Pictured is Co-President Alice Lenthe with Named Award Honorees Toni Gorkin, Mimi Jones and Terry Daniele
Member Making a Difference: Toni Gorkin
Peg Anderson Award: Anne Anderko
Named Gift Honorees: Kay Philipps
Outstanding Branch Member: Mimi Jones
Member Robin Paragone with Heather Sizemore (pictured on right), our 2nd scholarship winner for this year. Heather is a nursing student at West Chester University and plans to graduate in May of 2025.
Heather’s career path includes becoming a registered nurse with a trajectory that encompasses working in an oncology intensive care unit, obtaining critical care certification, and assuming leadership roles within the nursing profession. She aspires to meaningfully contribute to the lives of patients, advance the standards of care in critical settings, and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of nursing which includes the mentoring and empowering of the next generation of nurses.
Heather has not only excelled at her studies but has contributed to many community efforts, including volunteering at the “New Day to Stop Trafficking” where they help women who have been trafficked to obtain health and therapeutic care, and with the “Campus Election Engagement Project,” a national non-partisan program aimed at maximizing student voter registration with voter education on campus.
Heather is fully committed to maximizing every opportunity to succeed academically and looks forward to contributing meaningfully to her community and society at large.
Read a letter from WCU Women in Business.
The AAUW West Chester-Chester County branch sponsored a workshop on salary negotiation for the student group Women in Business at West Chester University. The session started with a brief presentation setting the framework of the inequities that women face as well as how to find information about salaries in different industries and geographies. The 75 student attendees then broke into small groups for more personal discussions with “seasoned” women. Eleven volunteers, including AAUW members and colleagues worked with these small groups to discuss how to approach salary negotiation, with a special focus on entering into their first career position. Some of the young women expressed strong interest in learning how to build and extend their networks, others were interested in more clearly understanding benefits and how they become part of their salary structure. The feedback was very positive and both our Branch and the WCU Women in Business organization look forward to future sessions.
PA Governor’s Candidates Positions (November 2022)
Our LAPP team has put together information on the candidates for Governor of PA.
Click on a topic to download a pdf summarizing the candidates’ positions.
The Mah Jongg group meets in members’ homes on the first and third Thursdays at 1:00 pm from September through May. Contact Pat Schultz if you’d like to receive emails about the group. Occasionally, we host “newbie” sessions for those who would like to learn to play.
The Women’s Social Bridge group meets the third Friday each month from 10am to noon.
We play rubber bridge and change partners after six hands.
Contact Sandy Alexander to be put on the group’s email list.
This group dines around either at a member’s home or at a restaurant. The group usually meets on a Saturday for dinner or Sunday for brunch on a monthly or bi-monthly basis. Couples (unless otherwise specified) and singles, as well as new members, are welcome.
For more information or to join the group, contact Donna Eaves.
