Elect Her–Campus Women Win, a collaboration between AAUW and Running Start, encourages and trains college women to run for student government. Follow the links below to read highlights from this spring’s trainings.
The New South — Georgia State University
Student Government Association Vice President of Student Services Grace Lee’s story not only empowered participants to consider running for office on campus themselves but also to start thinking strategically about electing the university’s first woman SGA president. Many of the young women left the training with new ideas about how they can lead and serve!
Making the Decision to Run — Stony Brook University
It was no coincidence that the date of the training was also the filing deadline to run for this year’s student government elections. We know that this Elect Her was a success because at least five students who were on the fence about running for office at the beginning of the training filed for their campaigns by the end of the day!
West Indies Women Win — University of the West Indies
Student Services and Development Manager Nadeen Spence set the perfect tone for the day by talking about the impact that Elect Her has had on the student government at UWI. When the trainings began three years ago, the university had not elected a woman student body president in 12 years. This is especially shocking because almost 80 percent of the students are women! After the 2010 Elect Her training, a woman was elected student body president, and today both the president and the vice president are women.
Expanding On-campus Traditions with Elect Her — Washington and Lee University
From the moment I walked onto the Washington and Lee campus, I could tell that I was dealing with a different breed of students. They expect each other to behave ethically and honorably and understand that they also must uphold these standards themselves. With such a proven capacity to meet and exceed expectations, I couldn’t help but wish that the campus held such rigorous standards for gender equity in student leadership opportunities.
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