AAUW NC News
May 2 – May 27, 2008
Important Dates:
Wednesday, May 28 – The Science House Girls Collaborative Forum – if you missed this announcement, do sign up for the Science House newsletters to keep up to date with this important organization that works with AAUW in science education.
Sunday, June 15 – Deadline to get the AAUW rate at the hotel in Salisbury for the Summer Meeting. Join us on July 25-26 in Salisbury to learn more about the future of AAUW and help shape the future of AAUW NC. Call the hotel at 704-637-3100 to reserve a room for July 25
Wednesday, June 18 – Women’s Advocacy Day in Raleigh! – Mary Peterson gave convention attendees information about this.
Please scan this list of “headlines” and if there’s something of interest, do read the full story. If these links are not “clickable” for you, go to https://www.aauwnc.org/category/news for a list of articles, or use the “search” in the upper right of https://www.aauwnc.org to go straight to the right article. [On any page with a list of articles (such as search results), you can click an article title to get the page with just that article – may be more suitable for printing.]
AAUW NC News
- Registration/Hotel info for the Summer Meeting (05/12/08). Registration info will be in the Tar Heel News, but you may not receive that before the hotel deadline. Make your reservations now — they can be canceled later.
- AAUW NC Fall Meeting Oct. 31 – Nov. 1 (05/17/08)
- What’s a Woman to Do: Tools for Pay Equity (05/26/08) – report on the third convention workshop
- Captioning at the Convention (05/22/08)
- Tar Heel News Deadline (05/05/08) – the deadline has passed, but contact editor@aauwnc.org if there’s something that still need704-637-3100 s to be submitted.
Other AAUW News
- Customizable PSAs (05/18/08) – make posters for branch events, for the media, or to post around town.
- Resources for public policy chairs (05/15/08)
Public Policy
- Come to Advocacy Day on June 18! (05/21/08) – Join with other women and allied organizations to make a difference in North Carolina!
- Hearings on draft legislation to remove barriers in academia (05/09/08) – Legislation being considered by Congress
- Resources for public policy chairs (05/15/08)
Branch News
- Tryon Area: Strengths of Democracy (05/22/08)
- Chapel Hill STEM Project for 4th Grade Girls in Durham (05/06/08)
STEM
- The Science House Girls Collaborative Forum (05/21/08)
- Chapel Hill STEM Project for 4th Grade Girls in Durham (05/06/08)
- Sandhills/Southern Pines Honors Dr. Restrepo (05/05/08)
- Hearings on draft legislation to remove barriers in academia (05/09/08)
- Planning for role model visits with students (05/14/08)
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