In June 2008, I left my teaching position in Brazil to pursue a master’s degree in communications at American University. I approached my return to school with apprehension since six years had passed since I said goodbye to writing papers and listening to lectures. The summer before I started the master’s program, I had already [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Thanks to AAUW Fellow and Grant Recipient Alumnae
Posted in Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Students & Educational Issues, tagged alumnae, alumnae exchange, American Fellows, American Fellowship, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, Grants & Awards, international fellowships on May 19, 2010, | 1 Comment »
Equity Issues in the News: April 1 – May 17
Posted in Equity in the News, tagged $tart $mart, Elana Kagan, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NCCWSL, Nobel Prize, SAFER, Science and Math, STEM, Supreme Court on May 18, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Fishnets, the Tooth Fairy, and Capitol Hill
Posted in The AAUW Community on May 17, 2010, | 6 Comments »
I’m not going to talk about the video. We’ve all seen it. Out of respect for the little girls and their right to childhood and privacy, I’m not even going to link it. I’m not going to discuss the ignorance one of the girls’ parents displayed on national tv. I think they made a bad [...]
Meet Jill Deiss: Book Conservator and Bookbinder
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, tagged book binding, Career Development Grants, Cat Tail Run Hand Bookbinding, conservation, Fellowships, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows on May 12, 2010, | 2 Comments »
A renowned bookbinder and conservator, Jill Deiss has cleaned and pressed the pages of historical works like Edgar Allen Poe’s family Bible, John Wilkes Booth’s diary, and Shakespeare’s First Folio. These days Jill is looking forward to pressing and cleaning a letter signed by Eleanor Roosevelt and addressed to AAUW. The conservation of this letter [...]
Equal Pay Day Mixer in San Diego
Posted in Educational Programs, The AAUW Community, Women and Work on May 12, 2010, | 1 Comment »
The AAUW San Diego (CA) Branch hosted an educational, inspiring, and FUN event on Equal Pay Day, April 20. We invited faculty and students from several San Diego-area colleges, as well as members of the local community, to this event held at the beautiful new San Diego State University Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center. At [...]
Get Involved with National Lab Day
Posted in Educational Programs, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, tagged National Girls Collaborative Project, National Lab Day, NGCP, science, Scientists and Techies, teachers, volunteers on May 10, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
This Wednesday is National Lab Day, a nationwide initiative established last fall by President Obama to build local communities of support that will work together to get students interested in science, technology, engineering, and math. AAUW is a strong supporter of this initiative, and many of our members have already signed up to participate. If [...]
Happy Birthday, Department of Education
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, tagged 30th anniversary, Department of Education, DoE, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, ESEA, Jimmy Carter, NCLB, No Child Left Behind on May 7, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
This month, the U.S. Department of Education celebrates 30 years as a stand-alone cabinet agency. It may seem hard to believe in 2010, but there was considerable opposition to its very existence when President Jimmy Carter signed legislation to split up the former Department of Health, Education, and Welfare three decades ago. Today, while there [...]
A Mother’s Day Gift That Could Save a Life
Posted in Women's Health, tagged Cervical Cancer, HPV, Mother's Day, Pap Smear, pearl pledge, Pearls of Wisdom on May 6, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
The Pearls of Wisdom campaign, a global effort to prevent cervical cancer and to encourage women and girls to protect their health, is taking big steps this week to reach 4,070 pledges by Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 9. Why 4,070? According to Pearls of Wisdom, in 2010 alone, more than 11,000 American women are expected [...]
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