April AAUW Meeting

April 10, 2018

Women’s History – High School Student Presentations

TBD, 6:30 pm (Board Meeting 5:30 pm)

Women’s History Month Project

For our twelfth year, our branch is sponsoring a Women’s History Project contest, with the cooperation of Dennis Schwab, Honors American History teacher.  Among the topics Dennis gave his students were:

  • Changes due to Title IX
  • Women in the military
  • First women to be elected to office in Minnesota and especially Mower County
  • Sexual harassment
  • Comparing opportunities for women 40 years ago and now

Four branch members will be helping with the judging on February 26: Sue Grove, Marijo Alexander, Peggy Benzkofer, and Katie Ulwelling.  Thanks go to these four for being willing to give their time to this project.

This year’s all school Women’s History Month Assembly will be held on March 22 at 9 AM  in Knowlton auditorium.  The speaker will be Dylane Wallat (Our branch member, Katie Ulwelling’s daughter) who is a deputy sheriff with the St. Paul Ramsey Sheriff’s Department.  Many of you will remember Dylane’s outstanding presentation to our branch two years ago.

We think she will connect well with the high school audience as well. The cash awards to the project contest winners will be made at this assembly. You are welcome to attend the assembly. Seating for us is always in the center front.  The contest winners will present their projects at our program for the April 10th meeting.

November AAUW Meeting

November 14th Program

What’s New in AAUW?

Karen Kirkwood, AAUW National Board Member

6:30 PM

Riverland Community College

West Building

Room B116

(Park in South Lot and enter main door – W 1)

We are fortunate to have Karen Kirkwood from the national AAUW Board of Directors coming to Austin to talk about vital AAUW initiatives and answer our questions.  Karen recently attended a national board meeting and will bring us up to date on “What’s New in AAUW?”

Karen Kirkwood is a member of the AAUW St. Paul (MN) Branch and the AAUW St. Cloud (MN) Branch. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota. She has served AAUW as a branch and state president and has held various board and committee positions. She is currently a co-fundraiser for the St. Cloud Tech Savvy events. Karen was a member of the successful Charting the Course campaign. She has been employed as a special education teacher, a legal advocate for a battered women’s shelter, the owner of a home-based small business, the office manager for the Minnesota Education Association, and a mental health practitioner for toddlers with autism. In addition to her AAUW experience, Karen has served on several volunteer boards and committees in her community.

Her husband, David, a former national AAUW Board member will also be here.

Marijo Alexander and Sue Grove, Program Vice Presidents

Volunteer Needed

Jill and I are looking for 3 people who will volunteer to be on the nominating committee to organize and find nominees for officer elections in the spring.  If you are interested in serving our organization in this manner or just have questions about this opportunity, please let me know.

Contact Catherine Haslag

We are collecting used books. NOW

We are collecting used books.  NOW

We are needing your help to sort and arrange books any time that you are able.  Follow regular hours at the Library.

The last few days before the sale  May 4, 5 and 6  we will be doing final arranging.

The Kids room no longer has Bev Smith, so Kaye and Maye, are you available???

Several openings on Saturday afternoon beginning at 1:30 until the bag sale is done.