Friday, October 8
2:00 - 5:00

This workshop will train UNCW students on the importance of negotiating the best possible salary for their first job after graduation, and provide them with skills and tools to help with that negotiation.

Annie Houle of the WAGE Project, the founders of the $tart $mart program, will be participating in the workshop for the students and will also lead a training session for facilitators who wish to replicate the program on their campuses. This is a unique opportunity since observing the student workshop will be part of the facilitator training — usually those wishing to be facilitators talk through a sample workshop, but do not get a chance to see one “live”.

The facilitator workshop will begin at noon on Friday, Oct. 8.

We expect that scholarships will be available to cover part of the cost of the workshop.

For more information about registering or financial support from AAUW NC, please contact info@aauwnc.org.

AAUW NC Spring 2010 Newsletter, Tar Heel News

Highlights of this issue:

•  Convention 2010 information
  • Agenda and highlights (p. 1, 6)
  • Clay Carmichael, winner of Juvenile Literature Award, will be there (page 3)
  • Hotel information (page 4)
    • Deadline for AAUW rate: March 17
  • Registration (page 5) (download an extra copy)
    • While AAUW NC has provided online registration with PayPal payment for recent conventions, that may not be available this year. Please go ahead and register using the paper form.
    • Deadline: April 1
• More AAUW NC news
  • President’s message (page 2)
  • Nominating committee is still seeking candidates for 2010-2011 (page 1)
  • AAUW NC welcomes M. Cookie Newsom to the AAUW NC board and as AAUW C/U representative for UNC Chapel Hill (page 2)
  • Connie Gamble Ochse is stepping down on June 30. The Communications team needs a new leader, and the Tar Heel News needs a new editor-in-chief. (page
  • What’s next for AAUW NC? (page 7)
    • Link to article referenced in this essay and other references
• Branch news
  • Wilmington scholarship awarded (page 2)
• More news from AAUW and around the state
  • 25th anniversary of NCCWSL (page 3)
  • NC Council for Women/Domestic Violence Commission names AAUW New Bern member Mary Peterson as chair (page 6)
  • NC Governor’s Conference for Women - Nov. 9 in Raleigh (page 7)

• Winter 2009 Tar Heel News (PDF, 2.5 Meg)

See, in particular,

• information on the 2010 AAUW NC convention (page 1)
• federal public policy updates on the Healthy Families Act and the High School Athletics Accountability Act (page 4)
• a special thank you from Democracy NC on our support of the pre-registration for 16 and 17 year olds (page 3)
• President’s letter and pictures from the Fall meeting (page 2)
• Information on 2009-2010 AAUW Fellows in North Carolina (page 3; follow the link for more pictures and details)
• Information on Wilmington project to screen students for vision problems. (More on the Wilmington branch.)
• Ad highlighting membership in the Tar Heel Branch which serves the entire state
  • join now
  • give a gift membership

Correction:

• On page 2 there’s a discussion of the WAGE project’s $tart $mart workshops giving the names of a few members in NC who are trained facilitators. There are nearly 20 people in NC who have been through the facilitator training, including additional AAUW NC members Ada Gregory, Jean D’Addario, and Kathy Pearre. Two workshops have been held this fall at UNC Charlotte and at Duke. More info.

• Full issue (this is large; it’s recommended that you download it and then open it rather than try to open it directly)
• Pages: one two three four/five six seven eight

Highlights from the 2009 AAUW NC Convention:

• Financial literacy workshop summary (page 1, more)
• Pictures and history (pages 4/5)

Public Policy Information

• AAUW NC at Women’s Advocacy Day (page 6, more)
• Public Policy Efforts Summary (page 6, more)

More AAUW NC News

• Summer Meeting registration (page 7, more)
• Message from the new Program VPs (page 2)
• President’s Message (page 2)
• Farewell from the Regional Director (page 2)
• Report on the 4/1 College/University meeting (page 3, more)
• New NGCP Liaison (page 3, more)
• Dues for 2009-2010 (page 2, more)

Branch News

• Explaining the new Branch Without Borders (page  3, more)
• Wilmington Branch sets date for major event (page 2)
• Chapel Hill STEM project (page 8, more)

• page 1: An alternate site for credit reports is www.annualcreditreport.com
• page 5: there are 22 branches, including Chapel Hill
• page 7: Bonny Marsh’s phone number is (828) 698-1354
• page 7 (heading): Summer meeting is July 17-18, not 14-18