Category Archives: AAUW Sac State

Your Alma Mater and AAUW

Your Alma Mater and AAUW By Hedda Smithson & Gloria Yost

Eligibility for branch membership required each of us to have an associate or higher degree from an accredited educational institution. Did you know your alma mater can also become an AAUW Member?

Just for fun I looked for mine: BA from Grinnell College – not a member – but MA from CSUS is! UC Davis is a member. Montana State, Ohio State, UC Santa Cruz, and Mills College are not.

Want to look up your alma mater? Here is a link: AAUW College/University Directory. The next time they ask you for money you could encourage them to join!

C/U membership is $250, includes two free national memberships for named faculty/staff (as representatives), and unlimited free student affiliation for undergrads/graduate students.

We are delighted to announce that CSUS has renewed their membership. One of our new members, Shannon Datwyler, has agreed to be one of the named faculty members. Our governing documents allow her local and state dues to be waived.

What is in it for AAUW Sacramento? Exposure to AAUW for students and staff. Some of us had not heard of AAUW until our 30s, 40s or later!!

What is in it for students of CSUS? Opportunities for empowerment:

  • Local Scholarships offered by AAUW Sacramento
  • Work Smart & Start Smart Salary Negotiation workshops
  • Fellowships & Grants
  • Women’s Economic Empowerment Initiative
  • Legal Advocacy Fund
  • AAUW Webinars
  • Scholarships to attend the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL)

E-student affiliates receive electronic copies of AAUW’s publications and research.

Questions? Email connect@aauw.org.

But WAIT! There’s more!! Who won’t say that ONE OF US might need some negotiating skills? Check out the Webinar Schedule: AAUW.

Sac State Buzz, Birthdays, Book Groups, and Printable Articles

Sac State Buzz By Gloria Yost

Do you know?

  • Our own Paola Mendez has become an e-member of AAUW.
  • Paola has won a Sacramento Semester Internship for spring semester and will be working at the Capitol. She is majoring in political science journalism.
  • Our NCCWSL attendee Marissa Floyd has joined AAUW. She is working full time as a behavior analyst’s assistant for a local school district and is a child development major.
  • Cynthia Gonzales has joined in our efforts to re-activate our Sac State chapter. She is a women’s studies major.

Celebrating December Birthdays! By Donna Holmes

Happy Birthday to All!

  • Becky Anton                                   12/1
  • Diana Squire                                  12/1
  • Aisha Engle                                     12/3
  • Jean Bonar                                      12/4
  • Marcia Becwar                               12/8
  • Diane Petersen                              12/8
  • Angela Scarlett                               12/11
  • Karen Burley*                                12/12
  • Laraine Silberstein                        12/14
  • Lynn Anderson                              12/17
  • Linda Whitney                               12/27
  • Bonnie Penix                                 12/30

December Book Groups By Sharon Anderson

Book Group 2:
No meeting in December; coordinator is Carol Hayes

Book Group 3: 
No meeting in December; coordinator is Carolyn Meeker

Book Group 4: 
The Uncommon Reader, by Alan Bennett, on Dec. 14; coordinator is Pat Morehead

Book Group 6: 
All the Birds in the Sky, by Charlie Jane Anders, on Dec. 19; coordinators are Angela Scarlett, Gloria Yost

Book Group 8: 
No meeting in December; coordinator is Diana Squire

Book Group 10: 
Holiday Party, on Dec. 15 ; coordinator is Sandi Schoenman

Book Group 12: 
Holiday Party, on Dec. 1; coordinator is Linda Cook

Printable Newsletter Articles

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We Welcome New CSUS AAUW Representatives

We Welcome New CSUS AAUW Representatives By Gloria Yost

Katherine Betts, who started her higher education journey at CSU Chico, is the director of Belonging Education and Support in the Department of Inclusive Excellence at Sac State.  She received her MA from Indiana State University and is currently working on a PhD from Toledo University.  Katherine says she is excited to be back in California and looks forward to strengthening ties between CSUS and AAUW, especially with the Sacramento Branch.

Aisha Engle has been program coordinator for the Women’s Resource Center at Sac State for the past eight years and has just moved over to the Career Center where she will be working as a career/financial/wellness counselor.  She received both her BA and MA degrees at CSUS.  Aisha’s many campus connections and enthusiasm are a great resource as we work to re-establish our AAUW Sac State student affiliate.

Both Katherine Betts an Aisha Engle have joined out branch and we look forward to meeting them in person.

We thank our previous CSUS AAUW partners, Professor Molly Dugan and Leigh Barber of the Academic Affairs Office, for connections between our branch and Sac State that they helped nourish.

Sac State Buzz: Did You Know?              

  • CSUS is a college/university partner with AAUW.
  • All undergraduate students can sign up for free AAUW e-memberships.
  • Students and staff have access to the wealth of resources on the AAUW website, including opportunities to apply for fellowships and grants and to take advantage of AAUW partner benefits.

CSUS, fondly known as Sac State, is continuing its college/university partnership with AAUW, which means all undergraduate students on campus can sign up for free AAUW e-memberships.

Meet Incoming AAUW Sacramento State Chapter President, Mariah by Gloria Yost

 

Mark your calendars for Wednesday afternoon, September 23, on the CSUS campus

Network with the Sac State AAUW members and friends and share your rich career experiences

The young women of the Sacramento State AAUW Chapter invite us to participate in a networking mixer on the CSUS campus on September 23rd in the late afternoon.  They are particularly interested in learning about our career experiences and would like us to share our words of wisdom.

Mariah Patterson, Incoming Sac State AAUW President

Mariah Patterson, Incoming Sac State AAUW President

The mixer will be held right after a presentation in the University Union Hinde Auditorium entitled, F-WORD Discussion:  What is Feminism?  

That event will be held 2:30 – 4 pm.

Watch for further details.

Please contact Gloria Yost, (916)961-3306, or gloriayost@aol.com to let her know that you can participate and/or to get answers to any questions you may have.  We will want to organize some carpools for easier parking on campus.