e-newsletter, vol. 2 no. 3, Dec. 11, 2009
Recent AAUW NC news
Information on the AAUW NC 2010 convention and more.
On Friday afternoon, November 20, about 40 people attended a showing of “Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority” and a panel discussion on Title IX and Pay Equity. The event was sponsored by the Office of the Provost and several other groups, including AAUW NC. The panelists included Barbara Osborne, J.D., of the Department of…
AAUW NC is a coalition partner of Action for Children North Carolina which is seeking public support for legislation pending in the NC General Assembly to raise the age at which children are prosecuted as adults. They have recently sent out this message which provides more information on this legislative effort: “Over 30,000 of our children…
President’s Message It is hard to believe that it is already the middle of November! With Thanksgiving just a few days away, I have so much to be thankful for again this year. My list of blessings includes AAUW and my relationships with each one of you. I hope that your gratitude list continues to…
AAUW awarded more than $3,000,000 in fellowships and grants this year, and North Carolina is fortunate to have eight recipients of AAUW Fellowships and Grants in the state for 2009-2010: American Fellowships: May May Leung, Ph.D., Public Health UNC-Chapel Hill Hollie Mann, Ph. D., Political Theory, UNC-Chapel HIll Rosemarie Stremlau, Postdoctoral research, American History, UNC…
The nominating committee you elected last spring has begun its work to recruit the following officers for 2010-2012: President – the chief officer of AAUW NC Secretary – responsible for the minutes for the convention business session, the board meetings, and the executive committee meetings Membership Vice President – responsible for encouraging membership growth throughout…
AAUW NC is a member of the NC Voters for Clean Elections coalition. They are having a celebration of their 10th anniversary and their annual meeting on Thursday, Dec. 10. Both events will take place Dec. 10th at the Busy Bee Café in downtown Raleigh. The annual meeting will be from 3:30-4:30. The reception will…
President’s Message Boone was beautiful last weekend! The leaves had started to turn the brilliant reds, oranges, and ambers of fall. The topics for Saturday’s presentations at the Fall Leadership Meeting ranged from “Creating a Healthy Branch Culture” to the WAGE Project. We also learned more about changes to the national by-laws and how those…
Changes are in the works for www.aauw.org and will affect www.aauwnc.org later this fall. Branches planning new web sites and/or those wishing to explore having a more local web presence on aauwnc.org are asked to contact Nancy Shoemaker. Note: If you have trouble locating certain content on the www.aauw.org site during the transition, please contact…