Notes from FairerScience.Org, 2007
Again, playing catchup from October …
Here are a couple of links to items at fairerscience.org:
What can men do to help women stay in science, Interactive Physics Simulations
Juvenile Literature Award nominees
The nominees for the 2007 AAUW Juvenile Literature Award have been announced. See www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/affiliates/lit-hist/awards/awards.htm for the list of nominees and previous years’ winners for several awards administered by the NC Literary and Historical Society. The award will be presented at the meeting of the NC Literary and Historical Society in Asheville on Saturday, November 10…
Ideas for working with the NGCP project, 2007
From the AAUW Theme Team … For those interested in getting involved with the National Girls Collaborative Project, I prepared some ideas below. Maybe some of this information would work for some of the blogs and other listservs you are part of. Carolyn Hayek AAUW Liaison for Mountain Pacific Region National Girls Collaborative Project
Girls in STEM notes
From the AAUW “Theme Team” mailing list: Web cast for girls and women interested in engineering: March 22-23 CalWomenTech Project and the new WomenTech Portal.
Presentation of 2006 Juvenile Literature Award
On Friday, October 28, the 2006 AAUW Juvenile Literature Award was presented to Joyce Moyer Hostetter for Blue, a novel set in Hickory, NC during World War II. With her father away at war to fight Hitler, Ann Fay Honeycutt gains strength by joining her community in battling polio, in a story based on the…
Juvenile Literature Award winner announced for 2006
The winner of the 2006 AAUW Award for Juvenile Literature is Joyce Moyer Hostetter’s Blue, published by Calkins Creek, a subsidiary of Boyds Mills Press. Synopsis: With her father away at war to fight Hitler, Ann Fay Honeycutt gains strength by joining her community in battling polio, in a story based on the 1944 epidemic…
AAUW NC Mini-Grants, 2006
At the July board meeting, the board approved continuing the mini-grants for 2006-2007. These are funded from AAUW NC 100 Club contributions and the reserves. There are a couple of changes from last year Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. The grants will be administered by the executive committee with advice from appropriate…