As 2011 wraps up, I’d like to take this opportunity to remember and thank our readers and guests, our contributors, and the AAUW Dialog team, all of whom make this blog such a richly rewarding experience. Excellent posts by diverse voices, from Student Advisory Council members all the way to the AAUW executive director, continue [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Put AAUW on Your Holiday Wish List
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged advocacy, gift, giving, Medicare, philanthropy, reproductive choice, reproductive rights on December 23, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
AAUW Thousand Oaks (CA) Branch member Colleen Briner-Schmidt donates to AAUW to protect her daughter’s and granddaughter’s futures. What about you? Thanks to all of our generous donors, AAUW has had victories this year that make the future brighter for women and girls. But the fight isn’t over. Recent rulings against reproductive rights, attacks on [...]
The Double Bind
Posted in AAUW research, S T E M, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Madeline Heilman, Nature, nature publishing group, New York University, STEM, Tyler Okimoto, Why So Few? on December 22, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Each month this year, AAUW is teaming up with Nature Publishing Group, one of the world’s leading science publishers, to put together an online forum on women in science. The AAUW posts highlight findings from our 2010 research report, Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, now in its third printing. “Doing [...]
O Equality
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, equality on December 22, 2011, | 1 Comment »
A holiday offering for women’s rights, sung to the tune of “O Christmas Tree” O Equality, O Equality, How lovely are your promises! In wishful dreams will always be, Through serious roadblocks, tied up indeed. O Equality, O Equality, How lovely are your promises! O Equality, O Equality, You are the prospect most desired! How [...]
Implicit Bias
Posted in AAUW research, S T E M, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, gender-science implicit association test, Harvard University, implicit bias, Mahzarin Banaji, nature publishing group, STEM, Why So Few? on December 21, 2011, | 2 Comments »
Each month this year, AAUW is teaming up with Nature Publishing Group, one of the world’s leading science publishers, to put together an online forum on women in science. The AAUW posts highlight findings from our 2010 research report, Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, now in its third printing. Many [...]
Martha Eleanor Church: College President and Lifelong Volunteer
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, American Fellowship, education, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, Hood College, Martha Eleanor Church, National Geographic, Ringling Museum of Art, University of Chicago, University of Pittsburgh, Wellesley College on December 21, 2011, | 1 Comment »
Martha Eleanor Church, a 1959–60 American Fellow, is a woman who represents a commitment to scholarship. She earned her bachelor’s degree in geology and geography from Wellesley College as well as a master’s degree in economic geography and resource management from the University of Pittsburgh and a doctoral degree from the University of Chicago. She [...]
$tart $mart at UNC Wilmington
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, tagged $tart $mart, AAUW, Campus Outreach Grant, education, Elect Her, Equal Pay, leadership, Universit y of North Carolina, WAGE Project, Wilmington, Women's Studies and Resource Center on December 20, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
“We had no idea.” “How can this happen?” “I had never even thought about a pay gap before.” These were comments made by attendees of a $tart $mart salary negotiation workshop held in October at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. The three-hour workshop, co-sponsored by AAUW and the WAGE Project and hosted by UNCW’s [...]
Why Unemployment Insurance Matters for Women
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, tagged AAUW, congress, Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor, Unemployment Insurance, Washington D.C., Work in Progress on December 19, 2011, | 3 Comments »
Do you know what unemployment insurance is and why Congress should protect it? Read what U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis has to say about this crucial benefit. In the midst of this year’s holiday season, it is important to remember the millions of families that continue to struggle in the current economic climate. [...]
The Return on Mentoring
Posted in S T E M, Student Advisory Council, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged advanced degrees, AL, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, mentor, mentoring, National Girls Collaborative Project, University of Alabama, youth on December 16, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
In today’s society, in which young people are consumed by social media and look up to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West as role models, it is easy to assume that youths do not want to listen to what you have to say. However, I have found this to be quite contrary to the truth. Each [...]
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