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In This Issue AAUW Resources
| Register Now to Attend the 2007 Student Leadership Conference Now is the time to register to attend the 2007 National Conference for College Women Student Leaders! The conference will take place June 79 at American University in Washington, D.C. As an AAUW student affiliate, you have already identified yourself as a college women student leader, and we urge you to talk to your student affairs administrator or campus adviser as soon as possible about supporting your attendance at the conference. Attendees will have the opportunity to build leadership, advocacy, networking, financial management, and other skills. Local Branches Should Encourage Student Affiliate Participation
The AAUW website provides eight bulleted points on why college women should join the organization. By creating a section on the website that targets students interested in participating in womens equity issues, AAUW is actively fostering the next generation of female leaders in all areas of society. For todays college students, the Internet is a vital tool in all aspects of life, from communications via e-mail to public editorials and opinion pieces like blogs. Women in the Ivory Tower: Women, Academia, and Pay In an effort to draw attention to the significant gender gaps in many categories of faculty employment, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) released, in October 2006, a report called AAUP Faculty Gender Equity Indicators 2006. Congress passed Title IX prohibiting sex discrimination in education in 1972, yet women today hold only 24 percent of full professor positions in the United States, despite the overwhelming presence of women students on college and university campuses for the past 25 years. Planning for an Economically Secure Future: 200607 Campus Action Projects The Campus Action Project is one of AAUWs major programs. The CAP program promotes student leader development and also supports innovative projects or programs that can be replicated. This years CAP program is focused on projects that promote awareness of womens economic security. The selected teams come from across the nation and also include a team from Guam, supported by AAUW of Guam. These teams have developed and implemented a wide range of exciting projects that include conferences, art competitions and exhibits, mentoring, and research. An Interview with Mary Saunders Major General Mary Saunders retired from the United States Air Force in 2005. A 1970 graduate of Texas Womans University in Denton, Texas, where she earned a bachelors degree in social work, Saunders also has a masters degree in guidance and counseling from Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Not the Typical Korean Women Google the phrase "Korean women," and heres a taste of what you might find: Korean women are submissive and kind. They are known to make breakfast, lunch, and dinner for their husbands, help their husbands well, and raise children well." Or, "The ideal Korean girl does not talk very loudly, covers her mouth when she laughs, (and) does all of the household chores. A Mentor My life dramatically improved the day I obtained a mentor. I was on a semester break and was seriously contemplating changing my major. However, as a 29-year-old returning student, I was just one semester away from graduation and felt pressure to finish and start working. In my heart, I knew I was on the wrong path. |
