Advancing Educational Opportunities for Women and Girls
AAUW generates significant resources for higher education, underwriting advanced education opportunities for women and girls to ensure women have access to and the opportunity for high performance in their profession of choice.
The Educational Foundation
The American Association of University Women Educational Foundation has a long and distinguished history of advancing educational and professional opportunities for women in the United States and around the globe.
The Educational Foundation, EF, is the world’s largest source of funding exclusively for graduate women. During the 2007-8 academic year, the AAUW Educational Foundation provided a total of $4.1 million dollars to 253 recipients of fellowships, grants and special awards.
In 1988 the AAUW Educational Foundation established the Eleanor Roosevelt Fund for Women and Girls to offer teacher fellowships, commission research, and sponsor community action projects in the areas of math and science.
The Roseville-South Placer Branch supports EF by raising funds to help graduate women. Each year our Branch honors one or two of its members for their outstanding contribution with a named gift to the Eleanor Roosevelt Fund.
This year, our branch is honoring two of our members by making our donation in their names. These women have made significant contributions to our branch.
Carol Powell is a past president of our branch and has served as Public Policy Chair for the last three years.
Adele Tarantino is the editor and producer of our monthly “Branch Lines”.
Both of these women have had outstanding careers and, along with the many hours they give to our branch, are volunteers in other organizations in the community.
Contact:Mary Layman