AAUW Valparaiso – AAUW Valparaiso

American Association of University Women

Valparaiso IN Affiliate

Applications will be accepted for the 2026 Aauw scholarship February 1 – March 31. Use the link for the scholarship form.
https://form.jotform.com/260185948810059

UPCOMING EVENTS -2026

Wednesday – February 4 – 6:30 PM – PCCF

Our February affiliate meeting invites you to Explore the Beauty of the Dunes with Artist, Mary Ann Pals, a talk and slide show presentation. . In 2023, Mary Ann Pals was chosen to be an Artist-In-Residence for the Indiana Dunes National Park. She enjoys using pastel and charcoal to create lifelike scenes that depict the natural beauty she sees around

Contact person is Lisa Rommelmann

Thursday – February 5 – 1:00 PM

Spiritual Seekers will meet at the home of Cheryl Stack. Chapter 6 of Welcome to the Wisdom of the World will be the topic. Ann Ruggaber is leader and contact person. Certain questions are common to all of us as human beings. Why was I born? What’s important in life? How do I know the right thing to do? What does it mean to “make a difference”? What’s wrong with me — why can’t I change? Such questions are so deeply human that they transcend time and place, religions and cultures. In this inviting book Joan Chittister presents the insights of others from different cultures throughout history who have grappled with the same kinds of life questions that plague us here and now.

For more information contact Ann Ruggaber

Thursday – February 12 – 6:30 pm – ArtFlix – Zoom only -Ida
Discussion leader-MaryAnn Thompson

2013 drama set in Poland in 1962, it follows a young woman on the verge of taking vows as a catholic nun. Orphaned as an infant during the German occupation of World War II, she must meet her aunt, a former communist, state prosecutor, and only surviving relative who tells her that her parents were Jewish. The two women embark on a trip into the Polish countryside to learn the fate of their relatives. Held out as a combat masterpiece And an eerily beautiful

For information: Diane Woolever

Thursday – February 19 – 1:00 PM

Spiritual Seekers will explore Chapter 7 of Welcome to the Wisdom of the World

Location TBA. For information, contact Ann Ruggaber.

Thursday – February 19 – PCCF and via Zoom- Great Decisions

Topic: America and the World: Trump 2.0 Foreign Policy

Discussion Leader: Kathy Evans

Trump’s return has marked a break from 80 years of U.S. foreign policy leadership, embracing an “America First” approach. This chapter explores the risks of isolation and diminished influence in relation to Trump 2.0 foreign policy.

By G. John Ikenberry.

For information contact Renée Caprile

Tuesday-February 24- 10:00am – PCCF

A new six-week series with Nina Corazzo will begin on Tuesday, February 24th at 10:00 am, at PCCF. Nina’s program is on the art history of gardens. Contact person is Renee Caprile. The history of gardens in art is a rich tapestry that relects the evolution of human civilization and the changing perceptions of beauty and nature. From the ancient Hanging Gardens of Babylon to the modern impressionists, gardens have been a source of inspiration and a subject of artistic exploration.

Tuesday- February 24-4:00pm- Zoom only- Book Group

Title: The Ginger Tree by Oswald Wynd.
Leader: Judith Hurdle

In 1903, a young Scotswoman named Mary Mackenzie sets sail for China to marry her betrothed, a military attaché in Peking. But soon after her arrival, Mary falls into an adulterous affair with a young Japanese nobleman, scandalizing the British community. Casting her out of the European community, her compatriots tear her away from her small daughter. A woman abandoned and alone, Mary learns to survive over forty tumultuous years in Asia, including two world wars and the cataclysmic Tokyo earthquake of 1923.

For more information, contact Clare Pokorny.