How would you thank a woman who helped you achieve your career goals? Teizeen Mohamedali, a 2009–10 AAUW Selected Professions Fellow, developed a lasting connection with the sponsor of her fellowship. Elisabeth Bathgate’s generous support helped Mohamedali pursue a master’s degree in civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University. Mohamedali remains truly grateful for the [...]
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AAUW Fellow Teizeen Mohamedali Pays it Forward
Posted in AAUW in the News, Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged AAUW Hayward-Castro Valley (CA) Branch, Africa, CA, California, ecology, Elisabeth Bathgate, environmental engineering, Following the Fellows, Kenya, NGO, Puget Sound, Selected Professions Fellow, Stanford University on April 18, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
What Was Your First Leadership Role?
Posted in Educational Programs, NCCWSL, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged California, Claremont McKenna College, education, Evie Stone, fourth grade, leadership, leadership skills, research, Ronald E. Riggio, special education teacher, Van Nuys on April 10, 2012, | 4 Comments »
Close your eyes, and imagine yourself back in your fourth-grade classroom. Most of you will remember your teachers, your little desks, and the important events that took place during that year. My most vivid memory is of being the line leader, the biggest honor a fourth-grader could receive. Only the students with the highest grades [...]
Confessions of a $tart $mart Facilitator
Posted in Educational Programs, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, tagged $tart $mart, AAUW, Colorado Springs, education, Equal Pay, equal pay day, leadership, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Metropolitan State College of Denver, pay equity, politics, University of Denver, WAGE Project, Women's Foundation of Colorado on April 5, 2012, | 1 Comment »
It’s the $tart $mart salary negotiation workshop attendees’ “aha!” moments that keep me coming back as a facilitator. “I never knew that I could look up a job’s worth on the web!” “I always thought that negotiation was a battle of wills that I could not win. I’m surprised to learn that it can be [...]
Unearthing an Extinct AAUW Fellowship
Posted in Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, American Fellowship, College Faculty Program, education, Fellowships, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows on April 4, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
I’ve mentioned before that the stories of AAUW Fellowships and Grants alumnae come to our attention in unique ways. And the news I love the most comes from past fellows who reach out to AAUW to say thank you for the support. Evelyn Helmick Hively, a member of the 1963 class of the AAUW College [...]
How Birth Control Can Help You Finish College
Posted in Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged AAUW, American Association of Community Colleges, education, Make It Personal, Make It Personal: College Completion, Mesa Community College, National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, Palo Alto College on April 3, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
Imagine this. You finish high school with excellent grades and are accepted to a top-rated community college right down the street. In addition to interesting classes, college provides a new freedom for you and your boyfriend, who attends the same school. Part of this liberating feeling of finally being an adult means that you begin [...]
Doing Well by Doing Good
Posted in Educational Programs, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Echoing Green, education, Lara Galinsky, Linda Kay Klein, STEM, Tamara Brown, Tech Savvy, Work on Purpose on April 3, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
Doing well by doing good — this was the theme of Tech Savvy 7, an all-day science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) conference for girls and their parents. The program, founded by former AAUW Buffalo (NY) Branch president Tamara Brown, is in its seventh year and has grown to 500 girls and 200 parents, an [...]
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