The Travel Club will meet on Thursday, September 21st at 1:30 PM at Kathy Kester’s home. Please meet in front of Joyce Goetz’s home by 1:20 PM. We will then carpool to Kathy’s home……as parking space is limited. Those of us that traveled to Winona will be sharing that experience (thanks to Dorothy) and then we will also plan some future programs and discuss the monthly meeting date.
Kester, Kathy kkester2013@icloud.com
Goetz, Joyce rgoetz@gofast.am
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May 8, 2018, 6:30 pm
Annual Spring Banquet – No Program
Banquet payable before event/yearly dues collected
TBD (Brief Board 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:
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.
March 13, 2018
No Program
Small Group Potlucks
Individual Members’ Homes
February 13, 2018, 6:30 pm
Saturday Luncheon
Drama in the Kennedy Limousine, Gary Schnidler
Austin Country Club
January 27, 2018, 11:30 am
December 12, 2017
Holiday Social – No Program
Coffee House on Main, 6:30-8 pm
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
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
