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For the last Campaign College training that I attended, I was lucky enough to head to a location I’d never set foot in before, the upper peninsula of Michigan. As an honorary Yooper (that’s the term for people in the U.P.), I got a chance to see the expansive Lake Superior and sample fresh white [...]

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By Kelly Trumpbour, Senior Director, Running Start On Saturday, March 27, the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, hosted Campaign College. Our discussions about why young women should run for student government inspired several attendees to consider putting their names on the ballot in the upcoming campus elections. The students had the opportunity to hear from Lara [...]

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Campaign College at the University of West Indies at Mona in Kingston, Jamaica, may seem far flung, and, honestly, everyone I know was jealous that I got to head to a Caribbean island for work, but I have to agree, that I was quite lucky to be able to call this training, which empowers college [...]

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By Kinya Mururu, Board Member, Running Start Mt. San Jacinto College (MSJC) in Southern California is one of the 10 colleges and the only two-year college chosen this year to hold Campaign College. As the dean of student services at MSJC, JoAnna Quejada’s goal in holding this training was to enhance student participation in the [...]

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By Kelly Trumpbour, Senior Director, Running Start The women of the University of Texas at Arlington came together March 13 for Campaign College. Sydney Bay, a freshman who also attended Running Start’s summer political retreat in 2009, coordinated the event as the student liaison and did a fantastic job! While camped out in a beautiful [...]

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I can’t lie. I was just a little bit excited about attending Campaign College at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, since the institution is my alma mater. Instead of showing my school pride by regularly watching ESPN basketball, I had the opportunity through Campaign College to engage women on the campus in all the opportunities [...]

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The University of North Carolina, Wilmington, recently hosted a Campaign College training that brought leadership lessons to life for the participating students that will last beyond their years at the university. Michelle Scatton-Tessier, director of UNCW’s Women’s Studies and Resource Center, organized the training with the help of student liaisons Lisa Huynh and Drewe Witherington [...]

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Campaign College at Loyola University in New Orleans! That’s right. Following all of these events was the training on February 20 about running for student government. Loyola student government officers LeeAnn Moss and Kristen Lee worked with Karen Reichard, director of the Women’s Resource Center, to bring the training to Loyola, one of ten 2010 [...]

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By Kelly Keenan Trumpbour, senior director, Running Start With beautiful snow-capped mountains as background, attendees at Friday’s Idaho State University Campaign College workshop headed out across campus to look for people to “vote” for them. Student elections are still weeks away, but these ballots were part of a campaign simulation to help students learn the [...]

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January 30–February 16 AAUW Leader Joins Advisory Committee of Health Care Think Tank AAUW Executive Director Linda Hallman now serves on the advisory committee of the prestigious, invitation-only Health Sector Assembly, the health care think tank that includes bipartisan health constituencies and represents employers, consumers, government, foundations, industry, economists, academics, and selected providers. Hallman’s involvement [...]

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