Congrats @AllyOrr8 for getting the scholarship established and making a difference at @BoiseState. Congrats to Jessica Lambert on receiving the first scholarship. https://t.co/hm4D4N8XsU via @KTVB
“For Orr, the most disturbing part of the video wasn’t the speech; it was the applause that followed.”
@AllyOrr8 was stunned when a university professor delivered a misogynist speech that garnered applause. Here’s how she fought back.
#EduChat#HigherEd
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When a college professor described women in the workplace as meddlesome and quarrelsome, this college student decided to get even for all women. Plus, @Bethenny Frankel and @MsVivicaFox stop by. We’re celebrating International Women’s Day. Don’t miss TUESDAY on “Tamron Hall.”
This week @AllyOrr8, a Senior at Boise State University shares with Rhea Allen, Peppershock CEO |podcaster| CH✳️🧡, of Peppershock Media and themarketingexpedition, how she created a scholarship for women at Boise State studying STEM, Medicine, and Law...
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Marketing student Ally Orr (@AllyOrr8) started a scholarship for Women in STEM, Law and Medicine at Boise State in response to the misogynistic comments of professor Scott Yenor.
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Our students never cease to impress. Well done Ally Orr (@AllyOrr8), the scholarship is over $130k!!! Thanks for demonstrating how welcoming our campus is. https://t.co/DqUB26wISs
Bravo, @AllyOrr8! Read the full story, including AWIS Interim CEO Meredith Gibson's statement on the challenges facing #WomenInSTEM today. https://t.co/fYhrTEhW6a
What can one person achieve? Check out @AllyOrr8, who turned a lemon professor into lemonade - scholarships for women in STEM, Law & Medicine at Boise State University. UPDATE!!! Her @gofundme now totals >$112,000. Looking up to you, Ally! https://t.co/xVucDAxVgw #genderequality
Thank you so much to the Micron Foundation for supporting the "Women in STEM, Medicine, and Law" scholarship at Boise State! I am so thankful for their active support in helping students achieve their dreams!
Inspired by the passion of Micron Women’s Leadership Network and @AllyOrr8's efforts to raise scholarship funds for women, the Micron Foundation stands in solidarity and joins the community by donating $25K https://t.co/dWHxv0peIB @MicronTech@KTVB@boisestate@boisestatecoen
Professor Scott Yenor described independent women as “medicated, meddlesome, and quarrelsome,” and should be kept out of engineering. So Ally Orr raised money and created a $70k scholarship for WOMEN in Scott's name. Go Ally!
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PHS alum and Boise State student Ally Orr raised funds for a scholarship for women after a professor's negative comments on women in education went viral.