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 |  | 2007-08 Summary
Total grants = 40
Women of color = 33%
Eligible applicants = 466
Total awards = $291,200
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| Career Development Grants support women who hold a bachelor's degree and are preparing to advance or change careers or re-enter the work force. Special consideration is given to AAUW members, women of color, and women pursuing their first advanced degree or credentials in nontraditional fields. Funds are available for tuition, fees, books, supplies, local transportation, and dependent care and for distance learning. Recipients must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. |  | |
SEARCH FOR RECIPIENTS
The Educational Foundation originally designed Career Development Grants to offer "encouragement" funding to AAUW members seeking to renew or resume academic work for credit toward career or employment advancement. Fifty members from 36 states received the first grants in 1972.
Through the years, the grants have helped many women pursue their educational goals. Sandra Andringa (1976) started a preschool in Michigan that offered a quality preschool experience for young children while also serving as a model for daycare and nursery school centers. Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Stephanie J. Castillo (1998) released An Untold Triumph: The Story of the lst and 2nd Filipino Infantry in 2002 at the Hawaii International Film Festival.
To advance their careers, 2007-08 Career Development Fellows are developing skills to provide counseling for refugee women and children, teach biology and chemistry to high school students, improve women's reproductive health, and offer literacy education to non-English speaking individuals.
The AAUW Educational Foundation thanks the following 2007-08 Career Development Grant panelists: Loretta Donovan (NY), chair, Kathryn M. Burleson (MN), Patricia Cheong (TX), Areta Kowal-Vern (IL), Rita Kowalski (NJ), Mary Krueger (OH), Carole Richardson (MI), and Deborah Ritchie (IL).
