December 2007 - uWomen

[UWAB] FW: Leadership Opportunities for Spring
by Biggers, Maureen Short 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

-----Original Message----- From: Phillip Thompson [mailto:phillip.thompson@vpss.gatech.edu] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 6:48 PM To: danielle.mcdonald(a)vpss.gatech.edu; Ludovice, Pete ; dan.morrison(a)housing.gatech.edu; yvette.upton(a)vpss.gatech.edu; ruperto.perez(a)vpss.gatech.edu; stephanie.ray(a)vpss.gatech.edu; leigh.jackson(a)crc.gatech.edu; sally.hammock(a)stucen.gatech.edu; sarah.brackmann(a)vpss.gatech.edu; joshua(a)gatech.edu; cmorton(a)gatech.edu; mike.fulford(a)housing.gatech.edu; sheree.gibson(a)housing.gatech.edu; steven.girardot(a)vpss.gatech.edu; susan.paraska(a)carnegie.gatech.edu; richard.barke(a)pubpolicy.gatech.edu; Biggers, Maureen Short; doug.allen(a)coa.gatech.edu; moreland(a)gatech.edu; doug.williams(a)ece.gatech.edu; luqman10(a)gmail.com; trish.wichmann(a)gatech.edu Subject: Leadership Opportunities for Spring Dear Board Members: Sorry to hit you with this so late. I am attaching to excellent leadership internship possibilities with Leadership Atlanta and Leadership Georgia. Also, I am looking for a student assistant for the LEAD program. The job pays $10/hour and would mean working with me on a variety of matters including but not limited to: 1) Updating website-not technical- we have an IT person, I need development of text in various areas, etc. 2) Working on developing new programming 3) Developing a new newsletter format with ICPA and other forms of publicity. 4) Working on the Deloitte Case Competition The time commitment would average 12-13 hours per week. If you are interested of know a student who might be, please let me know soon. I want to hire quickly so I will interview the first week back from school. Thanks. Have a great holiday break. :-) Phillip M. Thompson, J.D., LL.M., Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology Director, LEAD Program www.leadership.gatech.edu Division of Student Affairs/Undergraduate Programs Adjunct, School of Public Policy 353 Ferst Dr. Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0285 (404) 385-2291

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[UWAB] Fwd: Readers Wanted: Eve Ensler's The Good Body
by Heather Pritchard 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Hey ladies -- here's a cool opportunity to promote body awareness through an awesome play/reading by Eve Ensler (the same person who wrote Vagina Monologues). If you'd be interested in a reading part, e-mail colleen(a)gatech.edu. See below for more information. :) Hope everyone is having a fantastic break so far! -- hp ----- Forwarded message from Colleen Petterson <colleen.petterson(a)vpss.gatech.edu> ----- Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:32:46 -0500 From: Colleen Petterson <colleen.petterson(a)vpss.gatech.edu> Reply-To: Colleen Petterson <colleen.petterson(a)vpss.gatech.edu> Subject: [wam2008] Readers Wanted: Eve Ensler's The Good Body To: Jill Barber <jill.barber(a)vpss.gatech.edu> As part of Love Your Body month, a month of programming focused on positive body messages, we will be doing a reading of Eve Ensler's The Good Body. You may recognize Eve Ensler from her amazing work with The Vagina Monlogoues, a program typically done during the student-led Women's Awareness Month. We are looking for student, faculty and staff (preferably women) who may be interested in reading a portion of The Good Body! The readings are relatively short, but all diverse in character. Attached are brief descriptions of the various parts. The reading will be on Monday, February 11 at 3:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. in the Richards Gallery of the Ferst Center for the Arts. You would need to be available at least thirty minutes before each reading (which should last no longer than 90-minutes) as well as a brief, informal run through the week prior. If you're interested please email colleen(a)gatech.edu. Please forward this message to any woman you feel may be interested! We appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you during Love Your Body Month! CP /"The Good Body/ began with me and my particular obsession with my imperfect stomach." Eve Ensler Colleen M. Petterson Program Coordinator Women's Resource Center Georgia Institute of Technology Office: 404-385-4501 Fax: 404-385-6637 ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Heather Pritchard Computational Media heather.pritchard(a)gatech.edu

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[UWAB] Spring jobs & PhD program in Technology & Social Behavior at Northwestern
by Biggers, Maureen Short 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

See below for an interesting new interdisciplinary PhD program! If that kind of thing appeals to you, you can do something related right here as an undergrad. I have openings in my lab for research assistants for spring semester. These are paid positions and we use social science research methodologies to look at various aspects of diversity in computing. Let me know if you are interested. Happy Holidays to all! Maureen Biggers Join the Northwestern University PhD program in Technology and Social Behavior! The Graduate School at Northwestern University is seeking exceptional applicants to join the Ph.D. program in Technology and Social Behavior (TSB) in the Fall of 2008. TSB is a joint Ph.D. program in Communication and Computer Science that draws on Northwestern's strong support for interdisciplinary study, benefits from talented faculty who contribute to a tradition of collaboration, and attracts unique students who are eager for academic experiences that cross traditional departmental boundaries. The combined degree benefits students by providing training in social science methods to study human behavior, experience designing and implementing new technologies, practice incorporating the results of empirical research into these technologies, and preparation for the widest range of academic and industrial jobs. We recruit students from a variety of backgrounds and provide rigorous training in humanities, social sciences, computer science, and human-computer interaction methodologies. The core faculty in the TSB program come from the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) in the McCormick School of Engineering, and from the Media, Technology & Society (MTS) Program in the School of Communication. Noshir Contractor and Paul Leonardi have recently joined our active faculty that includes Larry Birnbaum, Justine Cassell, Ken Forbus, Darren Gergle, Eszter Hargittai, Ian Horswill, Don Norman, Bryan Pardo and a number of other faculty from affiliated departments. Faculty and students are currently addressing a broad range of topics including: * The digital divide from sociological, policy, and engineering perspectives * Interactive technologies for children with special needs * Trust development in computer-mediated communication environments * The structure and function of social networks in knowledge dissemination * Psychology of virtual humans * A role for virtual peers in literacy development * Self-generating music videos * Language and behavior in on-line communities. * Teens on-line For more details on the program, faculty, and admissions requirements see: http://tsb.northwestern.edu/ The deadline for admissions materials is: December 31st, 5pm CST

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[UWAB] Fwd: FW: Job for Spring 2008?
by Jennifer Whitlow 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Hey girls! Check out this job opportunity to work with middle school girls on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I've worked with Barb in the past and had so much fun with the Pico Crickets. Jennifer -- Jennifer Whitlow Computational Media Georgia Institute of Technology gtg160x(a)mail.gatech.edu I am looking for energetic and responsible computer science and/or computational media students to help us introduce computing to middle school girls at 3 local middle schools. We meet with 15-20 girls twice a week (Tues and Thurs) from 4:00pm - 6:00pm. This is part of a YWCA Teen Girls in Technology afterschool program. We send out students in teams of 2 and pay for your time to learn the material, prepare for the sessions, travel, and do the sessions. We also pay students to develop ideas to try with the students. We teach them computing concepts using LEGO NXT robots (http://mindstorms.lego.com/) PicoCrickets (http://picocricket.com/) Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu <http://scratch.mit.edu/> ) and Alice (http://www.alice.org <http://www.alice.org/> ). LEGO NXT robots and PicoCrickets are both robotic type kits that allow you to build and program robots using drag-and-drop programming. The PicoCrickets are more of an arts and crafts kit for the digital age. Scratch and Alice make it easy for kids to learn computing concepts while building animations and games. If you are interested please e-mail Felicia Auzla fauzla(a)cc.gatech.edu. You must be available Tues and Thurs from 3:30pm - 6:30pm. Please let us know if you can drive (have a license) and have a car. You don't have to have a car to be considered. We pay about $12 an hour. For more information see http://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/ice-gt/597. Thank You, Barb Ericson Director, Computer Science Outreach Georgia Tech

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