There are many rewarding aspects to working in Fellowships and Grants at AAUW, but one in particular is reading about all the amazing accomplishments of our outgoing fellowship and grant recipients in their final reports. Some have graduated and are venturing into the working world; others are finding new inspiration as they make the final [...]
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Parting Words from Last Year’s Fellows and Grantees
Posted in A Women's Nation, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, American Fellowship, Career Development Grant, education, Fellowships, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, grants and awards, International Fellowship on September 21, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
AAUW Alumnae Exchange: Connecting Alumnae One Click at a Time
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, The AAUW Community, tagged alumnae exchange, Alumni, community, Fellowships and Grants, grants and awards, ning on November 20, 2009, | 6 Comments »
Since I started working with the AAUW alumnae initiative in 2008, I have had the pleasure of telling the stories of more than 50 fellowships and grants alumnae who have been doing amazing work since their fellowship year. The exciting part is that, because AAUW has funded more than 10,000 women since the first fellowship [...]
Meet Shevon Harvey: Professor, Researcher, Advocate
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Women's Health, tagged Career Development Grants, Fellowships and Grants, grants and awards, Public Health, Shevon Harvey on October 16, 2009, | 2 Comments »
The issue of health care reform is being debated in living rooms, Congressional offices, and at watercoolers around the country. Currently, both the House and Senate are continuing to seek out a way to meld together all the different versions of the bills into one that might get enough support to pass. Shevon Harvey, a [...]
Meet Casandra Rauser: Research Development Officer and Biologist
Posted in Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, tagged American Fellow, Casandra Rauser, Costa Rica, enviromental education, Fellowship, Following the Fellows, grants and awards, University of California on August 14, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
For Casandra Rauser, 2004–05 American Fellow, life is all about the adventure. In 1996, after her second year at a small liberal arts college in Minnesota, she went on a class trip to Costa Rica to study sustainable ecotourism. At the end of the trip, she waved goodbye to her classmates instead of the country. [...]
Meet Luana Maroja: Evolutionary Biology Specialist
Posted in Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, tagged AAUW Fellowshiops, American Fellow, american fellowships, biodiversity, Biology, Evolution, Following the Fellows, grants and awards, Luana Maroja, Rio de Janeiro, STEM on July 17, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
Ever wonder how kids whose moms are biologists pass the time? According to Luana Maroja, 2007–08 American Fellow, hiking in the forest collecting animals is how. Although once an avid camper, biker, climber, and kayaker, Luana now takes time to pass on her science knowledge through educational activities with her two daughters. Currently, Luana is [...]
Meet Hanna Stevenson: Sculptor and Apprentice Pipefitter
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Women and Work, tagged career development grantee, Fairbanks, Fellowships, Fellowships and Awards, Following the Fellows, grants and awards, hanna Stevenson, pipefitter, University of Alaska on June 29, 2009, | 1 Comment »
This past winter, for 2007–08 Career Development grantee and sculptor Hanna Stevenson, a typical day began at 5:15 a.m. with a breakfast of ice cream and coffee. To protect her body from the cold Alaskan weather and high winds during her work as an apprentice pipefitter, she wore at least four layers of clothes. She [...]
Meet Chris Simoniello: Education and Outreach Coordinator
Posted in Fellowships, Grants and Awards, tagged Career Development Grants, GCOOS, grants and awards, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System, NOAA, Ocean Observing System, SEACOOS on May 22, 2009, | 2 Comments »
Diving into ocean waters to install and retrieve instruments that provide information about water temperature, salinity, currents, and more is only one part of 1998–99 Career Development Grantee Chris Simoniello’s duties as the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS) Education and Outreach Coordinator. The goal of the organization is to make science relevant [...]
Project Profile: Community, Empowerment, Leadership, and Self-Awareness (CELA)
Posted in Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, tagged CELA, Community Action Grants, Community Empowerment Leadership and Self Awareness, Following the Fellows, grants and awards, KIPP, project, project profiles on May 15, 2009, | 1 Comment »
KIPP is a San Francisco Bay area public middle school established in 2003 that boasts the highest performance rate of all middle schools in San Francisco. Programs like Community, Empowerment, Leadership, and Self-Awareness (CELA) have helped KIPP excel. The goal of CELA, a 2006–08 Community Action Grant project, was to give girls “the space to [...]
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