Programs
AAUW F-M Branch
AAUW Community
College...It Can Work for You Workshop
When: September 30, 2009 9-11:30am
Where: Carl Ben Eilsen Middle School
1601 13th Ave. S.
Fargo, ND
Who: Women who want to go back to college or begin college for the first time.
Cost: FREE!
The workshop begins with a continental breakfast and continues with workshop sessions on financial aid and work/school/home balance. There will also be representatives present from TRiO, Motivation, Education and Training, Inc., Veterans Services, ND Vocational Rehabilitation, Minnesota Concentrated Employment Program, and North Dakota Job Services. Admissions Representatives from Rasmussen College, Concordia College, Minnesota State Community and Technical College, Minnesota State University Moorhead, North Dakota State University, and the University of Mary will also be available to answer questions.
Register online at https://communityed.moorhead.k12.mn.us or call 218/284-3400.
Annual Used Book Sale
When: November 6-7, 2009
Where: Moorhead Center Mall
510 Center Ave
Moorhead, MN 56560
We welcome your used books and appreciate your patronage.
The Used Book Sale is conducted annually; proceeds support the Educational Foundation, the Grace Hudson Memorial Scholarship, and the Dorothy Dodds Scholarship Fund. The F-M Branch begins collecting books approximately 10 days before the sale.
Fargo Book Club
This book club meets at various people's homes on the 4th Monday of each month at 7:30pm. To get the address of the meeting, please call Sara Lindberg at 232-7932.
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September 28, 2009 - Wild Rose by Ann Blackman
Discussion Leader and Hostess: Marjorie Walsh -
October 26, 2009 - Shelter Half by Carol Bly
Discussion Leader and Hostess: Lois Altenburg, 1146 5th St. N. 232-2701 -
November 23, 2009 - The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
Discussion Leader and Hostess: Gini Duval -
January 25, 2010 - Home by Marilynne Robinson
Discussion Leader and Hostess: Janet Miller -
February 22, 2010 - Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
Discussion Leader: Lorna Williams -
March 22, 2010 - Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Discussion Leader: Bonnie Bernardy
Hostess: Lorna Williams -
April 26, 2010 - Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Discussion Leader: Noell Reinhiller - May 24, 2010 - Book Selection for next year
Books are available for purchase at 10% discount at Zandbroz.
Moorhead Literature Group
This group meets the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. (unless otherwise noted). All are welcome; for more information or if you would like to attend, please contact Helen Rudie at 218/232-1794.
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Septempber 7, 2009 - The Warrior Woman by Maxine Hong Kingston, Hostess: Bobbi Shreve
(A Concordia Freshman Summer Read book) -
October 5, 2009 - Chinaman by Maxine Hong Kingston, Hostess: Helen Rudie
NOTE: The author appears on Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Knutson Center at Concordia for a free public discussion of these two titles; reservations not required. - November 2, 2009 - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, Hostess: Irene Hogan
- December 2, 2009 - Tales of My Father by Barack Obama, 12 noon*; Plains Art Museum
- January 4, 2010 - Little Heathens by Mildred Kalish, 12 noon*; new Fargo Library
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February 1, 2010 - China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power by Rob Gifford
12 noon* at the Snap Dragon Restaurant, Moorhead -
March 1, 2010 - Dakota by Kathleen Norris, 12 noon* at Trinity Lutheran Church, Moorhead
and Stained-Glass Art discussion led by stained-glass artist Mary Ann Pierce -
April 5, 2010 - The Full Cupboard of Life (The #1 Ladies' Detective Agency series)
by Alexander McCall Smith, Hostess: Bobbi Shreve - May 3, 2010 - Westhope by Dean Hulse, Hostess: Helen Rudie
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June 7, 2010 - At Home in Mitford (The Mitford Years Series) by Jan Karon
Hostess: Irene Hogan
The AAUW Education Foundation
Mission: The AAUW Educational Foundation provides funds to advance education, research, and self-development for women and to foster equity and positive societal change.
AAUW Educational Foundation awards $4 million annually in grants for research projects and fellowships for graduate students and faculty. It is the world's largest source of funding exclusively for graduate women. AAUW also funds research on women, girls, and education.
Visit the AAUW Education Foundation Homepage
The Legal Advocacy Fund
Mission: The AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund provides funding and a support system for individuals seeking judicial redress for sex discrimination.
Since 1981, AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund has helped students, faculty, staff, and administrators in higher education challenge discriminatory practices such as sexual harassment, denial of tenure or promotion, pay inequity, and inequality in women's athletics programs.
AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund, a program of AAUW Educational Foundation, is the nation's largest legal fund focused solely on sex discrimination in higher education.
Visit the Legal Advocacy Fund Homepage
For more AAUW Community Programs visit http://www.aauw.org/community_programs/index.cfm.