2023-2024 Programs & Events
October Branch Program
October 24, 2023, 7 pm-8 pm, Virtual/ZOOM
Title: The STEM Gap, or How Girls Lose Interest in Studying Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics, and What Can We Do To Help Close the Gap with “the boys.”
Want to hear what STEM professionals are saying about closing the gap between girls and boys? Join our program to learn what our panelists have to say about advocating for and as well as educating girls and women in the area of STEM. Speakers include Lois Artis, AAUW Fellow; Pamela Oviedo, PhD, AAUW Charlotte STEM Chair; Lucille Howard, AAUW Charlotte Public Policy Chair; a young career engineer; and a college mathematics professor with an interesting project. Speakers will offer comments from the AAUW-NC STEM Western Carolina University event, an AAUW National STEM perspective, and STEM in the CMS District. As an orientation to the topic, take a minute to review the Closing the Gap AAUW publication.
___________________________________________________________________
This meeting has been canceled and we apologize for the short notice.
September 14, 2023 | Thursday | Time: 6 pm-7 pm
SouthPark Regional Library
Women and Non-Profit Leadership – A Conversation
7015 Carnegie Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28211
Telephone: (704) 416-5400
Speaker: Joyce Brooks, MHA, Grant and Donor Relations Manager, Carolina Rain
“Women’s equity in the workplace has been a focus of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) since our founding in 1881. But women hold far less than 75% of leadership positions at nonprofits” (AAUW, https://www.aauw.org/app/uploads/2020/03/women-in-leadership.pdf).
A 40-year career non-profit leader, Joyce will share her non-profit leadership experience, along with highlighting AAUW’s report Broken Ladders: Barriers to Women’s Representation in Nonprofit Leadership. Come prepared to be a part of the conversation, and to ask questions!
_________________________________________________________________
August 1-2, 2023 | 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Teacher Workshop
Garinger High School, 1100 Eastway Drive, Charlotte, NC 28205.
Our branch provided AAUW materials and other goodies for attendees of the North Carolina Science Leadership Association (NCSLA). NCSLA partnered with the Center of Excellence for Research, Teaching, and Learning (CERTL) at the Wake Forest School of Medicine to provide a 3-day workshop this summer. The workshop is designed to provide K-12 teachers with inquiry-based lessons in Problem-Based Learning that integrate science, math, language arts, and other areas of the curriculum.
_________________________________________________________________