AAUW welcomes Tech Trek students

Brimful of enthusiasm after a week this summer at Tech Trek Science/Math Camp on the Whittier College campus, thirteen local middle-school girls will bring the highlights of their camp experiences to the opening meeting of the Arcadia Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Monday evening, September 10, in the Church of the Good Shepherd’s Jordan Hall, 400 W. Duarte Road (SW corner of Duarte Rd. and Holly Ave.). The meeting is open to the public at no charge, and ample parking is available. All are invited to come for socializing and refreshments at 6:30 p.m., with the program to follow at 7:00 p.m.

Arcadia AAUW members always look forward to hearing firsthand from the girls about their Tech Trek Camp classes, hands-on experiments, and eye-opening field trips. The thirteen girls Arcadia AAUW sponsored for Tech Trek this year were from Arcadia, El Monte, Monrovia, and Temple City.

Also, Rozanne Child (AAUW’s Alhambra-San Gabriel-San Marino Branch) will bring her experiences as Co-Director of the Tech Trek Camp at San Diego State University to the meeting. Hearing about Tech Trek Science/Math Camp is pleasure enough, but as an added bonus, the Arcadia Branch hopes to have a guest speaker from NASA, sent by the JPL outreach office, give a presentation about the Mars rover Curiosity and its exploration of the Red Planet.

The September meeting always gives members an opportunity to sign up for ongoing interest groups, such as the bridge club and book review groups. The English Conversation Class, which is co-sponsored by Arcadia AAUW and the Arcadia Library, will not be meeting until after the New Year. Arcadia AAUW’s future meetings include dynamic speakers and fine musical entertainment. The public is always welcome.

Membership in the American Association of University Women is open to women and men university graduates, as well as to those holding an Associate of Arts degree or its equivalent. For membership information, please call Tamara Kato at (626) 375-6756 or Patricia Dietrich at (626) 446-8437. Those interested may join at any time.