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Tech Trek - A Week to Remember!
Reitha Weeks August 14, 2025
Dissecting squid, learning about gravity and making a hydrometer, designing and building a balloon powered car, planning a family budget…plus some free time with soccer or volleyball, puzzles or cards…All in a day’s activities at Tech Trek! Tech Trek is a one-week, residential science camp for rising 8th grade girls and students who identify as female. The annual camp is organized by Washington state AAUW and was held at Pacific Lutheran… Read More »
AAUW Seattle Steps up to Support Graduate Student Research at UW
June 15, 2025
In June 2025, the Seattle Branch of AAUW provided $10,000 to help fund women graduate students’ research on projects of the University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS). This is a collaborative project involving Dr. Elena Austin, Department Chair of DEOHS and AAUW member, who will mentor the students. The students receiving this support will provide Seattle Branch the results of the research in the form of… Read More »
High School STEM Scholar Recognition with Alyssa Lind
Seattle Branch AAUW April 26, 2025
Our April High School STEM Scholar Recognition event was a wonderful success. We honored 28 students from 10 Seattle area schools including Making Connections at the University of Washington. The recognition is for their expertise in math, science and technology. Many invited their parents and other family members to attend this celebration. It’s always moving to see these young women in person. (More pictures at the bottom of the page) We’ve been… Read More »
Proposed Seattle Branch Bylaws Changes
April 16, 2025
At our Annual Meeting, branch membership will be voting on proposed changes to our bylaws. Our bylaws remain in compliance with mandated National articles I - VII, however, there are two changes are being proposed for our branch unique articles. The changes and their rationale are summarized below. Page number references are to AAUW_Seattle_Branch_Bylaws_PROPOSED_May-2025.pdf, where you can see the ‘track changes’ to the current bylaws, along with comments on the changes. ARTICLE… Read More »
2025 Lobbying Season Activities
Gay Armsden January 19, 2025
Right after Lobby Day is a great time to get in touch with your legislators: The 2025 session is still young, and you’ll be motivated by the informative Lobby Day speakers or perhaps by what you’ve read in the news or social media. If you want to know which bills AAUW-WA is supporting, subscribe to the free weekly report, This Week in Olympia, from our lobbyist. Did you know that our… Read More »