Members of the Louisiana SAC provide the state board with essential firsthand accounts of student needs and ideas, promote AAUW and its programs and serve as student leaders on their campus. They also plan the speakers / topics for their mini convention held during the Louisiana AAUW convention.
Serving on the Louisiana SAC is a wonderful opportunity for students to have their voices heard by a leading woman’s organization and for them to gain valuable leadership and planning experience! They also meet and network with other students around the state.
The Louisiana SAC was started in 2007-2008. The concept was based on the AAUW-Alabama SAC which, in turn was based on the national SAC.
As representatives from their schools, LA SAC members can request special AAUW programs, workshops and presentations be held at their universities.
2010 Meeting Recap
Ten students representing six Louisiana colleges and universities met on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, on the LSU campus, for the introductory meeting of the AAUW-LA Student Advisory Council. Debbie Freda, State President, and Anne Taylor, Past State President, presented “AAUW 101″ for the students. When Debbie described the Public Policy grant and our objective to register students to vote, the students discussed the possibilities enthusiastically. Subsequently, there were registration drives set up at LSU and OLOL College, and several other schools are expected to have similar events.
SAC was asked to help plan the student component for our 2011 State Convention. They chose to have a $mart $tart Workshop, so they can learn to negotiate their first salaries. $mart $tart workshops were also held at Loyola/Tulane and LSU in early 2010. AAUW-LA started the Student Advisory Council four years ago. It is a group of college students who advise AAUW-LA on how to serve the student community. They have also promoted AAUW on their campuses and represented us at the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders. Twenty-one students are appointed for 2010-11, representing nine colleges and universities – Grambling, Loyola, LSU, LSU-Alexandria, Nicholls State, Our Lady of the Lady College, Southern, Tulane, and Xavier.
AAUW National Student Advisory Council
National Student Advisory Council (SAC) – SAC student leaders give AAUW advice and implementation strategies on programming of interest for young women and girls, build relationships with local AAUW branches, lead campus events that promote women’s equity, and help plan and implement NCCWSL activities.
Louisiana student leaders are urged to apply for a position on the AAUW National Student Advisory Council.
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