Opening Day, Monday, September 17, 2018

8:45 – 9:30  Dining Room   Welcome Back Coffee and Tea Time

Enjoy the Day! 

Please note the earlier start time to give you plenty of opportunity to meet and greet old and new friends and enjoy a full morning program. Enjoy cookies and beverages provided by our faithful Coffee Committee.

9:30 – 10:30 Presidents’ Hall

Welcome to Minneapolis AAUW 2018-2019

Carol Sheldon, our new President, will welcome us to another wonderful year. Susie Erickson and Doris Grimes, Program Vice Presidents, will introduce Topic and Focus Day chairs who will preview a year of programs that will make you eager for Mondays at the Gale. We’ll update you on fourth Monday interest group programs and have reports from our
Membership and Gala chairs.

10:45 – 11:45 Presidents’ Hall

Surly: A Minnesota Beer Story

Speakers: Omar and Rebecca Ansari, Owners of Surly Brewing

How did home brewing in the garage turn into a destination brewery in Minneapolis? How did Minnesota go from six to 160 microbreweries in fewer than ten years? Who or what is Furious, Surly Nation, and SGAD? Learn the answers and more when our speakers tell us the Surly story.

11:45 – 12:00  ANNOUNCEMENTS

Recognition of Past Presidents

1:15 – 2:15

A Ray of Sunshine in your Tank

Speaker: Dr. Jane Davidson, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Ronald L. and Janet A. Christenson Chair of Renewable Energy, Director of the Solar Energy Laboratory, University of Minnesota

More energy from sunlight strikes the earth in an hour than all of the energy consumed on the planet in one year. Join Davidson who will present her research on how to convert sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into clean alternative fuels.

THANK YOU PROGRAM TOPIC CHAIRS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Your time and dedication for learning and advocacy for AAUW priorities have produced another great year of programs.

Thanks for all you do.