Members of AAUW’s Raleigh/Wake County branch invite you to join us at
5:30 pm, Tue, Nov 17th
711 Hillsborough St, Raleigh 27603
as we host a rising star.
Amanda Hubbard: One of the winners of a 2015 AAUW Career Development Grant

Having served several state agencies as a television producer and website
developer, Amanda Hubbard is now employed with the NC Forest Service. With
the grant money she received, she has enrolled in Wake Technical Community
College’s Java Certification Program. At the conclusion of the academic year, she
hopes to continue her education in pursuit of an Associate’s Degree in Computer
Needless to say, Amanda is highly proficient in the application of many
communication technologies. In addition, however, she wants you to know that
she also has a passion for public service and the environment.
We look forward to the chance to greet Amanda, hear her story and join her in
celebrating her ambitions.

Dr. Leslie W. Syron

AAUW Raleigh/Wake County and AAUW Tar Heel branch member Leslie Syron died on Wednesday June 3, 2015.

She joined AAUW in 1942, and had been an honorary life member for many years. .She was president of AAUW of North Carolina 1957-1959.

Dr. Syron spent almost her entire career at Meredith College where she taught in the sociology department from 1945 until her full retirement in 1991. She also served as department head for many years.  The hundreds of students whose lives she touched while on the faculty at Meredith College will remember her.

Celebrating Leslie’s accomplishments and impact provides a wonderful role model for AAUW members and the communities she influenced.  She was a most notable leader who touched so many lives in different areas of her dedicated service.

References:

http://www.meredith.edu/news/detail/meredith-college-mourns-loss-of-professor-emerita-leslie-syron

http://www.legacy.com/guestbooks/newsobserver/leslie-w-syron-condolences/175020049

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsobserver/obituary.aspx?pid=175020049

PS: Members may notice that the OWL/AAUW outing is scheduled earlier in the day on May 19. We hope that our AAUW meeting will get top priority–but please don’t see this as a conflict. The Arboretum Tour (with optional 1pm lunch) begins at 2:30 and will take about an hour. May 19th could turn out to be a very pleasant day!

At a time when public and professional discontent with so many instruments–NC Report Cards, standardized testing and the Core Curriculum–seems to have risen to a crescendo, we look forward to a discussion with educators who have seen the results they hoped for when PAVE was founded. When we’ve heard highlights of their experience, we will engage each other in an exchange of ideas about what is broken in NC’s educational system and what it will take to repair it.

February Branch Meeting

Agenda

Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Center for Community Leadership
711 Hillsborough St. Room #104 (map)
5:15 – 7:00 PM

5:15   Refreshments

5:30   Parental Choice: Seeking School Quality in the Wake of NC-DPI Report Cards
Presentation by Cakey James, Director of Operations
P.A.V.E. Southeast Charter School (Raleigh)–www.paveshools.org

6:00   Interactive Q&A: With input from both speaker and members
In the wake of the School Report Cards, proposed “virtual charter schools,” and concern
about the “school to prison pipeline,” what options exist and how do we evaluate them?
Possible questions:
• Charters—Do they work? For whom? What value do they add?
• DPI can support only so many schools. How can we justify sharing public funds?

6:30   Reports
AAUW-NC Policy Update: Denny McGuire
Branch Building & Membership: Terry Wall
Anti-Bullying Project Timeline: Terry Wall
Branch Finance Report: Lisa Lowe
Attendees: Women NC Forum, Feb 19, Hunt Library, Centennial Campus (see below)

7:00   Adjournment

NEXT MEETING: March 17th, 5:15pm

TIME SENSITIVE REQUEST: PLEASE REPLY by FEB 13th to: Terry Wall

The Raleigh-Wake Branch will reserve a table at the annual Women NC Forum, at which student delegates to the UN Council on the Status of Women are introduced & funds are raised for their participation in a conference on generating global policy that advocates for women’s interests.
Cost: $50 per person (includes reception & choice of dinner entrée. Cash bar, raffle additional.)
Only 3 seats available! Date: Thu, Feb 19, 5-8:30PM Place: Hunt Library, NCSU Centennial Campus

The Center for Community Leadership is in the Junior League of Raleigh building. There is parking behind the building — enter from St. Mary’s St.

Hello, Friends:

Did you know that the Girl Scouts of the 21^st century are intent on cultivating leadership skills in middle-school girls?  One aspect of adolescent leadership is skill in dealing with aggressive behavior directed at oneself or one’s peers.

If you haven’t heard of the Girl Scouts’ new anti-bullying program, Be a Friend First (BFF), it won’t be long before you do. The curriculum is being rolled out nationwide. Scout troops and school districts in 20 eastern NC counties (called the Coastal Pines region) are taking the lead.

Members of our branch are stepping up to the challenge offered to volunteers to deliver the Girl Scouts’ anti-bullying curriculum at select sites in Wake County. We are encouraged by a positive experience our branch had in 2012 with a similar program that we proposed to East Wake Middle School and delivered to students, parents and school personnel.  This seems to be a natural next step.

Are you ready to get involved?

For those who have flexibility during daytime hours, there is an opportunity to be trained this coming…

Monday, Dec 8th, from 10am-12noon.

Shawna Peaks, a member of the Coastal Pines staff who spoke to our branch last month, has arranged for Treka Spraggins and Beth Norris to get an introduction to BFF at the Girl Scouts’ Raleigh Service Center. They would love to have others join them.

The Raleigh Service Center’s address is:  6901 Pinecrest Road, Raleigh, NC 27613

Telephone: 919-782-3021

Please RSVP to Treka Spraggins

Members of our branch are cordially invited to join members of OWL at their traditional December Potluck Dinner, to be held