This is the second post in a series featuring the 2011 Breaking through Barriers Award winners, which were announced in June at the AAUW National Convention. Part 1 │ This is part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 For women seeking to further their education, the AAUW Astoria (OR) Branch and AAUW Seaside (OR) [...]
Posts Tagged ‘college students’
Reflections on Time Well Spent
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Students & Educational Issues, tagged AAUW, college students, fellows, Public Policy on December 6, 2010, | 1 Comment »
A lot of exciting things occur at AAUW’s national office. What makes coming to work most enjoyable, however, is the friendly and easy camaraderie with which all the staff interact in their daily efforts to help make this nation a more equitable place for women and girls. But besides the staff, another group of people [...]
A Day in the Life
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged blog, Campus Action Projects, college students, single mothers on March 9, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
Through a 2008–09 AAUW Campus Action Project grant, a team of students and faculty at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, are addressing issues facing single mothers who want to attend college. Team members have created a website and contribute to a blog aimed at single mothers who are attending or want to attend college. Available [...]
Know Your Voting Rights
Posted in Voter Education, tagged 2008 election, absentee ballot voting, censorship, college students, education, Election, politics, presidential election, Voter Education, voter guide, voter registration, voting, voting rights on October 2, 2008, | 3 Comments »
By Chandra Palmer, AAUW Fellow The voter registration process can be a complex, frustrating, and confusing process for college students who are striving to be model, voting citizens. Students living in college housing often do not have the kinds of documents required to show residency, such as a utility bill with their college street address. [...]

