V OLUME 6 N O 3 Page 8 Summer 2018 College of Mount Saint Vincent Thursday, May 3, 2018 Dr. Katie Alexander, Mount Mentorship Director, Mentors: Maria Ellis, Dr. Rani, Joan Monk & Mount Mentees Mountamorphosis Dance Essemble is the College of Mount Saint Vincent’s newly formed dance company dedicated to showcasing works of Dance faculty and students as well as promoting diversity! CMSV Students include Vanessa Aceituno, Gabrielle Cole, Alyse Giallorenzo, Breeze-Lyn Morita, James Pousont, Rachel Young and our Empire State Virtual Branch Mentee, Mikaela-Rose Blanchard.
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V O L U M E 6 N O 3 Page 8 Summer 2018
College of Mount Saint Vincent Thursday, May 3, 2018
Dr. Katie Alexander, Mount Mentorship Director, Mentors: Maria Ellis, Dr. Rani, Joan Monk & Mount Mentees
Mountamorphosis Dance Essemble is the College of Mount Saint Vincent’s newly formed dance company dedicated to showcasing works of Dance faculty and students as well as promoting diversity! CMSV Students include Vanessa Aceituno, Gabrielle Cole, Alyse Giallorenzo, Breeze-Lyn Morita, James Pousont, Rachel Young and our Empire State Virtual Branch Mentee, Mikaela-Rose Blanchard.
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How New York is leading the U.S. in closing the
gender pay gap Joseph Spector
Albany Bureau Chief Published 12:06 p.m. ET April 9,
2018 | Updated 6:37 p.m. ET April 9, 2018
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LAF Fund $100, Dr. C.S. Rani
Tech Trek Fund $20.00, Heidi Parreño
AAUW Fund $20.00, Elaine Fenton
Thank You for Your Donation to the AAUW Funds!
(Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto) CONNECTTWEETLINKEDIN 1 COMMENTEMAILMORE ALBANY - Steps taken in New York to close the gender pay gap ap-pear to be paying off — literally. New York had the smallest pay gap between men and women in the nation, a new report found. Women working full time in New York earned 89 cents on the dollar compared to men, a pay gap of 11 cents, placing them first out of all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The report from the American Association of University Women, a Washington D.C. group that promotes gender equality, comes in ad-vance of Equal Pay Day on Tuesday that aims to fight the gender pay gap. The group wants to end the pay gap by 2030. “Women in New York — and all over the country — are sick of unequal pay,” said Kim Churches, the group's CEO, in a statement. “That’s why we’re issuing an expiration date on pay inequity. Pay inequity harms our families and employers, while also robbing our economy of billions of dollars." The group said that women on average earn 80 cents on the dollar compared to men in the U.S. Over the past 20 years, it said, the gap has closed by a mere 7 cents — with greater disparities among among Latinas and black women. But New York fared the best in the nation with the lowest gap, while some states had a much larger inequity. The biggest gap was 30 cents between men and women in Louisiana and Utah. In New York, men were paid on average $53,124 in 2016, while wom-en average $47,358, the group said based on data from the U.S. Cen-sus Bureau.
That was a slightly smaller gap than California and Florida, which ranked second and third, respectively. The national average pay was $51,640 for men and $41,554 for women. ALBANY - Steps taken in New York to close the gender pay gap ap-pear to be paying off — literally. . New York has taken a number of steps in recent years to address the issue. New York is one of 41 states that prohibit employers from discrimi-nating or retaliating against a worker for taking legal action to se-cure equal pay. And New York is one of 19 states where employers can't take action against a worker for discussing or disclosing wages. Last year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo banned state agencies from evaluating candidates based on their prior salary or asking their wage history. It also requires state contractors to disclose data on the gender, race and ethnicity of employees. New York is also considering a bill to prohibit employers from basing future pay on an employee's past wages -- a law already in effect in New York City. Cuomo, a Democrat seeking a third term in November, also has pro-posed a series of other steps this year as part of his Women's Agen-da. In a statement, Cuomo said his administration has fought to raise wages -- including a law that will raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour in downstate New York. In 2015, he shepherded through the Legislature a Women’s Equality Agenda that included laws on pay equity and a new paid family leave program ‘While I’m proud that New York has achieved the lowest pay gap in the nation, we will not stop until it is eliminated once and for all," Cuomo said. https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2018/04/09/how-new-york-leading-u-s-closing-gender-pay-gap/498808002/
1. Blizzard in a Bottle!: Create a "snowflake crystal" scene in a jar using Chemis-
try!. 2. Brain Games. Learn about some of the mind boggling things a brain can do
from making memories to controlling emotions. 3. Egg-cellent Parachutes Don’t let it Splat! Learn about the basic of flight in
order to ensure your egg’s safe landing in a parachute. 4. Hands-On Cosmetic Chemistry. Step into the laboratory and design your
own cosmetic portion. 5. It’s a Sugar…It’s a Base…It’s DNA! Discover the structure of DNA and learn
how to isolate DNA from your own cells painlessly. 6. Kitchen Concoctions!: Ransack your kitchen and come learn the chemistry
behind the products you see in your cabinets every day! 7. Lifting the Chemical Fingerprint. Learn to be a detective and start using
your eyes, ears, nose and some weird tools to track down strange smells … let’s hunt down those clues!
8. Paper Engineering + Origami = (Fun):2 . You will learn how to use paper to build a icosahedron shaped container in which you can store jewelry and other small items. You will also make a spinning top.
9. Play Doctor. Learn the physical exam components and tools that the doc-tors and PAs use to evaluate sick patients.
10. Playing Games in Alice World”. Learn to create interactive games using "Alice" programming.
11. RollingDroneBots. Manually operate and program Unmanned Ground Vehicles.
12. Using Leverage to get Super Powers.. Learn basics about how levers can multiply force and how leverage is used in everyday items. Build and take home a model of a common type of lever.
13. Wading through the Web. Smarter searching on the Internet—DeeperWeb, Clusty, Carrot, website reliability checks. Oh My!
14. What is a Cell? Ever wonder how big cells are? Play a computer game to help scientist’s measure cell sizes.
15. Whatever Floats Your Boat. Keep your boat afloat with your knowledge of material science and forces.
16. Women & Machine. Learn about and create mechanical systems that mimic or interact with the human body in beautiful and useful ways.
Blizzard in a Bottle!
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15th Year Conference
April 14, 2018
College of Mount Saint Vincent
Riverdale (Bronx), New York
Lifting the Chemical Fingerprint
Mystery Women!
Financial Aid Workshop for Adults
Panelists include: Maria Ellis,
ESVB President, Dr. Jessica Sims,
AAUW American Fellow, &
Mikaela Blanchard, Mount Student &
ESVB Mentee
Mystery Woman has been busted!
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