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Venice AAUW recently celebrated these young women who were awarded AAUW scholarships this year for continuing their college educations. Each student spoke about their academic journeys at the Scholarship Reception. Venice AAUW wishes them well!
L to R: Katarzyna Goralck, Gia Goldflam,
Paige Kinney, Natasha Kozel
L to R: Katarzyna Goralck, Taylor Wey, Associate Director of
Foundation Scholarships USF Foundation, Gia Goldflam
Venice AAUW Receives Proclamation in Celebration of Its 50th Year
On Tuesday, October 28, our President Joyce Mikulski accepted a proclamation from the Deputy Mayor of Venice in recognition of our 50th year as a branch in Venice. ๏ฟผ Joining her were three past presidents: Kathleen Pickering, Kathy Black, and Paula Dulski, as well as Vice President, Lynda Weston and Media Chair, Susan Hotzler. It was exciting to celebrate our 50 years of empowering women in the Venice community. During those years, we have awarded over $300,000 dollars in scholarships.
Students Receive Scholarships Through AAUW Venice
4 women have received the Non-Traditional Reentry Scholarship for women whose education has been interrupted, sponsored by Venice AAUW. In addition, the University of South Florida awarded 2 women in their STEM Program the Pat Weber Scholarship, also sponsored by Venice AAUW. Venice AAUW branch has also set up a scholarship at State College of Florida which will open in December.
HAPPY 50TH YEAR TO VENICE AAUW
Happy 50th to Venice AAUW! We had a fun celebration today with fellowship and cake. What could be better than that! Many thanks to our esteemed past president, Kathy Black, for giving us a history of our chapter, including memorabilia. Letโs make our upcoming 51th year the best ever.
Watch Kathy Black present our history – click below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nXQYJynwQcBrRGr1KVMglY-WBNFztTkA/view?usp=sharing
USF WOMEN IN BUSINESS CONFERENCE
Four of our members attended the USF Women in Business Conference last week at the beautiful USF Sarasota Bradenton campus. Thanks to Debbie Blackwell, Paula Dulski, Dottie Bingham, and Cindy Sproehnle for representing us so well. They also had the opportunity to meet our USF scholarship recipient Gia Goldflam. We are hoping to establish an AAUW chapter at USF.
NATIONAL AAUW ENDOWMENT FUNDS
There is over $140 million in the National AAUW Endowment Funds at our headquarters in Washington D. C.
Wow. The funds have been growing for over 138 years. It was initiated in 1888 to promote access to higher education for women. It currently funds post-graduate individuals here and abroad in fields related to STEM and gender oriented studies. There are Dissertation Fellowships, Research Publication Grants, and International Fellowships and Project Grants. Additionally, it finances Community Action grants to promote STEM programs for K-12 girls. Each year about $5 million is issued from these Funds.
Did the Venice Branch contribute to these National Endowment Funds? Yes! We created three funds between 2003 and 2014 that now encompass $190,000. These are maintained at National headquarters. The Venice branch also created the Local Reentry Scholarship Endowment in 2017 at Gulf Coast Community Foundation for Sarasota County women.
We know one of the recipients. This year a Post-Doctoral Research Leave Fellowship was awarded to Diana Aldrete Ph.D. at Trinity College in Hartford Ct. Diana will use her $50,000 stipend to write a book on the literature of gender violence in Mexico. The Venice branch president Joyce Mikulski knew her personally when they were both in the Spanish department at Goodwin University. Joyce describes Diana as a womenโs rights activist, a poet, an artist, and a writer. To learn more about Diana follow this link: https://www.trincoll.edu/news/aauw-fellowship-grant-will-support-trinity-professors-first-book-project/
In Diana’s Own Words:
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