At the first meeting of the 2015/16 year, AAUW members brought items for the STEM store which is located at Westside elementary school. The store was created in an effort to provide rewards for students who do well in the science, technology, engineering and math courses at their school.
Pictured with some of the items are the co-chairs Wilhemenia Sibley and Brenda Craw.
Gul Celkan, Program Chair for the Houston-Peach County AAUW Branch, presents Dr. Blake, the president of Middle Georgia State University, with a thank you gift for speaking with the group September 8.
Dr. Blake, the first permanent president of Middle Georgia State University, will be joining us Tuesday, September 8 to provide us with an update on Georgia’s newest public University. We meet at Trinity United Methodist Church, Room 104, 129 S. Houston Road, Warner Robins, GA. Networking and refreshments are at 6:30 with the program beginning at 7:00 pm. The public is encouraged to come listen to and visit with Dr. Blake and please bring a friend!! For further information call 478-542-1642.
Like us on Facebook @ AAUW Houston-Peach and spread the word about our coming book sale October 22-24 at the Galleria Mall in Centerville/Warner Robins.
Have books you would like to donate….drop them in the BLUE book barrels at the Mall and around town, or email me at jwins1939@gmail.com with the word BOOKS in the subject line, and we will arrange for pick up. See you at the sale.
(AAUW is a non-profit organization, and the money from this sale will go to support our mission of equity for women.)
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Google Stephanie Kwolek, an American chemist at DuPont who invented Kevlar, and learn more about this incredible woman who recently passed away at 90!!
Officers for the coming year are left to right: Marlene Humphry, Carrie Smith, Jane Winston, Sharon Dawson, Margaret Matthews, Sharon Waugh and Gul Celkan. We are, collectively, looking forward to a great year with new projects, and we invite you to come join us.
Pictured here are Les Arent, our 2015 Volunteer of the Year recipient, and Eleanor Granum. The annual award is named for Eleanor, one of the founders of the local AAUW branch, and who…in her prime…was the volunteer extraordinaire! 
Marlene Humphry is chairing this fund-raising event. Below are Margaret Matthews, Chrissy Lutz and Sharon Dawson lending a helping hand gathering, sorting and pricing at our new storage area in the former Giant Foods grocery store in Byron, GA.
If you have books you would like to donate, please contact jwins1939@gmail.com with the word BOOKS in the subject line and thanks!!
STEM STORE to open fall 2015 at Westside Elementary School, and the faculty, staff and AAUW committee led by Brenda Craw and Wilhemenia Sibley could not be more excited! Teachers are making a list of what they feel should be available in the store, and AAUWers will soon be seeking donationed items as well as purchasing items. Students will earn points starting this fall in their STEM-related curriculum and will in turn use their points to purchase the STEM-appropriate items provided by the ladies of the Houston-Peach AAUW branch. Helping hands are welcome, as we move forward with this very exciting project to encourage 5th graders at Miller to do well in school!!
