2011-2012 Officers

President:
Anita K. Shew
Co-Program Vice President:
Chris Buchert
Co-Program VicePresident:
Katie McNeil
Co-Membership Vice President:
Rose Grau
Suzy Tadych
Recording Secretary:
Betty Jo Baker
Corresponding Secretary:
Robin Becker
Treasurer:
Becky Ward
AAUW Funds (EF & LAF):
Paula Lindon
Scholarships:
Debbie Worbis
Book Sale Co-Chair:
Libby Abele
Tina Newlin
Social Media:
Virginia Palmer
Newsletter:
Suzy Tadych
College/University Relations:
Tina Newlin
Diversity:
Melissa Worbis
Public Policy/Historian:
Tamara Kreigh
Co-Historian:
Pam Pearson
Kathy Wilson

Links of Interest

	AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN
	AAUW-OHIO
	JOY LUCK CLUB BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
	MIDDFEST INTERNATIONAL

Monday, April 9, 2012:  Middletown Public Library, 7 pm

• Speaker: Anita Carroll, Director, Middletown Public Library, “The Twenty-First Century Public Library”

Monday, May 7, 2012: Wildwood Country Club, 6 pm - Dinner

• Speaker: Greg Rasmussen, Superintendent, Middletown City Schools, "Connections to Learning-Celebrate Education"
• Introduction of Scholarship Winners and Installation of Officers
• 130th National AAUW Celebration

And see what we've enjoyed so far this year:

Monday, September 12, 2011: Verity Lodge, Miami University-Middletown, 6 pm - Potluck dinner

• Speaker: Tim DeHart, Middfest International, “A Glimpse of Peru”

Host Middfest Sponsors' Lounge, September 30-October 2, 2011

Saturday, October 8, 2011: Woodside Cemetery and Arboretum Meeting Room, 11:30am, - Luncheon

• Speaker: Karen Rainey, Public Policy Advocate, AAUW Ohio, “AAUW 2011”

Tuesday, November 8, 2011: Middletown Public Library, 7 pm

• Speaker: Lisa Kenyon, Professor, Wright State University, “Kids and Science: What is STEM and How is that Changing the Teaching of Science?”
• Special Guests: BeWISE Scholarship Winners

Holiday Bazaar, Saturday, November 12, 2011, 9am-3pm, Walton Ct.

Light Up Middletown - Volunteer Week TBA

Monday, December 12, 2011: First United Methodist Church or Middletown Public Library, 7 pm

• Program: Duane Gordon, Executive Director, Middletown Community Foundation; Sharon Williamson, Opera Singer, Maryellen Clinard, Organist, “In the Spirit of Giving”

December 16-22, 2011: Light Up Middletown - Volunteer Week

January 2012: Fireside Chats, Locations and times TBA

• Theme: The Future Will Belong to the Nature-Smart
• All branch read: Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder and/or The Nature Principle: Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
• Book Discussion: Thursday, January 19, 2012, 7pm, at Katie's

Monday, February 13, 2012: Location TBA, 7pm

• Speaker: Kelly Valen, Acute Care Health Practitioner “Women and Heart Disease”

Monday, March 12, 2012: Book sale site, Towne Mall, 5 pm - Annual Book Sale Dinner and Sorting

Book sale, March 15-18, 2012

Middletown Towne Mall

• Near Elder-Beerman
• I-75, exit 32, intersection of I-75 and Rt. 122

Books Individualy Priced

Thursday, March 15: $5 Preview Party, 6pm-9pm

Friday, March 16: 10am-9pm

Saturday, March 17: 10am-7pm

Sunday, March 18 $6 Bag Sale, 12noon-5pm

Middletown-AAUW's 2010-11 year was recognized with the following awards, presented at the AAUW-Ohio State Convention, April 9-10, in Akron

Starz Award with Honors - to receive this award, Middletown Branch

• Sent representatives to the 2010 AAUW Ohio Convention
• Sent representatives to the 2010 Leadership Conference
• Submitted our Branch Officer list to State in timely fashion
• Submitted Branch dues by August 1 deadline
• Contributed to LAF and EF
• Held a minimum of 5 Branch meetings
• Published newsletters and program books
• Kept our website updated
• Collaborated in community projects and promoted diversity in our programming