The American Association of University Women

The TORCH

April, 2019 AAUW Vol. 56, No.7, 2019

Editor, Peggy Cihi

MEETING

Date: Saturday, April 20, 2019

Gathering: 11:30 A.M.

Location: The Landings Yacht, Golf &

Tennis Club, 5200 South Landings Dr.

Luncheon Menu: Choice 1:

Pear Delight Salad A salad with chopped greens and Raspberry Vinaigrette. Choice 2:

Turkey, Asparagus, and Parmesan Crepes Meat and vegetable rolled in a thin crepe with

sauce.

Dessert: Chef’s Choice or Fruit Cup Beverages are available.

Wait staff will accept charge cards.

For reservations contact Pat Crowe; she will

acknowledge your reservation by a return e-mail. If

you do not receive a note from her, please contact

her again. Contact Pat at

pwc@world.std.com

or at (239) 674-9681.

Please title your e-mail AAUW Reservations, and

contact her for reservations no later than Monday,

April 15. Cancellations must be made no later

than Tuesday, April 16, using the same method;

otherwise payment is expected. Price of the

luncheon is $21.00; checks are preferred; cash is

accepted; no credit cards are accepted.

(Please note the increase in cost of the luncheon

over that of last year.)

(Mark your calendar for our meetings the third

Saturday of each month, except December,

which is always the Fashion Show.)

Speaker for March Girls and Women in STEM

Laura Frost is director of the Whitaker

Center for STEM Education at Florida Gulf

Coast University. She received her B.S. in

Chemistry from Kutztown University of

Pennsylvania and Ph.D. in Chemistry with a

biophysical focus, from the University of

Pennsylvania. She has been a faculty member in

higher education for almost 25 years. As the

Whitaker Center director she has initiated and

developed many STEM

programs for FGCU

faculty, FGCU students,

and SW Florida’s K-12

students and teachers. She

is very passionate about

mentoring girls and

women in STEM and

through the Whitaker

Center provides several

programming opportunities. One of the most

popular is Girls in Engineering, Math and

Science (GEMS). GEMS is a Saturday morning

program for middle-school girls to share their

passion for science, engineering, and

mathematics with our FGCU female STEM

majors who assist them with hands-on STEM

activities. The activities are developed and

delivered by FGCU students or faculty in

consultation with the Whitaker Center. Since

2013 over 1200 middle school girls have

participated in this program. Over 90% of the

girls tell us that they are more excited about

science after attending a GEMS event, so we

think we are on the right track! At the luncheon

Dr. Frost will share recent research about when

girls leave STEM behind and what we can do to

encourage girls and women who like STEM to

pursue those careers. More information about

Whitaker Center programming can be found at

www.fgcu.edu/WhitakerCenter

Scholarship We received a lovely thank-you note from Sierra

Edelstein. We include the

note here:

“Dear Janet and Kathy (and

AAUW members),

I am writing to express

my heartfelt appreciation

for winning the AAUW-

Marie Glasgow prize for my

science fair project. I am

extremely honored to be the recipient of this very

special award. Marie Glasgow was an incredible

woman and I am grateful to be awarded with

this scholarship prize in her name. Marie’s

achievements in education are an inspiration to

me.

Like Marie, I am committed to education

and would like to obtain a PhD. My career

ambition is to earn my degree in Physics and

teach and conduct research at a University. I

greatly appreciate the financial award of $500 as

it will help with my college education.

I enjoyed learning about AAUW and

meeting the members at the luncheon meeting.

The STEM prize and the AAUW was

encouraged me to work hard and achieve my

goals!

Again, thank you so much for your

generosity.

Sincerely,

Sierra Edelstein

President’s Message

Spring has arrived and our membership

renewal has started. We will have a drawing in

May for a free lunch for next year. To get your

name in for the drawing, you must renew your

membership by May 1st, so remember to get a

renewal form filled out and a check for $80

(regular membership) turned in to Judith Sims or

Carolyn Nance.

We are starting to organize for the Fashion

Show. It will be held on December 7th, 2019 at

The Marina at Edison Ford on W. First St. If you

are interested in helping with the pre-event

planning, please email me at

kathyj1972@hotmail.com. I will be arranging a

planning meeting at The Landings before the

April luncheon.

New officers will be sworn in at the May

luncheon. We are looking for a President-Elect,

Secretary, and Program Director. Phyllis Wayco

will be speaking at the next luncheon about the

Program Director’s position. She says it’s the

easiest job on the board. If you are interested in

getting involved, and please do contact Tina

Hoegler or Marilyn Myli.

Looking forward to seeing you at the April

luncheon. Make reservations asap in order to help

The Landing’s staff with planning our event.

Kathy Jones

Kathy Jones, President

AAUW Officers Elected Officers – Executive Branch

President --Kathy Jones

Vice President Elect--Clementina Hoegler

VP Programs--Phyllis Wayco

VP’s Membership--Lynn Felice, Lois Benedetto

Co-Chair Secretary—

Elizabeth Foster, Cathy Chapman

Co-Chair Treasurer--Judith Sims, Carolyn Nance

Appointed Officers – Board Members

Public Policy --Marilynn Edwards

Co-Chair Scholarship--Janet George, Bonnie Ryan

Communications--Carol Fuechsel

Ways and Means--Peggy Cihi

Standing Committees

Website--TBA

Torch Editor--Peggy Cihi; Circulation---Marilyn

Workman (mail), Kathy Jones (email)

Historian---Suzan Harden

Records Retention--Executive Board

Science Fair--Catherine Tucker

Fashion Show Chair--TBA

Adopt A Precinct--Carolyn Nance, Judith Sims

Ancillary Positions

AAUW Name Tags--Reservations--Patricia Crowe

Greeters--Marilyn Myli, Jean Kohart, Betty Bechtel

Sunshine --Ann Compton

AAUW Activities for You Bridge Groups

Donna Randolph, Coordinator

(239) 693-2556

A. Meets 2nd Monday, 12:00 noon

B. Meets 3rd Monday, 12:30 p.m.

Book Groups

Contact Janice McPeak, Coordinator (630) 464-

4190 if interested in a book group.

I. Meets 2nd Tuesday, 1:00 p.m.

II. Meets 2nd Wednesday 1:00 p.m.

III. Meets 3rd Wednesday 2:00 p.m.

IV. Meets 3rd Thursday at 11:00 a.m.

Hand-and-Foot Group

Nancy Kuyoth, Coordinator, (239) 471-7806

1st and 4th Mondays at 1:00

Mahjongg

Jean Schoenthaler, Coordinator, (239) 277-5174

Meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 1:00 p.m.

Name Tags Are you interested in ordering or replacing a

name tag? Please contact one of the membership

chairs. Cost: $9.25. Make your check payable to

Fort Myers AAUW and mail it to Carolyn Nance,

6021 Silver King Blvd. #104, Cape Coral, FL

33941 (239-257-1727). Or e-mail her at:

cnance5240@gmail.com Be sure to include your

complete name. Please print your name in capital

letters, as you want it to appear on your name tag.

Grace Hopper

Woman Of

Interest

American computer

scientist & United States Navy

rear admiral

Computer Science for all stands on the

shoulders of pioneers such as Grace Brewster

Murray Hopper. She was an American computer

scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. One

of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I

computer, she was a pioneer of computer

programming. This led to the COBOL language,

which was inspired by her idea of a language being

based on English words.

Source: wikipedia.org

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