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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Idaho State University Women Are Ready to Win
Posted in Educational Programs, NCCWSL, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, American Falls, Amy Wynn, Campaign College, Elizabeth Kesko, Idaho State University, ISU, Kelly Keenan Trumpbour, Missy Cummins, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NCCWSL, Running Start, Shalene Summers, student elections on March 3, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to the 2010 Campaign College Training Sites!
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged American University Women & Politics Institute, Campaign College, Idaho State University, Loyola University, Mt. San Jacinto College, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NCCWSL, Northern Michigan University, Running Start, University of Connecticut, University of Massachusetts, University of North Carolina, University of Texas, University of the West Indies, Winthrop University on November 5, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
AAUW, the American University Women & Politics Institute, and Running Start are pleased to announce the 10 Campaign College sites for the 2010 academic year. These sites were chosen from a competitive applicant pool to host the only training in the country that encourages young women to run for student government positions. The training addresses [...]
David Letterman’s Next Move
Posted in Sex Discrimination, tagged David Letterman, news, Running Start, Sarah Palin, women in politics, women leaders on June 18, 2009, | 2 Comments »
Thanks to the recent flap between David Letterman and Sarah Palin over the joke he made about one of her daughters, some moms and/or dads may be having second thoughts about making a run for office. To his credit, Letterman has apologized, but it’s unfortunate that he made the remarks in the first place. Children [...]
Women in Congress: Student Government as a Pathway to Power
Posted in NCCWSL, Students & Educational Issues, tagged American University, Campaign College, leadership, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NCCWSL, Running Start, student government, student leaders, women in politics, women leaders on May 12, 2009, | 1 Comment »
American University’s Women & Politics Institute has gathered some interesting research on women in Congress and student governments. The institute asked women currently serving in Congress if they had previously served in student governments and found that 53.7 percent had been involved in high school or college or both. The study confirms that holding student [...]
Campaign College and the RajinCajuns
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, tagged American University, Campaign College, Louisiana, Running Start, Student Governmant, woman president on March 18, 2009, | 2 Comments »
Originally posted on the AU Woman and Politics Institute blog, this post is by Jillian Rubino, Director of Leadership Programs for the American University Women & Politics Institute. On Saturday, March 7th, 2009, the Campaign College tour made its second stop at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. It was my first official business trip, and [...]
First Stop with the Cyclones
Posted in Educational Programs, NCCWSL, Students & Educational Issues, tagged American University, Campaign College, Girl Scouts, leadership, NASPA, NCCWSL, Running Start, student government, women leaders on January 29, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
A new study by the Girl Scout Research Institute highlights exciting shifts in how girls view themselves as leaders. The majority of girls (59 percent) said that the recent election has increased their confidence their ability to achieve their future goals. Despite becoming more aware of obstacles women face, 41 percent of girls said that [...]
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