During the closing session of the National Conference for College Women Studies Leaders, attendees took some time to think about what they learned during their three days together. The session, called Learn. Lead. Network. Act., asked attendees to think about the skills they gained at the conference and the people who had the biggest influence [...]
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NCCWSL Workshop Roundup
Posted in Educational Programs, NCCWSL, Sexism, Sexual Harassment, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, tagged diversity, F-word, feminism, George Washington University, Hey Shorty, leadership, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, NASPA, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, Street Harassmant, Undergraduate Fellows Program on June 9, 2011, | 1 Comment »
During last week’s National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, students learned about opportunities in different professional fields, attended workshops that provided helpful skill-building tools, and took part in seminars that allowed them to share their experiences with leadership, street harassment, planning their futures, and balancing family and school. The workshop topics were as diverse [...]
A Place to Conquer Fears and Learn New Things
Posted in Educational Programs, NCCWSL, Sexual Harassment, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, Women's Health, tagged alcohol, College Park Maryland, Collegeville, Kimmel, NASPA, NCCWSL, Pennsylvania, Sexual Risk Taking, Ursinus College on May 11, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Danielle Kimmel was afraid of driving alone on a major highway, but in June 2010 she took a solo trip from Collegeville, Pennsylvania, to College Park, Maryland, and conquered her fear. That would be just the first part of a “life-changing experience” for the Ursinus College senior at AAUW and NASPA’s National Conference for College [...]
Elect Her in Alabama, South Carolina, Washington, and Wyoming
Posted in Equity in the News, Women and Civil Rights, The AAUW Community, Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, Voter Education, Sexism, tagged NASPA, Women's Campaign Forum, Running Start, Washington, Elect Her, Alabama, political office, campaign, South Carolina, Wyoming, Public Leadership Education Network, Amy Carter on March 3, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Elect Her–Campus Women Win encourages and trains young women to run for student government. Here are some highlights from recent events at the the University of Alabama, Coastal Carolina University, Western Washington University, and the University of Wyoming. Pamela O’Leary, executive director of the Public Leadership Education Network, facilitated the training at the University of [...]
Alabama Student Leaders Begin a Year of Action
Posted in Educational Programs, Equity in the News, NCCWSL, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged Campus Women Win, Elect Her, NASPA, student leaders, University of Alabama, Women Leaders in Action, Women's Resource Center on November 11, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
When an Alabama leadership conference for college women shut down because of the troubled economy, Jessi Hitchins was stuck. As the assistant director of the Women’s Resource Center at the University of Alabama, she had been sending a group of women student leaders to the conference every year as part of the center’s Women Leaders [...]
Not Your Typical Awards Ceremony
Posted in Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, NCCWSL, Students & Educational Issues, tagged Christina Lagdameo, Dorothy Height, Janice Ferebee, Marie Tillman, NASPA, NCCWSL, Nomfundo Walaza, Patti Solis Doyle, Women of Distinction on June 4, 2010, | 2 Comments »
We’ve all been there — clapping madly while thinking of other things at local awards ceremonies, standing and cheering when it’s our daughter/son/spouse/friend’s turn. Well, last night’s AAUW/NASPA Women of Distinction Awards ceremony was one of those truly inspirational events where more than 500 attendees and dignitaries stood applauding and cheering many times throughout the [...]
On a Mission to Be Who I Am Destined to Be
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, tagged AAUW, civil rights movement, Condoleezza Rice, Josef Korbel, mentoring, mentors, NASPA, SAC, secretary of state, Sister Helen Prejean, Student Advisory Council, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, Susan Sarandon on March 26, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
I recently attended the NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education conference in Chicago. This year’s theme was “Live the Legacy, Be the Movement.” The underlying purpose of the workshops and lectures was to motivate each attendee to be a change agent within her or his university as well as to be an important [...]
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