08.31.07
Posted in Branch News at 6:26 pm by nes
As previously announced, the September 18 meeting of the AAUW Raleigh/Wake County Branch will concentrate on information for the upcoming Board of Education election. To prepare for this meeting, a few of us in the branch worked with the Wake County League of Women Voters and sent a survey to all of the candidates.
That survey went out in USMail last week. It is due back to us on September 10. Because the Board of Elections did not provide us with e-mail addresses for the candidates, we said that the electronic version of the survey would be posted here:
Note that the MS Word version limits responses by the number of characters rather than the number of words. It is permissable to create your own MS Word version of the form, but note that your responses will be truncated if you exceed the word/character limit.
Thanks to the candidates for their thoughtful answers to the questions which will be posted here in mid-September.
More information about the October 9 election.
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Posted in Events, Branch News at 12:33 pm by nes
The League of Women Voters of Wake County is sponsoring “Running & Winning” on Saturday, November 3 at Peace College in Raleigh.
This interactive workshop is designed to give young women in high school and college the opportunity to explore public service as a career. During the session, participants will meet with local women office holders and explore their own leadership abilities.
Registration is limited and the registration deadline is October 5.
See www.nccwps.org/runwin for more information.
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08.30.07
Posted in Events at 9:35 pm by nes
The branch council met at Peace College and discussed
- Preparation for the AAUW NC convention
- The May meeting - which will be the annual meeting for the branch. Members will be contacted about serving on the 08-09 council.
- Support for the May 31 “Your Turn to Learn” transitions event at the YWCA. We will apply for an AAUW NC minigrant to cover some of the costs here. We signed up a few volunteers.
- We tabled the issue of the Interpreters’ Directory. There will be followup.
- We began discussions of the 100th anniversary of the branch -for Februar, 2009.
- We agreed to send $100 to LAF from the proceeds of the author’s brunch — to meet the AAUW NC challenge grant.
- We discussed briefly the branch website and need for a newsletter.
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Posted in Events at 8:58 pm by nes
Come join the branch recruit volunteers for our Interpreters Directory project, tell people about the AAUW Educational Foundation International Fellowships, and generally have a good time at Raleigh’s premiere international event — “explore the world without leaving the city.”
More about the festival: www.internationalfestival.org
If you can’t make it to the festival, you can volunteer using this form.
Contact info@rwc.aauwnc.org for more information.
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Posted in Events at 8:58 pm by nes
Come join the branch recruit volunteers for our Interpreters Directory project, tell people about the AAUW Educational Foundation International Fellowships, and generally have a good time at Raleigh’s premiere international event — “explore the world without leaving the city.”
More about the festival: www.internationalfestival.org
If you can’t make it to the festival, you can volunteer using this form.
Contact info@rwc.aauwnc.org for more information.
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Posted in Events at 1:51 pm by nes
You are invited to attend The Science House Girls Collaborative Kick- Off Conference on Tuesday, September 18, 2007. We are looking
forward to an excellent day of forming partnerships, sharing information, and working towards increased resources and encouragement for girls to enter Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers.
Tuesday, Sept. 18
9:00 - 3:30 (registration at 8:30)
Friday Institute on the NCSU Centennial Campus, Raleigh
Teleconference connections in the east and west are planned.
For more information see www.science-house.org/ngcp.
See news.aauwnc.org/category/stem/ for more information on the NGCP project and its connection to AAUW.
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08.28.07
Posted in Events, Branch News at 8:43 am by nes
The St. Paul A.M.E. Church Education committee is sponsoring a “College Bound Workshop” on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 10:00 - 2:00.
It will be lead by Dr. Thomas Conway and will be held at the church at 402 W. Edenton St.
Call 832-2709 to register.
For more information, see www.stpaulamechurch.com
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08.25.07
Posted in Branch News at 4:54 pm by nes
There are several experiments starting to integrate AAUW information with Facebook. If you’d like to help advance the mission by helping to set up systems that use this social networking site, please let Nancy know. In the meantime, if you’re on Facebook, you can RSVP to the September branch meeting — just search for AAUW events and look for the one about the Wake County Board of Education.
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08.24.07
Posted in Events at 3:30 pm by nes
The Second Statewide Conference on Financial Education and Asset Building will be
October 8-9
UNC Chapel Hill
The Friday Center for Continuing Education
The conference provides valuable information and training on financial education and asset building resources available in our state.
This fits with the AAUW national theme of “Education as the Gateway to Women’s Economic Security” and plans for a branch project focusing on financial literacy. At least one branch member will be attending.
The registration fee is $105.
More info: www.ncidacollaborative.org/07conference/
Detailed schedule and registration: www.rsvpbook.com/event.php?427367
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08.23.07
Posted in Events at 5:54 pm by nes
The National Girls Collaborative Project, www.pugetsoundcenter.org/ngcp/ to increase the capacity and broaden the impact of programs to create gender equity in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), has regional centers across the country. The local lead organization is the Science House at NC State University. They are planning a kickoff meeting for the project on September 18.
AAUW members across the country are acting as Regional Liaisons for the National Girls Collaborative Project. These Regional Liaisons help the people involved in the NGCP to make connections — to one another, to resources on gender equity, and to AAUW. For more information on the AAUW/NGCP connection, see www.aauw.org/education/ngcp/.
Please mark your calendars for the kickoff meeting, and check www.science-house.org/ngcp/ for updates.
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