AAUW Meeting – March

March 10, 2015, 6:30 pm

“Women in Non-Traditional Roles”

Dylane Ulwelling

Dylane Ulwelling will talk about Women in Non-Traditional Roles during the March program.  Dylane has experience in both corrections and law enforcement and served a tour of duty in Iraq.  She will discuss her experiences as a women working in these traditionally male-dominated fields.  This month’s program will be held on March 10th in the large meeting room in the library.  Social time will begin at 6:30 with the program beginning at 7pm.

AAUW Resources – February

Live Stream AAUW’s Solving the Equation Launch
AAUW’s latest research report on women in STEM, Solving the Equation: The Variables for Women’s Success in Engineering and Computing, will be released on March 26, 2015, with an event and panel discussion at Samsung’s new research headquarters in Silicon Valley. We know how much you care about AAUW and our STEM programs, so make sure you sign up to watch the event as it happens.
 
Candidates for the 2015–17 AAUW Board of Directors
It’s time to meet the candidates! When voting opens on April 15, members will select the AAUW president, vice president, and 10 directors. It’s your AAUW, so learn about the candidates and make your voice count.
 
Gear Up for Graduation Season
With a blue and green graduation cord, students can show their AAUW pride when they walk on graduation day. Give the graduates you know an AAUW cord and a free AAUW membership to honor the occasion.

Travel Group

The Travel Club will meet at Liz Richardson’s on Thursday, February 12th at 2:00 P.M.  Liz will be sharing information from her recent trip to Hawaii.  Anyone else is invited to bring and share an experience that they have had from traveling there.  This might include a photo or other souvenir related to a trip to Hawaii.  If you haven’t traveled to Hawaii, you are invited to join us and learn some new and different information.    I hope you can join us and I look forward to seeing you there.  Please RSVP to drgraber@charter.net.

Great Decisions Group

Great Decisions discussions have begun at Riverland. The first discussion on January 26th (fourth Monday) was about “Russia and the Near Abroad”. The next discussion will be February 23, and will be about “Privacy in the Digital Age”. Watch for more newsletter
information.