AAUW Grosse Pointe Branch- MI

05/22/2026

It was an Experience!
Uplifting two hours of conversation, music, love, peace, and togetherness.
I would have never thought a Zoom call would be so enjoyable!
Let's all preach for Peace on Earth and Love among All

05/18/2026

Join us for our Annual Membership Meeting tomorrow, May 19, at 6:00 p.m. at Gilbert’s. Learn more about our September 20 STEAM Stars of Tomorrow event, our 2026–2031 Strategic Plan, our goals for the coming year, and much more. Enjoy a wonderful dinner, make new friends, and support young ladies as they work toward their highest goals through advocacy and education.
We look forward to seeing you tomorrow!
Eva Habib, President, Grosse Pointe Branch

05/18/2026

Rosalind Franklin (1920–1958) was a brilliant British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was fundamental to unlocking the double-helix structure of DNA. She conducted pioneering research on the structure of coal, viruses (including TMV), and RNA at Cambridge and Birkbeck College. Her data was shown to James Watson and Francis Crick without her knowledge, helping them publish their DNA model first.

Sadly, she died of ovarian cancer at age 37, just before the Nobel Prize was awarded to Watson, Crick, and Wilkins.

05/15/2026

AAUW of Michigan's monthly Coffee and Conversation is tomorrow at 9:00 am. Eva Habib, President of the Grosse Pointe Branch and AAUW MI Membership VP, will speak to the members about her Egyptian roots in a family that valued education and strong female role models. Her early exposure to community service and volunteering in juvenile detention centers highlighted the importance of addressing systemic issues rather than individual aid. This philosophy aligns with AAUW’s mission to create a broader impact.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Coffee & Conversations with AAUWMI Board Members. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

05/13/2026

🎓✨ Celebrating Our 2026 AAUW Grosse Pointe STEM Scholarship Recipients ✨🎓

AAUW, the American Association of University Women, is dedicated to advancing equity for women and girls through education, opportunity, and leadership. One of the greatest honors of our branch is supporting outstanding young women as they begin the next chapter of their academic journeys.

This year’s scholarship selection process was incredibly difficult because we had such an extraordinary group of applicants. Our committee was truly inspired by the talent, dedication, leadership, and perseverance shown by every student who applied. The future is bright with young women like these leading the way.

Please join us in congratulating our 2026 scholarship recipients!

💙 Grosse Pointe North (GPN)
• Alessia Morreale – Molecular Biology at the University of Michigan with plans for a career in Medicine
• Cailey Hard – Pursuing Biology/Pre-Med
• Sadie Dugan – Biochemistry at the University of Michigan with a focus on Oncology
• Kendall Bradley – Biology at the University of Detroit Mercy with a focus on Cardiology

💙 Grosse Pointe South (GPS)
• Sigrid Schwartz – Aerospace Engineering with a focus on Thermal Propulsion at Georgia Tech and recipient of The Spitzley Family Scholarship. Marion and John Spitzley established the Spitzley Family Scholarship in 2025. Nearly 100 years of Spitzleys have attended high school at GPS. This year their commitment to education has allowed us to expand our impact and support another deserving student with a $1,500 scholarship.
• Riley Burgess – Biochemistry at Michigan State with a focus on Psychiatry
• Eleanor Sahutske – Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan

Congratulations to each of these remarkable young women. We are so proud of all you have accomplished and cannot wait to see where your futures take you! 💛

05/08/2026

The 2026 AAUW of Michigan Spring Convention was held April 24–25, 2026, at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel in Battle Creek, MI. Themed "Educate to Elevate: Women Leading the Way," the event featured award ceremonies, an annual meeting, and local tours hosted by the Battle Creek branch. The visit to the "Hope" statue in Battle Creek, a bronze sculpture commissioned by the AAUW Battle Creek (MI) Branch, was the featured highlight of the trip!
Erin O'Mara, Lina Bowman, and Eva Habib attended the convention and represented the Grosse Pointe Branch.

05/04/2026

Katherine Johnson (1918–2020) was a pioneering NASA mathematician and "human computer" whose precise orbital mechanics calculations were critical to the success of early U.S. crewed spaceflights. A child prodigy, she graduated high school at 14 and college at 18, later breaking racial and gender barriers at NASA Langley, where she worked for 33 years, calculating trajectories for the first American in space and the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing.

04/27/2026

So proud of our winners from the AAUW MI Educate to Elevate convention!
Special congratulations to Dr. Sarah Lucas, recipient of the Young Member Award and a dedicated member of the AAUW MI Membership Committee. She contributes so much to the committee’s work and is a valued pillar of our organization.
The convention was outstanding. I encourage members and board members to attend whenever possible, and I also encourage branches to allocate funds to help cover members’ convention expenses.
Thank you, AAUW MI.

Today we celebrate our 2026 AAUW of Michigan award recipients in our ongoing recap of our recent convention in Battle Creek.

Dr. Sarah Lucas, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religions at Ferris State University, was presented with the Young Leader Award, which honors members who are seen as budding leaders within their branches. Lucas is the co-Membership Vice President for the Big Rapids branch and a member of the AAUWMI Membership Committee that works to share best practices in member recruitment and retention with all branches statewide. She also served as her branch's Scholarship Committee Chair this past year.

Susan H. Grant, a retired attorney and district court judge, received the Martha Griffiths Equity Award. Known as the “Mother of the ERA,” Griffiths was a strong proponent for women’s rights during her 20 years representing her Detroit-based district in the U.S. House. Grant learned about AAUW while living in Florida and working on the campaign to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. She moved to Big Rapids in 1977 and soon joined the AAUW-Big Rapids branch. Grant was instrumental in the campaign to induct BIg Rapids' most famous former resident, women's suffrage leader Anna Howard Shaw, into the National Women's Hall of Fame. In recognition of her leadership role in this effort, Grant had the honor of accepting Shaw's award at the induction ceremony in Seneca Falls in 2000. Grant was the first woman attorney in Big Rapids and the first woman judge in Mecosta and Osceola counties. She has been involved in numerous community organizations as a volunteer, sponsor, and/or board member.

Sally Doty received the Liz Ku**er Award recognizing those who have advanced the goals and ideals of AAUW in an exceptional and significant manner. A member of the Birmingham branch, Doty has served in multiple leadership positions at both the branch and state level. She is a past AAUWMI President and served multiple terms as Finance Director. She spearheaded the creation of the Birmingham branch's Foundation and strongly promotes financial support of AAUW's various mission-based funds to her branch members.

Congratulations to all our awardees!

04/26/2026

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04/17/2026

You are invited to join AAUW Grosse Pointe at its Annual Meeting and take advantage of a 50% off National Dues when you join at the event. You will learn about our branch, how we support our STEAM Stars of Tomorrow, and how we help them to live life to the fullest. Meet our friendly members, and make friends. You will have the opportunity to review our Strategic Plan and Proposed Budget, and meet our new elected 2026-2027 Executive Committee Board Members. AND enjoy a delicious Dinner!