The year is almost over, and I know you might be getting tired of hearing everyone talk about their own “best of” series, but this one will surely be a delight! The past year brought many new faces into the spotlight, and this list highlights some of the talented women who made headlines in 2008. [...]
Archive for December, 2008
AAUW’s Women of 2008 — In No Particular Order
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged Amy Poehler, Ann Dunwoody, Danica Patrick, Hillary Clinton, HollaBack NYC, J. K. Rowling, Lilly Ledbetter, Right Rides, Rosa DeLauro, Sarah Palin, Sheila Blair, Tina Fey on December 30, 2008, | 6 Comments »
Meet Felicia Battle: Information Security Officer
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, Women and Work, tagged Career Development Grants, education, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, higher education, technology, Women and Work, work/life balance on December 29, 2008, | 4 Comments »
This year, Felicia Battle, a 2007–08 Career Development Grantee, returned to school after six years, earning a master’s degree with a 4.0 GPA and simultaneously changing careers to work in corporate information security. After six months as a database analyst, Felicia was promoted to database security engineer at Wachovia Bank. The master’s of information systems [...]
Holiday Wish List
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act, holidays, Paycheck Fairness Act on December 23, 2008, | 1 Comment »
Happy Christma-kah-sols-zaa-vus-year, or in other words, Happy Christmas Hanukkah Winter Solstice Kwanzaa Festivus (for the Rest of Us) New Year! No matter what you celebrate this holiday season, it’s the time of year when we often look back at the past year and ponder the year ahead. AAUW members celebrated many achievements this year: we [...]
Caroline Kennedy — aka Senator?
Posted in Equity in the News, Voter Education, tagged campaigns and elections, Caroline Kennedy, elections, Hillary Clinton, news, politics, Sarah Palin, Senate, voting on December 22, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
The name itself makes you stop and read the story — yet another Kennedy looking to enter politics? Combine it with “Caroline” and “Senator,” and you’ve got a showstopper. As I read the various articles about Caroline Kennedy’s interest in filling the Senate seat soon to be vacated by Hillary Clinton, I couldn’t help but [...]
Meet Carmen Wickramagamage: University Lecturer
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, tagged Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, international fellowships on December 19, 2008, | 1 Comment »
Carmen Wickramagamage, a 1991–92 International Fellow, combines her experiences here in the United States and in her homeland to raise awareness about women and minorities in her native Sri Lanka. After graduating from the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka with a bachelor’s degree, Carmen worked as a lecturer in the English department for 2-½ [...]
Joining Together in Unity
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged holidays, SAC, Student Advisory Council on December 18, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
Each year, the four sororities of the National Pan-Hellenic Council host the 100 Celebrity Men Who Cook fundraising event in Savannah, Georgia, for the United Negro College Fund. This year marked the ninth year of the event, and I had the opportunity to join the communities that came together to sample great food and raise [...]
No Women Allowed
Posted in Sex Discrimination, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, tagged Dementia, NFL, Ralph Wenzel on December 15, 2008, | 4 Comments »
I don’t know about you, but my mornings are timed down to the last second, let alone minute. I know how much “spare” time I have before I will start to cause a backup and ultimately be late leaving the house to go to work. Sipping tea, listening to the news, I couldn’t quite believe [...]
Meet Kimberly Ennico
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Students & Educational Issues, Women and Work, tagged American Fellowship, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, science, STEM on December 12, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
For Kimberly Ennico, a 1997–98 American Fellow, flight mission research is just another day’s work in her position as project scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center. According to Kimberly, the most rewarding part of her work is “contributing to a body of knowledge that is needed for the survival of our species and working to [...]
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