For Melissa Harris-Perry, receiving her AAUW American Fellowship in 2001 made all the difference. She received notification of her fellowship award just two weeks after finding out that that she was pregnant. Initially, she was anxious about her status — an untenured, junior faculty member at the University of Chicago — but more than 10 [...]
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AAUW Dialog Greatest Hits: January
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, American Fellowship, education, Fellowships and Grants, Girl Scouts of America, Greatest Hits, Margaret Thatcher, The Iron Lady, Tweet-up, Washington D.C. on January 30, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
As another record-shattering month for AAUW Dialog draws to a close, we would like to highlight some of January’s most popular posts: AAUW hosted a “tweet-up” with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Along with this post, you can also read the full transcript from the event. The Girl Scouts of America have drawn criticism for [...]
Following the Fellows of the 1950s
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, Women's History, tagged AAUW, AAUW Educational Foundation, American Fellowship, education, Farrukh Z. Ahmad, Fellowships and Grants, Fellowships Edowment Fund, Following the Fellows, GI Bill, Hanna Holborn Gray, Inhi Ahn Min, International Fellowship, Joyce Brothers, Oxford University, Susan Sontag, University of Chicago, University of Colorado, women leaders on January 18, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
As part of our continuing series, we invite you once again to look back at the history of AAUW’s famous and influential fellows — this time, we’ll focus on the exciting work of alumnae in the 1950s. The signing of the GI Bill in 1944 transformed higher education for both men and women. But the [...]
Meet Mary Blair: Mentor and Biologist
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, American Fellowship, American Journal of Primatology, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, education, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, Mary Blair, science, Swarthmore College on January 11, 2012, | Leave a Comment »
After spending a semester meeting and interviewing former AAUW fellows and grantees, I have come to see AAUW awards as opportunities for recipients to develop themselves as women, mentors, and people who are hoping to share their knowledge. 2010–11 American Fellow Mary Blair is the perfect example. Fascinated with science as a child, Blair continued [...]
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 [...]
Meet Margaret Conover: Botanist and Chia Enthusiast
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, S T E M, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, American Fellowship, Chia, Community Action Grant, E-Girls, education, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, Long Island Science Center, Margaret Conover on December 14, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Margaret Conover, a 1978–79 AAUW American Fellow, a 2000–01 AAUW Community Action Grantee, and a Fulbright Scholar, has had an exciting career as a researcher, botanist, science educator, and advocate for small museums. She found this path during her AAUW fellowship year in Australia, where she studied 13 rare plant species. During her stay, she [...]
Meet Michelle Segar: Exercise and Behavior Guru
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged AAUW, American Fellowship, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, Michelle Segar, Rebranding Exercise: Closing the Gap between Values and Behavior, SHARP, Sport Health and Activity Research and Policy, University of Michigan, Women's Sports Foundation on December 7, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Have you made your New Year’s resolutions yet? Weight loss and a healthier lifestyle remain particularly common goals each year, yet very few people who set New Year’s resolutions to lose weight are successful. Are we setting ourselves up for failure and disappointment? 2005–06 American Fellow Michelle Segar believes that what society has taught us [...]
Celebrating 130 Years with Fellowships and Grants
Posted in Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, Women's History, tagged AAUW, American Fellowship, Association of Collegiate Alumnae, education, European Fellowship, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, Ida Street, International Fellowshio, Louisa Holman Richardson, National AAUW Month, Virginia Alvarez-Hussey on November 28, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
This November, we’re celebrating our 130th Anniversary and the first annual National AAUW Month. This milestone has given me the opportunity to explore my personal connection to AAUW. Even though I’m a member of the millennial generation, I learned the value of education and women’s empowerment from my grandmother, a longtime AAUW member who attended [...]
Meet Maria Lane: Historical Geographer
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, American Fellowship, education, Fellowships and Grants, Florida, Following the Fellows, Geographies of Mars: Seeing and Knowing the Red Planet, National Science Foundation, Organization of American States, University of New Mexico, University of Virginia on November 16, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
2007–08 American Fellow K. Maria D. Lane’s strong affinity for coastal southwest Florida, the region in which she grew up, led to her interest in maps and places. Although she was exposed to multiple cultural and environmental landscapes there, Lane’s career goal was not to become the academic geographer she is today. Her interest in [...]
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