Join Us for our Branch Kickoff Meeting September 18

Our 2011-12 Branch meeting year begins with a meeting at Georgia State University, hosted by our collegiate affiliate Branch. We will gather in the Court Salon on the first floor of the Student Center, located at the intersection of Piedmont Avenue and Gilmer Street. Light refreshments will be served.

The program features students from Agnes Scott College, Georgia State University, and Oglethorpe University who attended the National Conference for College Women Students Leaders this summer. Local and national scholarship winners will also be recognized.

For this meeting only, please RSVP to either co-president (Mary Lynn Merkle or Ruth Yurchuck) by Wednesday, September 14. Members are urged to carpool.

Directions:
From I 75/85, take the MLK exit (248A). Keep right on MLK and turn right on Piedmont, then left of Gilmer; the student center entrance is located here.
To get to the G parking deck G (the only entrance open on Sunday is on Collins Street) continue on Gilmer and turn left on Courtland. Continue on Courtland to MLK Drive and turn right on MLK to Central Avenue. Turn right on Central, then right on Decatur Street to Collins Street (under the viaduct) and turn right. The G deck is at the end of Collins on the right.
From the G deck, walk to Decatur Street and turn right, then left on Piedmont and walk to Gilmer, one block up. The Student Center is on the corner.

Our GSU Collegiate Affiliate Branch

Georgia State University (GSU) was approved as a collegiate affiliate branch of AAUW Atlanta earlier this year. AAUW Atlanta Branch members Myra Carmon, Pat Bevis, Sharon Bevis-Hoover, Mary Lynn Merkle, Betty Slater, and Ruth Yurchuck, were in attendance on Wednesday, July 27, when the GSU Branch met for an organizational meeting to elect officers.

Newly elected GSU officers are: Diana Dey, President; Glenett Hannah, Vice President, Phoebe Mandji Ahoke, Secretary, and Angela Fagan, Treasurer. JannRonn Bradford agreed to the the Public Relations officer. These officers will be meeting to develop website content.

Students can join the GSU Branch by going to the student organization site, gsu.orgsync.com, create an account, and search for AAUW to join.

Special thanks to Diana Dey and Dr. Myra Carmon for all their work in creating this collegiate affiliate branch. The Atlanta Branch looks forward to working collaboratively with this group.