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Spotlight on Allison Rapson: Woman inspiring other women to rise

Regardless if it’s in our careers, our relationships, our self-image or just by wearing sky-high heels -women are rising to new heights in all areas of our lives.We go for the extra hour of overtimes, run for an additional five minutes when we feel like...more

Fighting Cyber Bullying: A more serious issue than it seems

I was intently watching Teen Mom on MTV when I was overcome with irritation due to the fact that a commercial break interrupted a seriously intense moment. With no other choice but to stare at the screen and wait for my show to come back on, I sat listeni...more

Bendix Announces "The Passion That Drives You" Scholarship Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the Bendix Brakes "The Passion That Drives You"  Scholarship contest. Each of these inspiring young people earned a $2500 scholarship towards their automotive education. Here at AskPatty.com, we're especially pleased to...more

Serena inaugurates second Kenyan school

Always a trailblazer. Always doing good things.  Always going the extra miles. Just over a year after visiting Kenya to open the Serena Williams Secondary School in Matooni, Kenya, Serena Williams returned to the country to follow up on her humanitari...more

How a sports brand can create awareness through viral video

One of the best viral videos I’ve seen coming from a sports brand is associated with a powerful advocacy campaign created by the Nike Foundation called the Girl Effect. Although the campaign’s mission is not overtly obvious, the interactive video (se...more

Female athletes outperform their male counterparts in college

College athletes are still setting records and dispelling myths — in the classroom. The NCAA’s latest graduation numbers show nearly four out of five student-athletes earn their diplomas on time, an all-time high, and federal statistics show athletes...more

Steps toward a better philanthropy

As one of their cornerstone objectives, many sororities focus on philanthropy, which is the desire to improve the material, social and spiritual welfare of humanity. Different sororities have certain causes that they’re passionate about and raise money ...more

National Love Your Body Day

A headline from the Tucker Center blog alerted me to the fact that today is Love Your Body Day. The Tucker Center, by the way, is a think tank at the University of Minnesota  that studies  girls and women in sport. Lots of great resources and definitely...more

A conversation: Tucker Center, Twitter and women’s sports (Part 5)

  Photo Credit: Tucker Center, Facebook, Twitter Logos This blog post is part 5 of a series discussing my experiences with social media as they relate to  advocacy issues that highly affect the women’s sport sphere. This is an assignment for a cl...more

October 18-24 is National Teen Driving Safety Week!

Take one glimpse at teen driving statistics and it's clear: the real culprit facing today's teens behind the wheel is distracted driving. Regardless of whether it's a cell phone, iPod, or BlackBerry, in the last 10 years teens have become more connected ...more

Girl Scouts to meet women with non-traditional careers at NASCAR Weekend

Professional barrel racer Tana Poppino together with three women race car drivers will join 500 girl scouts at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, MO on October 1st during a unique event being planned as part of a NASCAR race weekend at the track. Tana, ...more

Top 5 best books that college professors made me read

As an English major, it pains me to admit that I hardly ever read for fun during college. While I would like to say that block classes and city internships monopolized my spare time, the truth is, I was so tired of reading for class that I could hardly mu...more

Dutch teen in battle to sail around the world

I came across an interesting article about a thirteen-year-old girl who wants to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. Laura Dekker was born in New Zealand while her parents were on a round-the-world sailing trip and spent the first f...more

Female athletes head to college and beyond

Photo credit: ThePioneer.com What’s it like to head to college as a female athlete? I guess it all depends upon your sport and division. Right now, millions of young women are packing up their cars and heading to campus (some have actually started c...more

BANDSLAM’S Vanessa Hudgens made honorary Girl Scout

Vanessa Hudgens honorary Girl Scout Walden Media – distributor of the film BANDSLAM, kicked off its partnership with the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles with a special premiere screening of their new film. Nearly 400 Girl Scouts, from ages 6 to 1...more

Spotlight on Tammy Tibbetts: Empowering Liberian Youth

Whether it’s finding the perfect prom dress for a girl that can’t afford one, providing positive advice for girls celebrating their prom or their quinceañeras, fundraising and working towards a tuition-free school in Liberia, or finding ways to conti...more

Teach yourself a second language this summer

I’ve always wanted to be fluent in French. Heck, I’ve always wanted to be fluent in multiple languages. But when it came to paying attention in my high school and college language courses and excelling, I didn’t do so swell.There were activities tha...more

Against the odds: Girls in urban areas face unique challenges in playing sports

.Katie Thomas has written two parts of a series for the New York Times looking at the unique challenges facing urban girls who want to play sports Her first piece, about a middle school basketball team in Brooklyn, highlights challenges facing the gir...more

Congrats to new grad Michelle Kwan

Michelle Kwan is the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history having won nine U.S. championships, five World Championships, and two Olympic medals. With her focus and dedication, it’s no surprise she’s a good student as well. Kwan attended Solead...more

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