The UCLA FWC Scholarship Program and Dinner, February 2014

The UCLA Faculty Women's Club is proud to award scholarships to eight outstanding UCLA students--scholarships made possible by generous donations from our members and many friends.

THE UCLA FWC Scholarship recipients: Manjot, Danielle, Ona, Carly, Kimberly, Joshue, and Shadi
with Bette Billet, President 2013-2014, and Scholarship Chair Joy Frank

Our featured speaker Dr. Linda Liau with Claudia Mitchell-Kernan and
one of the FWC Scholarship recipients Manjot Bagri

India Carney is pursuing a BA in music-voice performance and plans a singing and acting career

Carly and Ona chat and sip with the FWC past Scholarship Chair Dianne Homsher

The Ercegovac and the Ho families at the Scholarship event

The UCLA FWC members celebrate the 2014 Scholarship recipients

Franco and Carol Betti (FWC hospitality chair) 

Zorana Ercegovac, FWC President 2012-2013 with Milos

Marjorie Friedlander (left) during the reception

Dr. Linda Liau getting ready for her presentation on Neurosurgery at UCLA

Anne Bodenheimer has special reasons to be happy: she is celebrating her 100th birthday next month!

Special time to chat with old friends and colleagues

Rochelle Caballero at the helm (AGAIN)

Wendy Greuel & Alice Walton talk with UCLA FWC members

Read The City Maven about LA politics and policies.

Wonderful conversation about "Women's Issues in Los Angeles" by our today's panelists, Wendy Greuel (UCLA bruin) and Alice Walton, with FWC attendees.

Wendy Greuel is City Controller of Los Angeles, the second woman to be elected to a citywide office in the City's history.

Wendy defined a leader in terms of the following attributes:

a) to set goals and meet them; b) to not be afraid that some people will be angry with your decisions (cannot please everyone); c) to champion those issues you feel strongly about.

The March 20th general meeting concluded with an annual business meeting that included election of the executive board officers and recognition of Section Chairs.

The elected UCLA FWC 2012-2013 officers are:

President: Zorana Ercegovac

Vice-president, Programs: Bette Billet

Vice-president, Sections: Dagmar Lestrel

Recording Secreatry: Helen Nefkens

Corresponding Secretary: Phyllis Amboss

Treasurer: Geraldine Walter

Historian: Debby Wagger

NEW INITIATIVES

Some of the exciting initiatives will be announced and described here.

One of these new efforts is this BLOG itself.

UCLA Faculty Women’s Club has a newly created blog : http://uclafwc.blogspot.com The main purpose is to regularly and frequently communicate information of interest to the membership of the UCLA FWC. The entries, published as discrete posts, are displayed chronologically so that the most recent entry appears first. As a flexible vehicle for sharing information between and among the FWC members, the blog may be viewed as an informal medium that encourages viewing and creating new contents.

The content of individual posts varies, and may include information about our general meetings, new members, and the executive board officers. Other sources are also available such as the historical perspective of the Club, its purpose, Special Interest Sections, and more. Blogging is seen as flexible medium to share recorded messages, individual journals, photos, special moments, and opinions.

When I created this BLOG in February 2012, I had envisioned a single place where any UCLA FWC member could contribute a post toward building a collective MEMORY of the UCLA Faculty Women's Club.

To get started, join in by signing into the site and become a “follower.” From there, simply follow the instructions that will be displayed on the screen.

Here are some TIPS for blogging.

The name LibraryViolets is my name as a blogger. So, when you see the name libraryviolets, don't delete the message.

Will discuss more at our Board Meeting.

In general, take a minute to navigate the screen and observe its layout. The screen is divided into several sections. The main text is in the left quad; table of content page is in the right column in addition to the place where you will be signing into the blog. The bottom part is reserved for your comments, notes, and threads.

Keep BLOGGING