"To promote and maintain a positive and supportive climate for women at the University and to provide linkages with women and women's organizations throughout the state of Maine."
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Join our newest effort by registering your organization into the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) online database! NGCP is an initiative funded by the National Science Foundation through the Puget Sound Center, to improve girls’ participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). NGCP promotes collaboration among girl-serving organizations to strengthen capacity of existing and evolving projects by sharing promising practice research and program models, outcomes and products
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Congratulations to Women's Resource Center Director
Sharon Barker
On her induction to the Maine Women's Hall of Fame and the AAUW Women's 2009 Achievement Citation Award
Sharon was honored on March 21, 2009 at the University of Maine at Augusta during the Maine Women's Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Sharon Barker was awarded the American Association of University Women's 2009 Achievement Citation Award for the state of Maine at the AAUW state convention held in May of this year
The Maine Women's Hall of Fame was established in 1990 by the Maine Federation of Business and Professional Women. The Hall of Fame is dedicated to women who have met these specific criteria: the woman's achievements have a significant statewide impact, the woman's achievements significantly improved the lives of women in Maine, and the woman's contribution has enduring value for women.
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Thank you to Sylvia Herbold who donated this beautiful painting to the Women's Resource Center. Sylvia created this work of art as her Capstone Project that features generations of women from her family.
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Take a look at this informative website put together by Sandy Caron, Professor of Family Relations:
Walking Tour About UMaine Women: Past and Present
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For more information, e-mail Faye Boyle at faye.boyle@umit.maine.edu |
