April 1 – May 17
AAUW’s Efforts to Close the Gender Divide in the STEM Fields Are Highlighted
Washington Post (Monday, May 17)
In her recent commentary, Elizabeth Vandenburg, the AAUW regional liaison to the Mid-Atlantic Girls Collaborative Project, highlights AAUW’s great work in encouraging, supporting and promoting girls’ involvement in science and math. She wrote: “[AAUW] started a GEMS [Girls Excelling in Math and Science] conference 20 years ago and has touched thousands of girls in their efforts to promote long-term study of STEM subjects. Building on that success, teachers across the school system run after-school clubs for girls. They do it on a shoestring, but they hold the key to our future innovators.”
AAUW on the Nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court
AAUW Media (Monday, May 10)
AAUW Executive Director Linda D. Hallman issued a statement about President Barack Obama’s nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court. Hallman said, “With his nomination… the president has selected a woman who has been a trailblazer throughout her distinguished legal career, holding such positions as the first woman dean of Harvard Law School and first woman solicitor general of the United States. AAUW is pleased to note that, if confirmed, the Supreme Court will have three women justices serving concurrently for the first time in history — breaking through yet another barrier for women and girls.”
Video of Nobel Laureate Speaking at AAUW Capitol Hill Briefing Now Online
YouTube (Monday, May 10)
AAUW’s new report, Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, presented recently to congressional staff and members of the public, featured remarks from Nobel Laureate Carol Greider, Ph.D., AAUW Executive Director Linda D. Hallman, co-author and Research Associate Christianne Corbett, and Public Policy and Government Relations Director Lisa Maatz. The discussion centered on the eight key barriers that continue to block women’s progress in STEM fields and what Congress can do to help. To learn more, go to AAUW’s website to read a transcript of the briefing, request your copy of Why So Few? and access the video recording from the April 2010 National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) webcast.
AAUW, SAFER Create New Program in Box
SAFER (Tuesday, May 11)
The Campus Sexual Assault Program in a Box, created in collaboration with SAFER (Students Active for Ending Rape), provides interested groups, including current students, faculty and staff, parents of students, alumna/alumni, and AAUW branches, with information about the prevalence of campus sexual assault and ideas for action that they can take to end it. A SAFER blogger wrote: “We happily collaborated with Holly [Kearl] and AAUW on the Program In A Box on Campus Sexual Assault…While it includes a lot of info about SAFER’s values and programming, it is also chock full of other facts, media, trainings, and organizations related to the issue, and I highly recommend folks check it out! And thanks to AAUW for asking us to be involved.”
AAUW Offers Insight into Dating Violence in Wake of U. Va. Tragedy
WTOP (Friday, May 7)
After the murder of 22-year-old Yeardley Love, University of Virginia President John Casteen urged students to report incidents of dating violence to campus officials. But will they? To answer that question, WTOP turned to AAUW. Citing a 2005 survey, AAUW Director of Research Catherine Hill explained college students view sexual harassment and dating violence as problems on college campuses, but they don’t always report it. “Silence doesn’t mean consent,” Hill says. “If you hear nothing from your college students, that doesn’t mean they’re all happy with the culture and climate on campus.”
University Students Look Forward to AAUW/NASPA Conference
NMHU News (Thursday, May 6)
AAUW New Mexico awarded scholarships for Yolie Elias and Crystal Montoya to attend the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL) on June 3-5, in College Park, MD. Elias graduated May 8, with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and a minor in women’s studies. Crystal Montoya is a junior majoring in sociology, with a minor in Native American and Hispano studies.
Winner of the Ella T. Grasso Award Plans to Attend AAUW/NASPA Conference
Eastern Connecticut State University Newsroom (Thursday, April 1)
Soncheray Hall, winner of the Ella T. Grasso Distinguished Service Award, plans to attend the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL) on June 3-5, in College Park, MD. A press release said Hall “will work with young women from across the nation to help develop a voice for young women’s leadership in higher education.” Since its inception 25 years ago, NCCWSL has been an inspirational event. To learn more about NCCWSL, read Jennifer Steenberg’s blog post. To learn more about Ella T. Grasso, the first woman elected governor of Connecticut, check out a video by Kate Farrar, director of AAUW’s leadership programs.
$tart $mart Salary Negotiation Workshops Held in New York, Tennessee
To help ensure that women know how to negotiate that all-important first salary and benefit package with an employer, AAUW and the WAGE Project formed a partnership to provide the $tart $mart Campus Negotiation Workshops to campuses across the nation. $tart $mart presentations in Tennessee, New York, and Illinois resulted in coverage in the The Pacer, and North Country Now. A Northern Illinois University press release about $tart $mart included a quote from ProfessorWinifred Creamer, who said: “Three years ago, I heard a woman speak about the $tart $mart program, and I was immediately converted. This is something I really wish I had known about when I had started working. It just struck a chord with me, and I recognized that it was something I could bring to Northern.”
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