PRESS RELEASE: Womenetics Awards $11,000 to Students Focused on Global Women’s Issues
Thursday, October 06 2011
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Women’s Media Company and Georgia-Pacific Announce First Place Winner of
Advancing Aspirations Global Scholarship
(October 6, 2011): Third-year Northwestern University student Judy Wu is the first place award winner of the Womenetics Advancing Aspirations Global Scholarship. Wu receives $5,000 as well as a trip to Washington, D.C. to attend the 11th Annual Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards at the Kennedy Center in 2012. She was selected by U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer for her 2,500 word essay that focused on international access to education and a proposal for literacy and educational development in Nigeria. Ambassador Verveer announced Wu as the winner at the Womenetics Global Women’s Initiative conference in Atlanta last week. She congratulated Wu for her efforts and endorsed Wu’s view on the importance of girls’ education and her ideas for change.
In an effort to encourage undergraduate students to research and ignite awareness about international issues, Womenetics joined forces with Georgia-Pacific to award a total of $11,000 through the Womenetics Advancing Aspirations Global Scholarship competition. In addition to the first place prize won by Wu, four others were chosen as second place winners to receive $1,500 prizes: Emily Hill, Princeton University; Amelia Marstaller, University of Utah; Kiana Nicholas, Georgia State University; and Tyler Vunk, University of New England. Read all five essays at www.womenetics.com/Georgia-PacificPrize.
“Womenetics recognizes the power of young people and we’re dedicated to connecting students interested in the advancement of women with those in vital, impactful roles,” says Elisabeth Marchant, president and CEO of Womenetics. “Womenetics seeks to inspire future leaders of global advancement by providing information and education on measures being taken to empower women.”
"Georgia-Pacific believes supporting fresh and thoughtful ideas from young people creates new possibilities," says Georgia-Pacific SVP of Communications, Government and Public Affairs, Shelia Weidman. "These scholarships urge students to research women’s issues and advocate ideas that will improve the quality of life for all.”
Remarked US Ambassador Verveer, “I applaud Womenetics for creating this dynamic network that inspires and connects women everywhere. The students who entered this contest are already leaders; the solutions they proposed showed so much thoughtfulness and care for the world they are going to lead. I am confident that our world will be in good hands with them.”
Womenetics is a business media platform providing substantive information for and about women. Recognized by Forbes as one of the Top 100 Websites for Women, Womenetics celebrates women in the workplace and focuses on them as leaders, exploring how women’s abilities can be effectively employed to impact today’s critical challenges. Womenetics inspires women to become engaged, control their destinies and take their place in business and the public realm. Through compelling content online, at events and within a web-based community, Womenetics cultivates relationships between its audience and foremost thought leaders around global issues, leadership development and business insights.
