AAUW-Elmhurst
Branch Booksale
August
7-9, 2008
Location:
Emerson School (same as last year!)
400 N West Ave
Elmhurst, IL
Times:
Thursday 6pm -9pm $10 Entrance Fee
Friday 9am -
9pm
Saturday 9am-3pm $5/grocery
bag
Book Barrels are available to drop off
used books at the following locations:
Elmhurst Public
Library
125 S. Prospect Avenue, Elmhurst
York
High School - Academic Building
355 W Saint Charles Rd, Elmhurst
Jewel
Food Store on Schiller
153 E Schiller St, Elmhurst
Wagner
Community Center
615 N West Ave, Elmhurst
Courts
Plus
186 S West Ave, Elmhurst
Smalley
Pool at York Commons
665 S. York Rd, Elmhurst
Here are a few of 2005-2006 Scholarship
Recipients:
| Name |
Heather E. Baldwin
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| Degree and Field |
Ph.D., Psychology |
| Institution |
Boston College |
| Location |
Brighton, Massachusetts |
| Award Year |
2005-06 |
|
| Reports find that child soldiers lose
trust as a result of their experiences, but evidence is circumstantial
and no systematic investigation into the process of loss of trust
exists. Heather Baldwin is exploring understandings of trust in Rwandan
young women who took part in armed forces while they were adolescents. |
| Name |
Alison M. Bell |
| Degree and Field |
Postdoctoral research, Animal behavior |
| Institution |
University of California, Davis |
| Location |
Davis, California |
| Award Year |
2005-06 |
|
| Alison Bell is conducting a
survivorship experiment to determine the fitness consequences of
different behavioral types under predation risk. Her long-term goal is
to establish a rigorous university research program that integrates
approaches from behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, physiology,
and genomics. |
| Name |
Elizabeth D. Blue |
| Degree and Field |
Ph.D., Organometallic chemistry |
| Institution |
North Carolina State University |
| Location |
Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina |
| Award Year |
2005-06 |
|
| Elizabeth Blue is studying the
synthesis and reactivity of new compounds, including copper amido and
copper nitrene complexes. She will examine new copper amido complexes
for the formation of polymers and use copper nitrene complexes to
investigate the formation of carbon-nitrogen bonds in small molecules. |
| Name |
Sarah L. Boyer |
| Degree and Field |
Ph.D., Organismic and evolutionary biology |
| Institution |
Harvard University |
| Location |
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Award Year |
2005-06 |
|
| Sarah Boyer is studying the family
Pettalidae, a group of tiny arachnids that live in leaf litter habitats
across fragments of the former supercontinent Gondwana in Chile, South
Africa, Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka. She intends
to interpret the evolutionary history of this group in light of the
geologic history of the breakup of Gondwana. |
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2007-2008
Same Location -> Emerson Grade School
400 N West Ave
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Click Here for Map
Collection
Barrels will be available
starting mid-June at the following locations:
Elmhurst Public
Library, 125 S Prospect Ave
Emerson Grade School, 400 N
West Ave
Dominick’s Finer Foods,
215 S IL Route 83
Jewel Food Store, 994 S. York Road
Courts Plus, 186 S. West Ave.
Books, videos, and DVDs are all
welcomed. Unfortunately, we are not able to accept
Encyclopedias or Reader’s Digests.
Book Sale Hours:
Thursday,
August 7th 6:00
pm – 9:00 pm
Entry Fee: $10/person
Books priced as marked
Friday,
August 8th
9:00 am – 9:00 pm
No
Entry Fee
Books priced as marked
Saturday.
August 9th
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
No Entry Fee
$5 / bag of books
For More Information Email:
elmhurstAAUW@yahoo.com
Or Call: 630-808-3533
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Programs
To Engage
Your Mind, Soul and Body
Program Schedule
2007-2008
Meeting Location: Elmhurst Public Library, 125 S. Prospect Avenue
(unless otherwise noted)
Sept. 12 6:30pm September
Branch Supper, A panel of Elmhurst
Women Entrepreneurs will discuss the challenges facing women who start
their own business.
Panel:
Kimberly LaBounty. Apex Mgt. & Special Events; Elene Cafasso,
Enerpace, Inc; Jan Milano, Milano Financial Services, Ltd.;Susan
Crawford, The English Garden
Location: Elmhurst College, N.
Prospect Dining Rm.
Oct. 10 7:00pm What Shall We Teach?
The
College Curriculum in Today's World.
Speaker:
Dr. Bryant Cureton, President of Elmhurst College
Nov. 14 7:00pm Climate Observations: What are Researchers
Learning?
Speaker: Douglas L. Sisterson, Operations
Manager for ARM Climate Research Facility at Argonne National Laboratory
Jan. 9 7:00pm Shall
I Leave My Baby Here?
Speaker: Laurie
Manzardo, Director of GEN Foundation
Feb. 13 7:00pm Behind the Pay Gap
Speaker: Jennifer Wilken, AAUW National Development
Vice-President of
the Educational Foundation
Mar. 12 7:00pm Understanding
Autism
Speakers: Valerie Baxter and Madi
Heiser
Apr. 8 7:00pm At Home with Illinois
Governors - A Social History of the Illinois Executive Mansion 1855-2003
Speaker: Kay Smith
May 14 7:00pm Spring Supper
Time
and Location to be Announced.
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