Welcome to the Wheaton-Glen Ellyn Branch of AAUW!

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Next Branch Meeting
Wednesday, October 10, 7:00 PM
The Glen Ellyn History Center
800 N. Main Street, Glen Ellyn

On October 10 (Note – This is the second Wednesday in October), we are very excited to welcome Dr. Ann Rondeau, 6th President of the College of DuPage. COD has long been an important source of local pride and many of us have been actively engaged as students, employees, and members of the community it serves. Our branch provides scholarships annually to young women from local high schools who attend COD. We are eager to hear Dr. Rondeau’s thoughts as she begins her third year.

Looking ahead . . .

Saturday, October 13, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT WALK OR RUN.
Meet in Glen Ellyn and walk or run the Prairie Path to Wheaton.  9:00 a.m., Glen Ellyn Public Library (Parking Lot) 400 Duane Street, Glen Ellyn

 Wednesday, November 7 — Dr. Megan Bang
Dr. Bang grew up in the Chicago Indian Community. She received her Ph.D. in Learning Sciences, College of Education, Northwestern University.  She is formerly associate professor of educational psychology and affiliated faculty in American Indian Studies, University of Washington. 7:00 PM, The Glen Ellyn History Center, 800 N. Main Street, Glen Ellyn

Click here for the calendar of Branch events for 2018-19.

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Thank you to all members and customers who helped make the 2018 Book Sale such a great success!

Please join us at our next Book Sale, May 1-4, 2019

Members: Help the Branch collect book donations.

Download a Flyer and post it at a community bulletin board or email it to your friends and local realtors.  Click here.

For more information on the Book Sale, click here.

Why do we collect and sell used books?

The Wheaton-Glen Ellyn Branch’s main fundraiser is the annual AAUW Used Book Sale. Each year, we sell more than 35,000 volumes to members of the community and visitors from surrounding states. Proceeds fund fellowships and grants nationally and COD scholarships locally.  AAUW Wheaton-Glen Ellyn Branch, NFP is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization.  AAUW stands for American Association of University Women, a national organization founded in 1881.

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Photos from 2015 Book Sale2014-Book Sale2



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