On Friday, Oct. 16, The Women’s Advancement Initiative hosted the American Association of University Women (AAUW) CT College University Fall 2015 Conference in the Konover Great Room.

The conference titled, “Women Empowering Women for Success in Career, Networking and Financial Literacy” included several speakers, lectures and keynote presentations, as well as panel discussions by both professionals and students.

Some notable in attendance was Connecticut State Senator Beth Bye,

Although the University of Hartford hosted it, the event was sponsored by Central Connecticut State University.

The Women’s Advancement Initiative program manager Margaret Gooch felt that hosting the event was a huge benefit in that “it helped a lot of people acknowledge who we were and what our programs are on campus. I think it gave the other schools a lot of information about what we do. We received very high accolades both for the venue, the planning and the information that came forward.”

“It’s put together to empower females in different roles,” Gooch said. “A lot of the conference was about leadership. It was about challenges women face in different careers and how to overcome them.

“We’re always trying to get the message out there about empowering women so this was a great group of women that came together under that umbrella that also wanted to enforce that message,” Gooch continued.