AAUW $tart $mart at UNCG’s Bryan School of Business and Economics – Thirty-six young women students were enthusiastic about learning how to start early to gain pay equity. Hands shot up to contribute to the discussion about budgeting, researching a potential job opportunity, and debriefing after role playing an interview for a career position.

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AAUW’s mission is to “advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research.” One way AAUW Greensboro Branch implements the mission locally is through partnerships with area Colleges and Universities (C/Us). Presently, our C/U Partners include Bennett College, Guilford College, High Point University NC A&T State University and UNCG.  The Branch assists C/U Partners with implementing these AAUW programs on C/U Partner campuses:

• $tart $mart: A two hour interactive workshop designed for women students to discover the importance of doing research before each job interview and negotiating for their initial salary and benefits. Students evaluate role playing interviews as very helpful.
• Tech Savvy:   An exciting day-long STEM+MUSIC and MEDICINE Workshop with sessions for girls in grades 6-9. Hands on activities are led by women in those fields. The day also includes sessions for parents.
• Elect Her – Campus Women Win: A three hour interactive workshop designed to encourage and educate college women about how to run for student government and future political office.

• Scholarships to NCCWSL: AAUW Greensboro offers two $700 scholarships to the highly rated National Conference of College Women Student Leaders held annually at the end of May. Women on C/U Partner campuses are invited to apply. The recipients agree to implement a leadership activity on their respective campuses. The Branch is working toward increasing the number of scholarships

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UNCG students Jessica Twitchell and  Shaylon Duncan along with High Point University student Emalie Ashe reported on their 2015 NCCWSL experiences at the September 8 meeting of the Greensboro Branch. Each took away powerful insights into themselves and women’s issues, and each has a plan for making a difference on their campuses. They were introduced by C/U Committee Chair Sue Mengert, below.

Donna Murphy, moderator, and Murphie Chappell, UNCG Title IX coordinator, gave a compelling a view of the importance of Title IX on college campuses, especially with respect to sexual harassment and rape tracking and prevention. We learned that most campuses are behind both in processing cases and in education for prevention.

Attendance was high for this first meeting of the year.

Sue Mengert greets Mayor Nancy Vaughan at Women’s Equality Breakfast in Greensboro