This article caught my eye the other day while reading the Washington Post. At first glance, it looked like something I wouldn’t normally read — a story about seniors. I have school-age children — so I’m not ready for senior living yet — but we all have seniors in our lives. And working at AAUW, [...]
Archive for August, 2011
From Vocalist to Student Government President
Posted in A Women's Nation, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Campus Women Win, Center for Community Engagement, Cincinnati, education, Elect Her, getting involved, Graduate student, Graduate Student Governance Association, leadership, Leadership Programs, politics, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, University of Cincinnati, Wales on August 11, 2011, | 1 Comment »
Paulette Maria Penzvalto has not taken a traditional route to student government. She is a classically trained vocalist who completed two years of undergraduate education and then decided to start a diploma program at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Wales. During her studies there, she served as a postgraduate representative to [...]
All-China Meets AAUW
Posted in A Women's Nation, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, tagged AAUW, All-China Women's Federation, education, Fellowships, Fellowships and Grants, feminism, Grants & Awards, Guangdong, Hubei, Hunan, international fellowships, Jiangsu, leadership, National Girls Collaborative Project, STEM, The People's Bank of China, Tibet Women's Association, U.S.-China Exchange Council, women leaders, Yangzhou on August 8, 2011, | 2 Comments »
As a part of AAUW’s ongoing commitment to improving the status of women and girls globally via fellowships, grassroots programming, and advocacy, AAUW recently hosted 18 women from the All-China Women’s Federation. The Federation was established in 1949 by the Chinese government and has become the largest women’s nongovernmental organization in that country. It represents [...]
State Education Cuts Endanger the Future
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Voter Education, Women & Economic Security, tagged AAUW, budget, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Department of Education, early-childhood education, economy, education, education cuts, higher education, job growth, K-12, loan debt, news, public education, quality education, student debt, Student Loans, taxpayer dollars on August 4, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
A recent report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities revealed that many states have enacted deep, dramatic cuts to their K–12 and higher education budgets and that nearly all states are spending less money on education than they did in 2008 (after inflation). This is despite the fact that the demand for education is [...]
Meet Anamarija Frankić: Ecologist and Steward
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, S T E M, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged AAUW, Boston, Croatia, ecologist, ecosystems, Fellowships, Following the Fellows, International Fellowship, International Fellowship program, MA, Marie Curie, STEM, UNESCO, University of Massachusetts, VA, Virginia, Zagreb on August 3, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
While completing her master’s degree in ecology and limnology (freshwater science) at the University of Zagreb in Croatia, 1995–96 AAUW International Fellow Anamarija Frankić spent five years working as an ecologist for the Plitvice Lakes, one of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites and one of the oldest national parks in Croatia. This experience opened her eyes [...]
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