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.

AM Book Group

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelo is the book selection for our morning book group. Ellen Stark will lead the discussion and also host the group at her home on Thursday, February 19th at 9 AM. We will read the Pageturner’s selection, Vacationland by Sarah Stonich, when we meet in March.

Arts & Entertainment Group

We will meet on Sunday, February 8th at 4:00 PM at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church for a viewing of the silent film Phantom of the Opera, accompanied by Rochester organist Andrew Galuska.  Please contact Carla Anderson-Diekmann or Courtney Wyant if you plan to join. See elsewhere in the newsletter for further details!

Arts & Entertainment–March activity

The Arts & Entertainment group has planned the “Uncork & Create: Lake Sunset” class at the Austin Artworks Center.  Cost is $35 if you are a member of the Artworks center, $40 for non-members.  Space is limited and open to the public, so sign up soon, either by calling the Artworks Center at 434-0934, or by registering online at this link:  http://www.austinareaarts.org/create/2015/3/12/uncork-create-lake-sunset 

We will also be meeting before the class at 4:45 pm at El Mariachi for supper/appetizers, so please let Carla know after you have registered for the class so we can reserve space for that too if you are interested. (If you just want to join us at El Mariachi, that would be great too!)

AAUW Meeting – February

David Wolff is the Gifted and Talented Coordinator for the Austin Public Schools and has been the leader on the STEAM Expo (science fair) for the district.  David will be speaking to us about the Gifted and Talented Program and the STEAM Expo and how these programs benefit our students.  We will be meeting on Tuesday, February 10th at the Austin Public Library in the large meeting room.  
Social time will begin at 6:30 P.M. with the program beginning at 7:00 P.M.   Hope to see you there!