachelor of arts degree in a flexible setting that allows either full- or part-time study. Almost 1,700 women, ranging in age from their 20s to their mid-70s, have enrolled at Smith as members of the program in the 23 years since Rothman has been its director; during that time, 1,230 have graduated. In her new position, she will work closely with Smith's president, Ruth Simmons, to enhance funding and address long-standing housing and other Ada needs. "Under Ellie Rothman's leadership, the Ada Comstock Scholars Program has reached the national prominence it enjoys today; we are fortunate that she is willing to lead our effort to enhance its future," Simmons says. For her part, Rothman is "excited to have this opportunity and eager to assume the challenge." Some of her time will be spent addressing long- and short-term goals identified by a task force that reviewed the Ada Comstock program last year, says Simmons. "I hope to play an active role in increasing the funds available to resolve some of the most pressing issues-financial aid, adequate student housing and affordable student child care-that the program has faced throughout its history," Rothman says. One of her goals is to raise the level of financial support for the program and to increase the outreach to Ada Comstock alumnae, Rothman says, and she will seek additional funding sources from foundations and corporations. Rothman says she would also like to identify people who have no Smith connections but who recognize the program as an important option for older women whose education has been interrupted and who wish to return to school. Smith will launch a national search, starting next spring, to find Rothman's successor. |
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