News & Update: from STW & TGJAOC
Dear Trojan Women:
We are thrilled to announce the merger of two great alumnae groups: the Society of Trojan Women (STW) and the Town and Gown Junior Auxiliary of Orange County (TGJAOC).
This is a continuation of the “junior” alumnae groups joining forces to engage more Trojan women with valuable programming and opportunities to connect. If you recall, STW was formed in 2013 by combining two Los Angeles legacy women’s groups – Trojan Junior Auxiliary of Los Angeles and Town and Gown Junior Auxiliary of Los Angeles. The most recent merger of STW and TGJAOC is an important and exciting step in growing our community of modern Trojan women, lifelong and worldwide.
About the Society of Trojan Women
STW provides a new non-membership, programming-centric paradigm for modern, busy Trojan women to engage with the University and each other. As leaders of STW, we are working to build a diverse, multi-generational community of Trojan women who come together to support, empower and connect with each other.
Through STW events, we provide interesting and relevant programming, create opportunities to get to know new Trojan women and connect with old friends, and give back to the University through student scholarships and Day of SCervice. STW aims to support you in accomplishing both your professional and personal goals. This past year we have sponsored the following events: Negotiating for Women, Giving Back through Mentoring, Mindfulness for the New Year, Developing Your Voice and Executive Presence, and Taking Charge of Your Financial Destiny. All of our events are open to all Trojan women, so you can come to whichever STW events seem interesting to you.
We hope that after attending an STW event, you feel more excited to tackle your life’s ambitions based on spending time with really supportive, encouraging, and fun Trojan women. That is what we hope STW becomes – a place to escape the hassles and pressures of life and to leave feeling more energized and empowered to create the life you want to live.
STW’s Future
Next year, STW will have 4 to 5 events in both Los Angeles and Orange County. We welcome you to come to all or any of the events that you can fit in your schedule. While we realize that many of us are very busy – establishing or advancing ourselves in our careers, starting families, raising children, pursuing personal goals and fulfillment – and making time for anything else sometimes seems difficult, we hope that you will come be a part of this growing community of energetic, fun and supportive Trojan women in whatever way you can make it work – one event or all of them.
A Brief History of STW
STW was formed in 2013 by combining two Los Angeles legacy women’s groups – Trojan Junior Auxiliary of Los Angeles (TJALA) and Town and Gown Junior Auxiliary of Los Angeles (TGJALA). Since the mid-1930s, both of these groups had created active communities of Trojan women to engage in fundraising for scholarships while promoting friendship, leadership, professional development and personal enrichment. TJALA and TGJALA were both very successful in raising scholarship money and awarding scholarships to students for many decades. STW is extremely grateful to all past members of these organizations because their fundraising efforts have enabled STW to start a $100k scholarship endowment this year.
TGJAOC was established in 1969 as a support group of alumnae and friends of the University. The main mission of this group for many years was to raise funds for scholarship given to USC undergraduate students from Orange County who demonstrate both academic and community service excellence. Through the years, TGJAOC has been extraordinarily successful in fundraising, providing over $525k in scholarships in the last 45 years. Additionally, TGJAOC will establish its own endowment from its legacy fundraising efforts within STW that will be earmarked solely to support the scholarship of USC students from Orange County.
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Calling New Leaders
If STW’s vision of “Supporting and Connecting Trojan Women Lifelong and Worldwide” really resonates with you, we hope that you will apply for a leadership position on the 2015-2016 STW Board. The board role descriptions and application can be found here. Applications are due May 15th.
Need more information about available positions? Learn about STW Board Positions.
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Attend Our Next Event - June 6th
Take a Break – Using Career Breaks and Transitions to Create the Life that You Want
June 6, 2015
9:30am-12:30pm
Newport Landing Restaurant
503 Edgewater Place, Newport Beach
On Saturday June 6th, we will host our first combined event – a mimosa brunch in Newport Beach. This event will focus on the mental health benefits of taking career breaks, how to appropriately exit and re-enter the job market, and how to be prepared financially for them.
Breaks from focusing on our careers are essential to ensure that we are living a full life, and provide incredible opportunities for self-reflection and development. We will also have facilitated networking activities to support and connect all Trojan women in attendance.
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We look forward to seeing you at an STW event soon!
Julie Paluch
STW President
Elizabeth Beas
TGJAOC Co-President
Jamilla Jamison
STW President-Elect
Jennifer Ly
TGJAOC Co-President
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