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The Manhattan branch of the American Association of University Women held their May meeting in the Community Room at Meadowlark Hills.  President Nancy Bolsen called the meeting to order following dinner.  She thanked Helen Janes for making the meal arrangements.

President Bolsen noted AAUW National contributes $4.3 million dollars yearly to support women in their educational and professional development and added she takes pride also in the financial assistance provided by the local branch.  The Manhattan AAUW offers three $1000 scholarships each year to help non-traditional women students at K-State complete their education.  Thanks to a donor gift the branch is able to offer four such scholarships this year.

Tresa Landis reported on events at the AAUW State meeting held April 13 in Salina.  Speakers included a director-at-large from the national organization and Dean Verna Fitzsimmons who heads the KSU Salina campus.  Tresa noted every member of AAUW is given the opportunity to vote in the national organization’s elections and urged members to do so online.  Manhattan was one of two branches receiving Star Branch Awards.

Manhattan also felt honored when the current branch president, Nancy Bolsen, was elected to the position of president-elect of AAUW Kansas.  The local branch has agreed to host the State meeting next year in Manhattan.

The following incoming officers were installed:  President-Elect, Barbara Gatewood; 2nd Vice President of Membership, Kathy Borck; Treasurer, Claudia Jones; and Director-at-Large, Patricia Floros.  The positions of president, vice-president of programs, secretary and one additional director-at-large continue serving into the coming year.

Jan Freeby announced the branch legacy awards.  Vadaline Strohm will join a distinguished list of Named Gift Honorees as the branch makes a contribution to the national organization for national and international fellowships in her honor.  The second award, to the year’s Outstanding Branch Member, was made to Barbara Gatewood for her outstanding efforts in membership development.

A new award, the President’s Award, was given by the president to a member who has been an active, engaged leader and organizer who has played a vital and significant role in the branch’s overall success.  President Bolsen presented the award and gift to Tresa Landis.

May birthday members were congratulated; Marylois Smith, Barbara Wilson and, especially, Glenna Burckel, who was celebrating hers that day.

The meeting adjourned following the closing of a silent auction, organized by Jan Freeby with Karen Tinkler, and held to raise dollars for the scholarship fund and other branch activities.

Persons interested in learning more about AAUW in Manhattan may go to manhattan-ks.aauw.net, email manhattanksaauw @gmail.com, or contact Kathy Borck at 776-6297.

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The Manhattan branch of the American Association of University Women met Monday, April 8, at the First Congregational Church.  The meeting was called to order by the president, Nancy Bolsen.  She thanked the women of the Church for their gracious help with meals and meeting space throughout the year and presented them with a check for $50.

Scholarship chair, Claudia Jones, introduced two of the three branch $1000 scholarship winners for the year.  Tonya Hodson is a student at K-State’s Salina campus.  She will graduate this year as a pilot of manned and unmanned aircraft.  Angel Alvarado is studying Construction Science and Spanish and hopes to obtain her degree in two years.  A third winner will attend the May meeting.

Program vice president, Tresa Landis, introduced Dr. Noel Schulz.  Dr. Schulz is the Paslay Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at K-State.  She serves also as Associate Dean for Research and Director of the Engineering Experiment Station; Director of the University’s Electrical Power Affiliates Program, and President (2012-2013) of IEEE Power Affiliates Program (an international technical society with more than 27,000 members worldwide).  The wife of K-State’s President Kirk Schulz, she is K-State’s First Lady.

In addressing the topic, “Balancing Professional and Personal Activities as a Woman Engineer,” Dr. Schulz spoke of the importance of balance in your life as a parent, a professional and a spouse.  If you are to succeed you also must be willing to turn over some responsibilities to others.  For instance, she is content to have the professional team available at KSU be the organizers and planners of events held at the President’s home and is glad to simply show up and enjoy the result.

She spoke of the importance of planning, to schedule professional and personal appointments on the same calendar.  Schedule planning time with your spouse and balance your schedule to include family time and together time.  It is also important to have an informal support system of friends through networking, organizations and extended family.  She is a strong supporter of women helping women and has initiated efforts at K-State to build and encourage that support.

Barbara Gatewood, membership vice president, noted updates to the branch website and the change in AAUW’s logo.   In her two year report on membership she said from 44 members in 2011 the branch has grown to 50 members currently with another 10 memberships in process.

She handed out PayDay candy bars with outer wrappings observing Equal Pay Day on April 9, to create awareness of the gap between men’s and women’s salaries.

New officers were voted on and elected.  President Elect, Barbara Gatewood; Membership Vice President, Kathy Borck; Treasurer, Claudia Jones; and Director at Large, Patricia Floros.

The next meeting will be held May 13 at Meadowlark Hills Retirement Center.  It will be a time of honors, awards, installation of officers and a Silent Auction.

Membership in AAUW is open to anyone holding an associate or equivalent (RN), baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally accredited college or university.  Student affiliation is open to anyone who does not already hold an undergraduate degree and is enrolled in a two or four year regionally accredited educational institution.  Students enrolled at K-State may receive a free e-Student affiliation.  For more information, go to http//manhattan-ks-aauw.net, email manhattanksaauw@gmail.com or contact Barbara Gatewood at 530-8804.

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The Manhattan branch of the American Association of University Women met Monday, March 11, at the Congregational Church.  Following dinner President Nancy Bolsen called the meeting to order.

Program Vice President Tresa Landis introduced Dr. Laurie Curtis, Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at K-State’s College of Education.  In July 2012 Curtis co-led a Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad to Ethiopia with Jacqueline Spears, director of K-State’s Center for Science and Education.  Curtis received the Outstanding Local Adviser award from the Kansas National Education Association in 2010 and 2011.  In 2012 she was recognized with the Commerce Bank Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award.  She spoke about the intersection of science and the arts:  music, literacy and the brain.

Dr. Curtis told of advancements in science that inform us about the brain and help us understand the effect music can have on the brain.  Singing enhances literacy.  People recall songs they repeatedly sang as children throughout their lifetimes, for repetition assists learning.   Staying hydrated is important to our brains for they process up to eight gallons of blood per hour.  Learning is encoded while we sleep.  Test scores increase when students engage in exercises, such as running.  Our brains develop 80% of their capacity after birth.

Music can change our state of mind by stimulating us or calming us down.  When the center of emotion in the brain, the amygdala, floods us with emotion, it becomes difficult to focus.  Actual differences have been observed in how trained musicians process music in their brains from those of non-musicians.

Membership VP Barbara Gatewood spoke of recent updates to the branch website.  She encouraged members to check out Time Magazine’s feature on Sheryl Sandberg, author of the book “Lean In”.  Sandberg is COO of Facebook.

Nancy Bolsen presented the recommendations of the Nominating Committee:  Barbara Gatewood, President-Elect; Kathy Borck, Membership VP; Claudia Jones, Treasurer; and Patricia Floros, Director.  Votes will be taken at the April meeting.  All other current officers remain serving through the next year.

The next meeting will be held on April 8 at the Congregational Church.  Dr. Noel Schulz, KSU’s First lady, Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and Director of the K-State Engineering Experiment Station will talk about “Balancing Professional and Personal Activities as a Woman Engineer”.

Membership in AAUW is open to anyone holding an associate or equivalent (RN), baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally accredited college or university.  Student affiliation is open to anyone who does not already hold an undergraduate degree and is enrolled in a two or four year regionally accredited educational institution.  Students enrolled at K-State may receive a free e-Student affiliation.  For more information, go to http//manhattan-ks.aauw.net, email manhattanksaauw@gmail.com or contact Barbara Gatewood at 539-8804.

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The Manhattan Branch of the American Association of University Women met February 11 at the First Congregational Church.  President Nancy Bolsen called the meeting to order noting this is the 92nd year since the Branch was formed.  Programs this year have focused on education and jobs related to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), an emphasis encouraged by AAUW National which gives $4.3 million each year of support to women in educational and professional development.

Program Vice President Tresa Landis introduced Dr. Debi Rogers who is the Director of Cereal Chemistry at the American Institute of Baking International (AIB) and an adjunct professor in the KSU Department of Grain Science and Industry.  Rogers grew up in the Midwest and earned her degrees at K-State.  She recently ended her term as President of the American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC) International which has approximately 2500 members in 72 countries with involvement in Industry, academia and government.  She currently chairs that board.

AIB students come from many different countries with many different cultures.  Most are in their 30’s. Studies focus on large scale baking that emphasizes the science in determining different types of elements in items like flour, sugars, fats and enzymes.  Classes can range from short three to four day courses to 17 week courses.  According to Rogers most companies around the world that utilize grains in their product have someone with Kansas State University or AIB training on their staff.

President Bolsen noted AAUW is an active group.  Members  currently are working, in cooperation with K-State, on a $tart $mart Workshop and a Training of Trainers  which will take place in late September or early October 2013.  The workshop, sponsored by the WAGE Project and AAUW, will help 40 K-State University students learn to negotiate for salary and benefits.  Another ten to twenty people will participate in the training of trainers to prepare them to teach the workshop on campus.

Kathy Borck encouraged members to check out changes on the branch website involving interest groups and scholarships.  April is the deadline for students to apply for Branch scholarships.  She also reminded members that a collection for the Manhattan Breadbasket will be taken in April.

Mavis Fletcher distributed a list of addresses of members of Congress and Kansas legislators representing the Manhattan area.   Joan Strickler encouraged members to attend the League of Women Voters candidate forums on Sunday, March 10, from 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm at the Fire Station on Denison and Kimball.

Tresa Landis announced the next meeting will be held Monday, March 11, at the First Congregational Church.  Laurie Curtis, Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at KSU, will discuss “The Intersection of Science and the Arts:  Music, Literacy and the Brain.”

Membership in AAUW is open to anyone holding an associate or equivalent (RN), baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally accredited college or university.  Student affiliation is open to anyone who does not already hold an undergraduate degree and is enrolled in a two or four year regionally accredited educational institution.  Students enrolled at K-State may receive a free e-Student affiliation.  For more information, go to http//manhattan-ks.aauw.net, email manhattanksaauw@gmail.com or contact Barbara Gatewood at 539-8804.

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The Manhattan Branch of the American Association of University Women met January 14 in the Cottonwood Room at the K-State Student Union. President Nancy Bolsen expressed appreciation to the Women of K-State for providing coffee and dessert.

Tresa Landis introduced the speaker, Angie Miller.  Ms. Miller has been an educator for 15 years and currently teaches seventh grade mathematics at Eisenhower Middle School.  She has received numerous recognitions and awards as a teacher and recently was honored in Washington, D.C. as a recipient of the 2012 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

She said she appreciated the opportunity to interact and exchange ideas with the other teachers being honored.  According to Miller, the teaching emphasis today is on building a Common Core Initiative, a nationwide effort to assure that all children receive the same standard of education throughout the country.  In the past, standards have largely been left to be developed by each state.

Nancy noted AAUW has a history of advancing educational, professional and economic opportunities for women and girls and is placing an emphasis on education related to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

The local branch, in cooperation with KSU, will bring a $tart $mart Workshop to the campus next October.  The workshop is intended to prepare women to negotiate successfully for salaries and benefits.

Torry Dickinson reported on assistance the branch has provided to Zeta Phi Beta, a service sorority at KSU, in submitting a proposal to AAUW National for a Community Action Grant.  The Zetas are requesting $6,700 to support their efforts in leading a Girl Scouts Beyond Bars Troop.  The Troop is composed of girls dealing with the painful issues of having a mother in or currently released from prison.  The grant would be used to expand the scope of educational and other enriching experiences that can be offered the Scouts utilizing resources at K-State, the branch and the community.

Barbara Gatewood reported half priced dues are now available to members recruited after January 1 for a half year membership.   Vina Paul, Patricia Flores, Meaghan Morton and Barbara Amoah were welcomed as new members.

Tresa Landis announced the next meeting will be held at the First Congregational Church on Monday, February 11.  Debi Rogers, Director of Cereal Chemistry with the American institute of Baking, will talk about, “The Fun Side of Science”.

Membership in AAUW is open to anyone holding an associate or equivalent (RN), baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally accredited college or university.  Student affiliation is open to anyone who does not already hold an undergraduate degree and is enrolled in a two or four year regionally accredited educational institution.  Students enrolled at K-State may receive a free e-Student affiliation.  For more information, go to http//manhattan-ks.aauw.net, email manhattanksauw@gmail.com or contact Barbara Gatewood at 539-8804.

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The Manhattan branch of the American Association of University Women held their December 10 meeting at Meadowlark Hills Retirement Village. Members enjoyed hearing Mystical, a registered Sweet Adeline quartet composed of tenor, Jessica Fritz, Wamego; lead, Deanna Barleen, Clay Center; baritone, Shannon Fritz, Wamego; and bass, Cathy “Dawes” Scroggs.  Mystical’s beautifully performed Christmas music was accompanied with a touch of humor.

President Nancy Bolsen called the meeting to order and reported the KSU-AAUW Partnership Committee composed of members Gayle Spencer, Tresa Landis, and Nancy met with Kerri Keller, KSU’s Director of Career and Employment Services on November 27.  They discussed $tart $mart: teaching women to negotiate for salary and benefits program.  Plans were made to hold the event at K-State in October, 2013.

The Archives Committee is continuing the process of identifying all AAUW materials at the Riley County Historical Museum.  At least four more boxes need to be reviewed and an in-depth appraisal made of the materials.

On November 15 the branch co-hosted, with the K-State Office for the Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering (KAWSE), a national AAUW webcast of Graduating to a Pay Gap watch party.  This is the branch’s first on campus collaborative event.

Membership chair Barbara Gatewood said the branch website now has the most current news articles, board and branch minutes and newsletters.  She thanked Tresa Landis for her excellent help with the website.

Dede Brokesh encouraged members to contribute to the national association’s Education Foundation.  She described five scholarships offered through that foundation.  Treasurer Claudia Jones announced the Manhattan branch will be able to offer three $1000 scholarships this year to non-traditional women students attending K-State.

President Bolsen reported that she, Torry Dickinson and Joan Strickler met with Jesse Jasso, president of the local chapter of Zeta Phi Beta last week.  The Zeta national sorority was initiated at Howard University around 1920 to support the development of strong women who engage in community service.  The K-State chapter is now leading a Girl Scouts Beyond Bars troop composed of girls with a parent currently in or recently released from prison.  While Girl Scouts Beyond Bars is a national program, the K-State Zetas program is the only one in the nation run by university student volunteers.  They want to apply for an AAUW Community Action Grant to provide funds to be able to expand the scope of educational and other enriching experiences they can offer the Scouts and are requesting the local branch provide a letter of support with their grant application.  Joan Strickler made a motion to agree to the request, Rosalie Thompson seconded the motion.  The motion passed.

The president congratulated Mary O’Laughlin and Claudia Jones on their December birthdays.  She expressed her deep appreciation to all members for the work they have done in guiding, mentoring, sharing, participating, and keeping the Manhattan Branch AAUW alive and well in 2012.  She added, “Just think what 2013 will bring!”

The next meeting will be held on January 14 in the Cottonwood Room of K-State’s Student Union.  Members and guests will hear from Angie Miller, 7th grade math teacher at Eisenhower Middle School who received the 2012 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.  The Women of K-State have been invited to attend and have generously offered to provide coffee and dessert at the meeting.

Membership in AAUW is open to anyone holding an associate or equivalent (RN), baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally accredited educational institution.  Student affiliation is open to anyone who does not already hold an undergraduate degree and is enrolled in a two or four year regionally accredited educational institution.  Students enrolled at K-State may receive a free e-Student affiliation.  “For more information, go to http//manhattan-ks.aauw.net, email manhattanksaauw@gmail.com or contact Barbara Gatewood at 539-8804.

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The Manhattan Branch of the American Association of University Women met November 12 at the First Congregational Church.  President Nancy Bolsen called the meeting to order and asked program chair Tresa Landis to introduce the speaker.

Tresa said it was her pleasure to introduce Jean Lee, who has been a member of the League of Women voters for nearly 25 years.  She welcomed Jean also as a new member of AAUW.  Jean has bachelor and master’s level degrees from Iowa State University in Home Economics Education and a master’s degree in dietetics, restaurant and institutional management from KSU.  She taught home economics for five years and worked as a dietitian and Food Service Manager at U.C. Berkeley for 17 years.  She also offered a cooking school in Manhattan for ten years known as The Cook’s Workshop.

Jean said her membership in the League of Women Voters goes back into the late 1960’s.  She has worked mostly on issues of clean air and water for Kansas and the United States.  Presently she and Enell Foerster are co-presidents of the local League.  The League is dedicated to promoting informed and active citizen participation in government and to promoting government that is open and responsive to citizens.  League members study issues, reach consensus and speak to the issues on a non-partisan basis.

She noted Kansas became the seventh state to give women the right to vote—eight years before ratification of the 10^th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women nationwide that right.

In looking at the recent election in Riley County she said the final election results would not be available until the official canvas is published on November 15.  However we do know the voter turnout was 59.31%.  In comparison, Riley County had a voter turnout of 73.49% in 2008.  Some reasons given for the lower turnout might relate to uncontested races, the feeling that your vote doesn’t count in Kansas, and fewer polarizing issues. Whether or not the new ID requirements had an affect remains unknown since there were no exit polls taken in Riley County.  The number of provisional ballots cast will be known on November 15.  That number in Kansas has not been published but she read that Wichita had 6,400 provisional ballots cast.

Nancy Bolsen said on Tuesday, November 6, the KSU-AAUW Partnership Committee met with representatives of the K-State Office for the Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering (KAWSE).  As a result of that meeting on November 15 the branch will cohost with KAWSE the AAUW webcast, Graduating to a Pay Gap.   The webcast will appear in Paslay Auditorium at Rathbone Hall 1073 from 2:30 to 4:30 that afternoon.  The AAUW presentation highlights the results of the just completed report on the gender pay gap.

Plans are being made to host an outreach to K-State next fall with AAUW’s $tart $mart:  Teaching Women to Negotiate for Salary and Benefits program.  An email blast has been sent to KSU faculty, department heads, staff and Women of K-State informing them about AAUW’s fellowships and grants  as well as deadlines for submissions.

Barbara Gatewood called attention to major revisions on the Manhattan branch website and thanked members who have been active in recruiting new members.

Tresa Landis announced the next meeting will be held on December 10 at Meadowlark in the Manhattan Room.  The Harmonious Synergy Quartet will perform holiday music in four-part harmony.  The women’s award winning group is from Wamego.

Membership in AAUW is open to anyone holding an associate or equivalent (RN), baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally accredited college or university.  Student Affiliation is open to anyone who does not already hold an undergraduate degree and is enrolled in a two or four year regionally accredited educational institution.  Students enrolled at K-State may receive a free e-Student affiliation.  For more information, go to http//manhattan-ks.aauw.net, email manhattanksaauw@gmail.com or contact Barbara Gatewood at 539-8804.

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The October meeting of the Manhattan branch of the American Association of University Women was held at the First Congregational Church.  President Nancy Bolsen called the meeting to order noting the Manhattan AAUW branch had been active for 92 years.  She asked Claudia Jones to introduce the speaker.

Claudia introduced Jackie Hartman, director of community relations and assistant to the K-State president.  Hartman earned her undergraduate and master’s degrees from Kansas State University before pursuing her Ph.D. at Colorado State.  Before returning to KSU Hartman was an associate professor of management at Colorado State.  While there she received numerous awards and recognitions including College of Business Professor of the Year and she was cited as “Most Influential Professor” by graduating seniors four years in a row.  Hartman is the daughter of Pat, and now deceased Jack Hartman, former head basketball coach at KSU.

She said a first major assignment she was given upon arriving at K-State was the responsibility to head up the planning process for the University’s Sesquicentennial Celebration in 2013.  She distributed booklets describing activities planned during the nine month celebration which begins with a February 14 kickoff event in Ahearn Fieldhouse and closes with events at Homecoming 2013.

The steering committee she is working with has over 90 members and 13 subcommittees including faculty, staff, students, community members, alumni donors and friends.  Among activities and events planned is a “Wildcat March Exhibition”.  Kansas artists will paint, decorate, and/or adorn fiberglass Wildcat statues.  They will be exhibited around Manhattan during the nine months of activities.  Call Hall will produce a unique “150” flavor of ice cream, a “Cabinet of Wonders” exhibit will open February 2013 at the Beach Museum of Art, and the Kansas Wheat Commission will announce creation of a new wheat variety named “1863”.

Nancy reported that a presentation on AAUW she and Tresa Landis made at a meeting of the Women of K-State was well received and the group is requesting additional presentations about what AAUW has to offer.  Nancy and Joan Strickler reviewed some of the information about the branch which is archived in the Riley County Historical Museum and plan to continue their research into AAUW’s past.

Membership chair Barbara Gatewood distributed new membership and scholarship brochures.  The branch recruited four new members during this new fiscal year.  Undergraduate K-State students may obtain free membership to AAUW while graduate students are charged $18.81 in national dues.  The branch voted to waive local branch dues for graduate students during the current membership recruiting year.

Linda Duke, director of the Beach Museum of Art, encouraged members to attend special events planned in November in conjunction with the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design and featuring the work of Charles and Ray Eames, famed mid-20^th century designers.

Nancy noted, with sadness, the death of long-time-member Maryellen Stewart.  The November meeting will feature Jean Lee, president of the Manhattan League of Women Voters, presenting her observations of any possible effects the new voting requirements may have had on the election.

Membership in AAUW is open to anyone holding an associate or equivalent (RN), baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally accredited college or university.  Student Affiliation is open to anyone who does not already hold an undergraduate degree and is enrolled in a two or four year regionally accredited educational institution.  Students enrolled at K-State may receive a free e-Student affiliation.  For more information, go to http//manhattan-ks.aauw.net, email manhattanksaauw@gmail.com or contact Barbara Gatewood at 539-8804.

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The September meeting of the Manhattan Branch of the American Association of University Women was held at the Flint Hills Discovery Center.  President Nancy Bolsen called the meeting to order at approximately 6:00 p.m. following a dinner catered by Hy-Vee.  She announced the meeting would be a brief one following the program to allow everyone time to explore the Center.

Program chair, Tresa Landis, introduced the speaker, Melissa Kirkwood, Development director of the Flint Hills Discovery Center (FHDC), as well as a member of AAUW.  Kirkwood holds a degree in communications/public relations from Ft. Hays State University.  Prior to her role at the FHDC, she spent 15 years working with grant management and writing, marketing and public relations.  Immediately before joining the Center staff a little over a year ago, Kirkwood was director of the Children’s Miracle network for the Via Christi Foundation serving 54 Kansas counties.

Kirkwood said she attended an open house on the Konza Prairie about a week after coming to town and that was a great way to begin her work.  The purpose of the FHDC is to inspire visitors to celebrate, explore and care for the Flint Hills.  In an effort to accomplish this the Center has emphasized a partner-to-partner relationship with many local, regional and national leaders in reaching out to all segments of the community and State.  An estimated 109 groups have participated in the planning and creating of the Center and more than 100 persons volunteer their time to work there.

Members were encouraged to explore the exhibits including the immersion theater and the new temporary exhibit, Forces, “The Shaping of Manhattan, Fort Riley and Kansas State University 1853-1917.”

Membership chair Barbara Gatewood explained pictures taken by the photographer during their time at the Center are to be added to the Manhattan AAUW website.  She displayed new brochures and membership information materials available for distribution to interested persons.

The next meeting will be held at the First Congregational Church with the program featuring Jackie Hartman, Chief of Staff and Director of Community Relations, Kansas State University.  She will tell of plans for K-State to celebrate its 150^th anniversary in 2013.

Membership in AAUW is open to anyone holding an associate or equivalent (RN), baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally accredited college or university.  Student Affiliation is open to anyone who does not already hold an undergraduate degree and is enrolled in a two or four year regionally accredited educational institution.  Students enrolled at K-State may receive a free e-Student affiliation.  For more information, go to http//manhattan-ks.aauw.net, email manhattanksaauw@gmail.com or contact Barbara Gatewood at 539-8804.