AAUW WI Leadership

Mary Jo McBrearty
mmcbrearty@charter.net

AAUW-WI established the vice president of leadership to help Wisconsin branch members develop and enhance their leadership skills. Some of the duties of the V.P.-Leadership are to offer workshops and articles on leadership training as well as to coordinate a committee comprised of the five district coordinators. In the recent past, I have offered workshops on leadership at our Fall Spectacular Savvy Saturdays, helped the district coordinators communicate with the branches in their districts and visited branches which have requested help to make their branches the best they can be.

16 February 2010
Leadership for Today and Tomorrow

Scholarships Available for National Conference for College Women Student Leaders

For twenty five years AAUW has sponsored a prestigious national conference that encourages college women student leaders to be successful and gives them the skills to do so. This year’s event will be held June 3-5, 2010 at the University of Maryland, College Park. The conference features more than 50 dynamic workshops, high-profile keynote speakers, networking opportunities, community service projects, and an opportunity to meet and visit with Women of Distinction award recipients. In 2009, students from 44 states, the District of Columbia, Jamaica, and Tibet attended the conference.

AAUW-WI is offering two $500 scholarships for Wisconsin women student leaders who would benefit from attending. Candidates must be nominated by an AAUW Branch with a limit of one nominee per Branch. Branches are also encouraged to support their nominees. Branches feel free to send more participants than the grant applicant to NCCWSL. Women who want to be leaders should not be left out of this important conference because they cannot afford to attend.

Eligible nominees must be currently enrolled in a program leading to an Associate degree (or equivalent) or Bachelor’s degree at a technical school or other two- or four–year public or private college. Branches are asked to provide the following:

• Name, educational institution attending, and enrollment status of nominee
• Awards, recognition, or honors received by nominee
• Major area of study being pursued by nominee and why
• How attendance at the conference would further the nominee’s goals
• Name and contact information for the Branch member making the recommendation

Nominations should be emailed to AAUW-WI Leadership Vice President Mary Jo McBrearty at mmcbrearty@charter.net by March 30. Further information about the NCCWSL conference can be found at www.aauw.org.

Further Information and Opportunities:
Outstanding Branch Leaders
Available State Officer Positions