2011-12 Events

While our scheduled, formal events offer opportunities to learn new things, and meet new people,

we invite you to meet your peers from across campus at our informal lunches in the Reitz Union's Arredondo Room!

AAW Networking Lunches

A quick and tasty way to meet other academic women on campus is to join us the first Tuesday of each month between 11:30 am and 1:00 pm in the Arredondo Room, Reitz Union.

You don't need to RSVP, just come!

Next networking lunch : TBA!

Look for table to the left of the entrance with sign that says "AAW Networking Lunch."

Arredondo Cafe

* Phone: 392-3463

* Where is it? - 4th Floor of the Reitz Union

The Arredondo Café offers choices on the soup and salad bar buffet and a complete hot entree buffet, served in a beautiful dining room. Enjoy a nice change of pace with a terrific view of the campus skyline!

2011-12 Scheduled Events

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December 12^th- Holiday Social for members!

SAVE THE DATE: Jauary 18th, 2012- Women's Leadership Initiative, 11:30 am - 1:00pm Ustler Hall - More information coming soon
February -
March 27th - Women's History Month! Awards Reception at the President's Home!
April -
May-

11-12 Events....

Look what you missed!

November - 'Soaring Voices: Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists'
Harn Museum of Art Exhibit highlightswomen artists from Japan whose works are largely unknown due to their gender.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Join us early for dinner in the Camilla Cafe! 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
6:30 p.m. Guided Tour of the Exhibit!
RSVP by 11/1/2011 to miltosm@ufl.edu
Program Flyer

October - Entrepreneurship! Innovation Hub!
"Female Entrepreneurs From the Gator Nation!"
A unique opportunity to learn about how female entrepreneurs from UF have contributed to our global community!
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Florida Innovation Hub (room 140)
Campus Cab (392-RIDE) friendly!
Parking available on site and nearby.
RSVP by 10/21/2011 to miltosm@ufl.edu
Program Flyer

Kickoff Event! "A Conversation With Sandra Day O'Connor and Martha Barnett"
A rare opportunity to meet with the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O'Connor, and the former President of the American Bar Association, Martha Barnett!
Monday, September 12, 2011 4:30 pm
Hough Hall (room 338)
Hough Hall is east of Criser and north of Tigert
At 5:30 p.m., the group will go to the University Auditorium to hear Ms. O'Connor speak.
September 12 is Constitution Day at UF.
Program Flyer

If You Missed These 2010-11 Events, see the Resource Links for additional Information!

Kickoff Event! "A Conversation With Chris Machen," Monday, September 13, 2010 4:00-6:00 pm
Room LG-110 A&B (McKnight Brain Institute)
Program Flyer
Program Photo! courtesy of Jesse S. Jones/University of Florida

Complimentary light refreshments provided by Health Science Center Office of Equity & Diversity

'"Mindfulnss Meditation,"
October 23, 2010 - 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
H108 (SVPHA Conference Room)
Instructors: Dr. Tina Tannen, UF Counseling Center & Dr. Sylvia Montesinos, Department of Psychiatry
Snacks Available
Program Flyer

"Leaderhip in Higher Education and the HERS Program, a Panel Discussion"
Thursday, October 28, 2010 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Ustler Hall Third Floor
Speakers:
-Dr. Terry Dolan (Dean, College of Dentistry)
-Dr. Angel Kwolek-Folland (Associate Provost for Academic Affairs)
-Dr. Judith Page, (Interim Director, Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research and Professor of English)
Moderator:
Dr. Gwen Lombard, Associate Residency Program Director, Dept of Neurosurgery

'"Effective Strategies for Working with Distressed and Difficult Students, a brown bag lunch meeting"
November 9, 2010 11:30-1:00
Smathers Library (East), Room A1
Speaker: Dr. Jen Day Shaw, Dean for Students
Program Flyer

'"Diversity: Things You Never Think About" A Panel and Discussion
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Ustler Hall Atrium
Speakers : Dr. Cheri Brodeur, Dr. Rebecca Pauly , Lynda Tealer
Moderator: Dr. Carol Ritzen Kem
Complimentary lunch provided by the Office of the Vice President for Human Resource Services
Program Flyer

'Negotiation Skills and Dispute Resolution " February, 2011
Ustler Hall Atrium

'"Women's History Month reception and awards presentation at the President's House"March, 2011

''"End of year event and annual meeting" April 2011

If You Missed These 2009-10 Events, see the Resource links for additional information!

'"Yingxiu Mothers: Bereavement, Group Therapy, and Sexuality of Women After the '512' Sichuan Earthquake,' March 5, 2010 10-11 am
Ustler Hall Reading Room
Background: The town of Ying Xiu was the epicenter of the devastating earthquake on May 12, 2008. Home to 12,000 people before the disaster, only 3,000 survived. Every family has had its members lost in the earthquake. Mothers who have lost their children were particularly overwhelmed by grief and were at a lost as to what life has to offer them in the aftermath. That was until they met the group led by Drs Zhang and Pei together with other relief workers who went to Ying Xiu to provide relief and support to the victims. Together, they formed the "Ying Xiu Mothers' Self-help Embroidery Project": a project that combines bereavement relief, psycho-therapy, cultural expression, and livelihood rebuilding. Since its inception, the project has benefited more than 100 women from 10 villages across three towns that were hard-hit by the disaster. http://english.caijing.com.cn/2009-05-13/110165147.html
At a recent disaster anniversary memorial, with a start-up fund of 280,000 Yuan (around US$80,000) collected from donations, a modest store in a bustling street in Guangzhou, the largest city in Southern China, was set up in January this year in a bid to sell their handiwork. Other large-scale bazaar type marts were also organized to sell their work. The ongoing project is part of a massive 2 year national self-help project that helps shed light on how to tap into the social and psychological capital of disaster victims who were determined to transform themselves and their community, moving from rubbles to tents, and from tents to cargo-container sheds, on to a new life, including new marriages, new families, and newborns.
What they hope to achieve from this seminar: be the voice for the people of Ying Xiu to an international community of scholars and researchers, learning and sharing of experiences in disaster relief and research work.

(Program Flyer)

"Seminar on Social Media: Promises, Pitfalls & Perils,' JANUARY 22, 2010
Social media is fun, free and easy, and more people each day use it for business as well as for pleasure. But what are the liabilities and legal pitfalls of using Facebook, Twitter and other social media? Are there special concerns related to public institutions operating under the Sunshine Law? You are invited to attend or view online a free seminar on the safe and effective use of social media 3-5 p.m., Friday, January 22, 2010, in the Levin College of Law school's Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom (room 180).

The event will be Webcast live via a link on the UF Law home page (www.law.ufl.edu<http://www.law.ufl.edu), and an archived version will be available later along with comprehensive information on social media on the Seminar Series section of the UF Strategic Communications Web site (http://strategiccommunications.law.ufl.edu/).

(Program Flyer)
Resouces: Seminar on Social Media
'"Mentoring:: Professional Competency,' FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Presentation by Luanne E. Thorndyke, MD, FACP, Associate Dean for Professional Development and Professor of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

A mentor serves as a teacher, role model, resource, advisor, supporter and advocate who works one-on-one with his/her protégé. How does one become an effective mentor? What happens when the protégé isn't successful? This interactive session will offer strategies and tools to promote effective mentoring relationships.

(Program Flyer)

Resouces: Thorndyke Articles: Empowering Junior Faculty, Find a Functional Mentor, Functional Mentoring

"Breast Cancer Awareness: Balancing Breast Cancer, Family, Work, Reelection, and the 2008 Campaign," presentation by and continental breakfast with Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Friday, November 20th, 2009, 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., The Atrium at Ustler Hall
Breakfast free-of-charge thanks to our sponsors, the Office of the Vice President for Human Resource Services and the Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research. (Program Flyer)
Resouces: http://wassermanschultz.house.gov/bio.htm

"Successful Transitions: The Human Side of Change," presentation by and luncheon with Sherry Riddle, MEd, Coordinator, Shands Health Care, Thursday, October 29th, 2009, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Room 110 A&B McKnight Brain Institute. Lunch free-of-charge thanks to our sponsor, the Health Science Center Office of Equity and Diversity. (Program Flyer)

Resouces:

http://www.wmbridges.com/

Our 2009-10 End of the Year Social!

Our award winners with Dean Emerita Lockhart

Tales of Research!

The proud award namesake!

Learning from each other

You don't say!

Networking!

Recognizing Sharon Milton-Simmons!

AAW Recognizes U.F. Vice President Paula Fussell and Graduate Students During Women's History Month!

University of Florida Vice President for Human Resources Paula Varnes Fussell and seven UF graduate students received awards during the 13th annual Women's History Month Celebration at the UF Presidents Home March 25, 2010. The University of Florida Association of Academic Women (AAW) named Fussell the 2010 Woman of Distinction, and chose graduate students Tara Creel Anderson, Yan Chen, Meggan Jordan, Noelle Sullivan, Zoe Ziliak, Zhuo Li and Deborah Wojcik to receive cash awards in recognition of their outstanding scholarship.

AAW chooses the recipient of the Woman of Distinction Award in a competitive nomination process. Recipients are outstanding female University of Florida faculty members or administrative/professionals who have made significant contributions to the quality of life of women at UF and/or in the local community, state, nation or society in general.

A 25-year veteran of higher education administration, Fussell oversees employee and labor relations, faculty and staff training, compensation and benefits, recruitment, employment, classification, retirement, employment and disciplinary action, complaints, transfers, leaves, workers' compensation, and the HRS Service Center. "Throughout her career, Paula has been a devoted and enthusiastic advocate for the interests of women at the University of Florida and in our community," said AAW President Rebecca Rainer Pauly, MD, FACP, UF Health Science Center Associate Vice President for Health Affairs Equity and Diversity. "She serves on the board of a number of community service organizations, and spends much of her professional and personal time helping to meet the needs of others."

The graduate students, who were chosen based on a competitive review of their scholarship and research, received cash awards funded through AAW, the Madelyn Lockhart Endowment and the UF President's office. Tara Creel Anderson won the 2010 AAW Madelyn Lockhart Dissertation Fellowship and tied with Yan Chen for the AAW Emerging Scholar Award. A doctor of veterinary medicine (UF 2003), Anderson earned a master of public health from UF in 2007 and expects to complete her PhD in the Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology in the UF College of Veterinary Medicine in December 2010. Following graduation she hopes to join the Centers for Disease Control Epidemic Intelligence Service. Her research is multidisciplinary and directed toward improving both animal and public health, and she is committed to a career in infectious disease research. Yan Chen expects to complete her PhD in the Department of Chemistry in the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in August 2010. Identified as one of the best overall graduate students in the department, her research focuses on cell membrane receptor studies and intracellular measurements. She is first author of five major research papers completed while a graduate student. Following graduation, she will continue her research in a post-doctoral position. Cash awards also went to five other finalists: Meggan Jordan, Noelle Sullivan and Zoe Ziliak in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Zhuo Li in the College of Education, and Deborah Wojcik in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

AAW provides opportunities for University of Florida women faculty and professional staff to network and enhance their knowledge about the university and their work environment, and coordinates judging and presentation of annual awards for the AAW Woman of Distinction and selected UF graduate students during the Women's History Month Celebration each March.

Want to know more about the kinds of events we host?
Check out previous years' event calendars below or contact us.