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AAUW Newsletter MARCH 2018 FINAL Scoop MARCH 2018 Inside this Issue President’s Pen 1 Membership Committee 2 From the President’s Pen By Ginny Phoenix NCCWSL SCHOLARSHIPS NETC Branch Program 2 Northeast Tarrant County Board of Directors is proud to announce that we have KEYS High School 3 voted to register two University of North Texas students for this summer’s NCCWSL Branch Funds 3 (National Conference for College Women Student Leaders). For more information on Full STEAM Ahead 4 NCCWSL, see my article in the November, 2017 newsletter. Bridge Group 5 For those who attended the November branch meeting at North Richland Hills Library, you will remember our speaker, Jessica Frey. She attended NCCWS last year Cultural Group 5 and we assisted her with her expenses. Her presentation was uplifting and emo- Gourmet Group 5 tional. Jessica went back to UNT so inspired by her attendance at NCCWSL that she AM Book Clubbies 6 started an AAUW student branch there. She recruited members and faculty advisors. A number of us attended one of their meetings in January and were greatly im- Lit Group 6 pressed by the group. March Calendar 7 Since the WINR program at TCC is no longer in existence and, for this year, we will not April Calendar 7 have a TCC scholarship, the board decided to fund two NCCWSL registrations. Photos 8 The young ladies that will attend are Ashleigh Allison and Deana Ayers. Mission Statement 8 • Ashleigh is assuming the Presidency of the UNT student branch for this coming year. She will be a senior in Biomedical Engineering. Links to AAUW 8 • Deana will be assuming the office of Vice President of the UNT student branch. She will be a sophomore and is studying Social Work with an interest in Public Administration. She hopes to run for office someday. Jessica said of these two young ladies, “I have been impressed AND motivated by both of these girls over the last few months and look forward to seeing how the NCCWSL experience empowers them and strengthens their leadership skills!” The Early Bird deadline is near, March 23. Make sure you register by then. If you have already registered or when you do register, let Ginny ([email protected]) know TEXAS STATE CONVENTION so carpools and room sharing can be coordi- April 20, 21, 22 Houston nated. Hope to see many NETC people there. Sally Ride Go to https://aauw-tx.aauw.net to register online or use the registration form in your First American woman in space. UWT newsletter and mail in with a check. Northeast Tarrant County Branch http://netarrant-tx.aauw.net/ 1 AAUW NETC Branch Membership Committee By Cheri Butler & Paula Jernigan Free National Memberships We are pleased to announce that our branch is offer- Offered to Five Local Members ing five free national memberships this year: four to women who have been actively involved during the The Shape the Future membership campaign of 2017-2018 year in inviting friends and co-workers the American Association of University Women is to attend the annual membership brunch and/or a recruitment tool for current members to offer a monthly meetings and one to a new member to en- discounted rate to prospective members. With this courage retention of membership. The four individu- campaign, new members and students can take 50 als receiving free national memberships are: Dixie percent off the national dues rate when they join Christian, Jean Dodds, Barbara Spencer, and Jerrilyn on the spot during an AAUW public event. Branches Woodard-Entrekin and the new member receiving a also earn one free national membership to give free national membership is Chasity Crawley. away for every two newly recruited members, with a maximum of five free memberships annually. To read A huge thank you to all our branch members who more about this national campaign go to https:// have invited guests this year. Because of you, our www.aauw.org/resource/shape-the-future-member- membership remains strong and we are able to ship-campaign/. achieve our vision to empower all women and girls to reach their highest potential through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research. AAUW NETC Branch March Program By Marilyn Matthews & Kathy Prado The next NETC branch meeting will be March 8, 2018 at the North Richland Hills Library. Join us for food and fellowship at 6:30 p.m. followed by the program, Whole Earth, presented by Texas Health Resources. Judith Resnik Kathryn D. Sullivan First Jewish-American in space. First American woman to perform a spacewalk. Northeast Tarrant County Branch http://netarrant-tx.aauw.net/ 2 AAUW NETC Branch Funds KEYS High School By Debbie Gerwick & Penny Yarbrough By Barbara Brasco Thank you once again for all your help in raising Our branch has adopted the KEYS (Keep Eligible funds for AAUW this year. Our branch sent $1700.00 Youth in School) program in the HEB district and acts to the AAUW Fund and $2500.00 to the Ann Richards as their PTA. On March 8, we will give the staff small American Fellowship. Remember, all money donated individual treats of cookies and candy. This year we to the Ann Richards fellowship will be matched dol- are including the staff of the AEP (Alternative Educa- lar for dollar by AAUW Texas. We also have $1000.00 tion Program), which is located in the same building. designated for the KEYS Scholarship and $1000.00 We hope this helps them all get to spring break! for a scholarship to a Tarrant County College (TCC) student or the AAUW National Conference for Col- We also provide a breakfast in May and will give you lege Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL). more information later. Because TCC has disbanded the WINR program, the Our thanks to the bakers. WINR scholarship committee is working with the staff at the college to explore an alternative scholar- ship program for a female student. However, for this year the NETC board voted to pay the registration fee for two young women officers of the new AAUW Chapter in Denton begun by Jessica Frey to attend this year’s conference in May. The Early Bird registration fee was $465, and the $930 was sent to register them for the conference. Thank you, Northeast Tarrant County Branch members. In the words of Margaret Martin, our ‘village’ continues to Mae Jemison “change the world.” First African-American woman in space Shannon Lucid Ellen Collins First American woman to fly on a space station (Mir, 1996). First female shuttle pilot and shuttle commander. First Chinese-born woman in space. First woman to make a third, a fourth and a fifth spaceflight. Northeast Tarrant County Branch http://netarrant-tx.aauw.net/ 3 Full STEAM Ahead By Linda Adams Our second “Full STEAM Ahead” conference was a were a huge success. Even the ten high school girls huge success with both parents and students. There who were on the panel asked to have one! were 117 registered girls, with about 107 girls actu- ally attending. A total of 77 parents registered for Ellen and I cannot begin to thank the committee the parent workshops. There were lots of positive chairs enough. They and all those who worked with comments during the day from what fun the work- them to make this conference such a fantastic day shops were to the neat door prizes to how much the are what AAUW Northeast Tarrant County Branch is girls enjoyed asking the ten high school students all about. THANK YOU!! questions about their course work at the Buinger CTE. A few changes included a more simplified There will be a short meeting of all committee chairs breakfast this year; the girls doing evaluations with after the March 8 branch meeting. We will do an their phones or on I Pads; and having the panel of evaluation of the Full STEAM Ahead conference. If CTE students in the lecture hall instead of the large you are unable to attend, please e-mail either Ellen cafeteria area. Mr. Steve Chapman, Superintendent or Linda with your positive remarks or suggestions of HEB, I.S.D., was in attendance and praised AAUW’s for [email protected] or efforts to involve fifth and sixth grade girls in the [email protected] STEM (plus Art) subjects. The stringed backpacks Margaret Martin & Linda Adams Ginny Phoenix Steve Chapman, Superintendent of HEB ISD Tricia Hiros, Engineer, Bell Helicopter & Claudia Morales, Engineer, Bell Helicopter Ellen Jones & Ellen Jones Northeast Tarrant County Branch http://netarrant-tx.aauw.net/ 4 AAUW NETC Branch AAUW NETC Branch Bridge Group Cultural Group By Mary Lou Bass and Gloria Long By Jean Dodds and Meg Sprenkle There are two Bridge Groups: Daytime and Evening. Wednesday, March 7 at 2 p.m. Daytime Bridge usually meets on either the first National Theatre Live at the Modern Art Museum - or second Thursday of each month at 1 p.m. in the Young Marx home of a branch member. The Evening Group Tickets range from $15 to $20. usually meets on the fourth Thursday of each month Lunch at Cafe Modern at noon at 7 p.m., also in a member’s home. Evening and Daytime Bridge contact is Gloria Long. Please email Meg Sprenkle ([email protected]) or call/text 817-682-0202 if you are interested in going, Daytime Bridge will meet Evening Bridge will meet if you would like to carpool, and if you would be on Thursday, March 1 at 1 on Thursday, March 22 at interested in seeing the Ron Mueck exhibit before p.m. in the home of Cheri 7 p.m.
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