Covington-Mandeville Branch
a platinum branch!

MEMBERSHIP

Why should you join AAUW?

• Fellowship with intelligent, educated women who have a variety of activities and interests.
• Opportunity for contacts with community leaders.
• Builds self-esteem and gives a greater vision of what one can accomplish and become.
• Community involvement.
• Value of membership from AAUW national web page

Who might want to join AAUW?

• Anyone (men and women) interested in equity issues related to women and girls.
• Those who agree with AAUW's Public Policy Priorities and want to receive timely notification of important woman’s issues.
• Women who have just moved into the region wanting to meet people.
• Women wanting to expand their social circle.
• New graduates who might want direction and mentoring in their careers.
• Working women who want to network.
• Young mothers tired of baby talk who want to have some intelligent conversation for a change.
• Mothers of older children or "empty nesters" finally having time to "rediscover themselves".
• Retired women eager to meet other intelligent and active retirees.

Who can become a member?

Nationally membership is open to anyone who has earned an associate, baccalaureate or higher degree from an accredited college or university or anyone working toward their first baccalaureate degree.

Branch Membership Categories:

• Full Member - anyone who has earned an associate, baccalaureate or higher degree from an accredited college or university. Full members can hold office, chair committees and have full association voting rights.
• Student Affiliate - anyone who is working toward a first baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university. Student affiliates cannot hold office but can chair committees.
• Supporter - Our branch has a special, local membership category, “Supporters”, for those women who share our vision and goals but do not have the educational requirements for full membership. Our local supporters cannot be branch officers but can be committee chairs and thus serve on our branch board as non-voting members.

How much does membership cost for 2009-2010?

• Full Member - $69
• Student Affiliate - $17 (*see below for Southeastern student affiliates)
• Supporter - $15

2008-2009 dues includes $49 dues to National, $10 dues to State and $10 for Branch.

Any Discounts or Special Offers?

AAUW offers a Shape The Future (STF) discount for New Membership. People who join our branch at one of our "public events / programs", sign our guest book, and pay on that day are eligible for a discount of ONE HALF OFF the national dues. AAUW members who have lapsed for more than 2 years are also eligible for a STF discount when re-joining at a public event.

In 2008-2009, full membership with a STF discount would be $44.50 ($24.50 for national dues plus $10 each for state and branch dues)!

Membership dues are also cut in half after the half year mark.

How can I get my monies worth from my AAUW dues?

Stay active in your AAUW branch: come to meetings, book clubs and GET INVOLVED! Just ask any board member, "how can I help?"

Southeastern AAUW Student Affiliate

Since Southeastern is one of the AAUW university partners, Southeastern students may join AAUW as a student affiliate for FREE - a savings of $17 yearly.

Louisiana's first AAUW Student Affiliate (SA) group was organized on the campus of Southeastern University in Hammond as a satelite of the Covington-Mandeville Branch. Campus facilitator is Dr. Natasha Whitton.

This group's focus is on student empowerment, leadership and encouragement. It strives to maintain Southeastern's status as an AAUW university partner and to send at least one Southeastern student each year to the very pretigious National Conference for College Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL) in Washington.

While stressing that student's studies must come first, this group still manages to participate in philanthropy and regular meetings. Some of the topics discussed during the 2009-10 meeting year were: NCCWSL, Campaign College, The Wage Project, $tart $mart, Legislative Days, a proposed faculty-staff tea, the SGA leadership retreat, visibility, recruitment, ERA and Equal Pay.