This page is an archive of the records of the AWIS Northwest Ohio Chapter, in reverse chronological order - most recent first.

A chapter meeting was held on Friday, March 28, 12 noon, in Bowman-Oddy 1031 on the UT main campus.

Agenda:

• Next event in our Distinguished Women in Science Speaker Series: visit by Zena Werb, April 17-18
• Distinguished Women in Science Speaker Series visitors for next year: share ideas, seek input
• Appoint nomination/election committee, plan for officer election around May 1
• Seek volunteers to run for office
• Set up committees

Here is the schedule for the first of our events, which took place in February 2008 and was sponsored by The University of Toledo's Program for Academic Excellence. At the closing reception, the four founders of our chapter posed for a picture with Martha Haynes:

Distinguished Women in Science Speaker Series
	As the first speaker in our series, we are delighted to welcome Dr. Martha P. Haynes, Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy, Cornell University, and member, National Academy of Sciences.
	On Thursday, Feb. 14, at 4:00 PM, she will give a colloquium in the departmental series of the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
	Please join us at her public lecture entitled, "Seeking Clues to Dark Matter: Hunting for Stealth Galaxies with the World's Largest Radio Telescope" on Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, at 4:00 PM in McMaster Hall Room 1005. More info: PDF (112 KB); high-resolution PDF (1.9 MB) Following the lecture will be a reception for all those attending from 5:00 to 6:00 PM in the lobby outside the lecture hall.
	This visit is cosponsored by the Natural Science & Math Alumni Affiliate and the Department of Physics and Astronomy of The University of Toledo. Financial support was provided by a grant from the Program for Academic Excellence of The University of Toledo to AWIS-NWO.
Schedule of Dr. Haynes's meetings with smaller groups of people interested in science; all welcome: Undergraduate students: Thursday, Feb. 14, 2:00 to 3:00 PM, Foster Reading Room, McMaster Hall room 4027 Postdocs, junior faculty, staff: Friday, Feb. 15, 10:00 to 11:00 AM, McMaster Hall room 4009 Graduate students: Friday, Feb. 15, 2:00 to 3:00 PM, McMaster Hall room 4009

Our fall chapter meeting was held Friday, October 19, 2007, 12:00 noon, BO 1031. We had a great turnout and a lively exchange of ideas. Minutes will be posted soon. Thanks to all who attended! Hope to see you next time!

At 12 noon on Friday March 31, the chapter sponsored a brown bag talk by Gail Ashley, Ph.D., Rutgers University, entitled "Balancing Career and Family," in SU 2591. Click here for flier (PDF, 43k).

On December 3, 2005, two of the chapter's founders, Deborah Vestal (left) and Karen Bjorkman (right), staffed an information table at a career fair for girls, "Dreams to Reality," held at COSI-Toledo. Nancy Morrison assisted, but she arrived after this picture was taken. Image by Brenda Leady, courtesy of P. Komuniecki.

• Monday, November 21, 2005 at 4 PM
• On the UT campus in Bowman-Oddy 1031
• Meeting notes

The four founders of AWIS-NWO, with UT Distinguished Alumna Nancy Collins, on the occasion of the chapter kickoff event, October 5, 2005. Left to right: Patricia Komuniecki, Nancy Collins, Deborah Vestal, Nancy Morrison, and Karen Bjorkman. Image by Brenda Leady, courtesy of P. Komuniecki

With the approval of the constitution and bylaws, AWIS-NWO officially became a chapter of AWIS. We were notified on September 29, 2005.

On Wednesday, October 5, 2005, the chapter co-sponsored a public lecture by Distinguished UT Alumna Nancy Collins entitled, "Stem Cell Research: Facts, Myths and Future Directions," at 5:30 p.m., Wolfe Hall Room 1201.