In today’s society, in which young people are consumed by social media and look up to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West as role models, it is easy to assume that youths do not want to listen to what you have to say. However, I have found this to be quite contrary to the truth. Each [...]
Posts Tagged ‘National Girls Collaborative Project’
The Return on Mentoring
Posted in S T E M, Student Advisory Council, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged advanced degrees, AL, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, mentor, mentoring, National Girls Collaborative Project, University of Alabama, youth on December 16, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Throw a Big Net, Catch Them, and Keep Them!
Posted in S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Champions Board, Indiana Girls Collaborative Project, Indiana Leadership Team, Indiana University, National Girls Collaborative Project, NGCP, Purdue University, STEM on November 4, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
After months of planning, the Indiana Girls Collaborative Project overcame numerous obstacles — such as having a limited number of volunteers, locating a venue, and obtaining commitments from relevant speakers — to hold its annual conference on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, on September 22. As the AAUW liaison, I was able to [...]
Putting Some MAGiC into STEM
Posted in A Women's Nation, Educational Programs, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Clington Global Initiative, education, Fairfax County Public Schools, Girls Excellin in Math and Science, MAGiC, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic Girls Collaborative, National Girls Collaborative Project, STEM, Virginia, Washington D.C. on October 10, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Day in and day out, AAUW members cultivate girls’ achievement and interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers. The message: Yes, you can have this kind of fulfilling, exciting, and often lucrative career. It’s not just for boys. At the recent Mid-Atlantic Girls Collaborative (MAGiC) Annual Conference on September 24, AAUW members Laura [...]
Girls Aren’t Who They Used to Be
Posted in Educational Programs, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Carnegie Mellon University, education, National Girls Collaborative Project, Origami Salami, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, STEM, Summer Engineering Experience for Girls on October 4, 2011, | 2 Comments »
And thank goodness for that. I’m a National Girls Collaborative Project member liaison, and I recently attended the Pennsylvania STEM Girls Collaborative Conference. I was browsing around the showcase of projects, and as you would expect, there were some representatives from terrific programs designed to foster science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and careers [...]
Women Have Higher Standards
Posted in AAUW research, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, education, National Girls Collaborative Project, nature publishing group, Shelley Correll, STEM, Why So Few? on August 31, 2011, | 2 Comments »
Each month this year, AAUW is teaming up with Nature Publishing Group, one of the world’s leading science publishers, to put together an online forum on women in science. The AAUW posts highlight findings from our 2010 research report, Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, now in its third printing. Perhaps [...]
Campus Funding and Leadership Opportunities
Posted in A Women's Nation, Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Campus Action Programs, college, Duke University, Elect Her, leadership, Leadership Programs, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, National Girls Collaborative Project, NCCWSL, politics, Running Start, Student Advisory Council, University of Wisconsin Madison, women leaders on August 30, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
This is my fourth year working on AAUW’s college-based national leadership programs, and I’m excited to announce that it’s that time of year again. Applications are now available for three of our great programs. Each program offers a chance for college students and campus faculty to make a difference on their campuses, in their communities, [...]
All-China Meets AAUW
Posted in A Women's Nation, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Civil Rights, tagged AAUW, All-China Women's Federation, education, Fellowships, Fellowships and Grants, feminism, Grants & Awards, Guangdong, Hubei, Hunan, international fellowships, Jiangsu, leadership, National Girls Collaborative Project, STEM, The People's Bank of China, Tibet Women's Association, U.S.-China Exchange Council, women leaders, Yangzhou on August 8, 2011, | 2 Comments »
As a part of AAUW’s ongoing commitment to improving the status of women and girls globally via fellowships, grassroots programming, and advocacy, AAUW recently hosted 18 women from the All-China Women’s Federation. The Federation was established in 1949 by the Chinese government and has become the largest women’s nongovernmental organization in that country. It represents [...]
STEM Grantees Front and Center in Kentucky
Posted in Educational Programs, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women and Work, tagged @aauwstem, aquatic life, Biology, electricity, Ellen Nolan, fifth grade, fourth grade, Kentucky, KY, leadership, Meadowthorpe, MISS, National Girls Collaborative Project, NGCP, pollution, science, self-confidence on May 20, 2011, | 1 Comment »
Learning about electricity while developing leadership skills, self-confidence, efficacy and content knowledge were goals of the Meadowthorpe is Serving Sisters (MISS ) mentoring program. MISS Electricity was one of the mini-grant programs members heard about at the recent AAUW Kentucky Convention. Members were given presentations by the recent National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) mini-grant winners [...]
AAUW Fosters STEM Collaboration in Texas
Posted in AAUW research, Educational Programs, S T E M, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged Austin, Girlstart, Ingenuity Center, National Girls Collaborative Project, NGCP, Texas, Tyler, University of Texas, UTeachEngineering, Why So Few?, women in engineering on March 9, 2011, | 1 Comment »
In January, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) stakeholders from across the state of Texas converged to share research and best practices in STEM education, career and college preparation, and outreach at the Bridging Research and Practice conference in Austin, Texas. Why was this event important for Texas? Because, so far, this has been the [...]
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