March 2007 - uWomen

[UWAB] Recruitment Overnight Event
by Jennifer Whitlow 27 Mar '07

27 Mar '07

Ok girls! So the recruitment overnight is next week, April 5th-6th. Many of you have already signed up to be hostess but some of you may not have had the opportunity or may have had something come up. You must live on campus in order to host someone overnight. Please let me knwo if you can host, where you live, and how many you can host by end of day Wednesday. Here is the list I have so far: Lisa Hicks (1) Freshmen Dorm Heather Pritchard (3-4) Apartment Amanda Ladd (1) Megan Elmore (1) Michelle Vela (1) Freshmen Dorm Valerie Kiliam (1) Freshmen Dorm Catie Donnelly (2) Kelli Stancil (1) Freshmen Dorm Jordan Garner (2-8) Phi Mu House Brittany Duncan (2) Whitney (1) Freshmen Dorm Katie Collins (1) Freshmen Dorm Candace Mitchell (1) Freshmen Dorm Skji Conklin (1) Freshmen Dorm...maybe more if they stay in the Alpha Chi House Kate Rosier (2) Please let me know if things have changed or if your name isn't on this list but you would like to help out. Thanks, Jennifer -- Jennifer Whitlow Computational Media Georgia Institute of Technology gtg160x(a)mail.gatech.edu

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[UWAB] Cap and Wedding Gowns Tonight
by Jennifer Whitlow 27 Mar '07

27 Mar '07

Cap and (Wedding) Gown: Graduations, Weddings, Careers and Other Life Decisions Tuesday (3/27) at 7pm in the ISYE Annex, 2nd floor lounge "Have you met a nice boy yet?" Somewhere along the way, we get faced with this question, and our reactions to it vary from woman to woman. How are you navigating the many choices available to you as a modern, educated woman? Anxious to get married? Does your career come first? Come and participate in this lively discussion where no one has the answers but, like life, everyone has an opinion! -- Jennifer Whitlow Computational Media Georgia Institute of Technology gtg160x(a)mail.gatech.edu

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[UWAB] Meeting Tonight
by Jennifer Whitlow 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

Hey girls, Don't forget we have a meeting tonight at 5:30 in CC 101. Please try to make it. We have two big events the next two weeks and we need to get things organized. Recruitment is April 5th and 6th and CoCeasar's is April 12. Hope to see lots of yall there. Jennifer -- Jennifer Whitlow Computational Media Georgia Institute of Technology gtg160x(a)mail.gatech.edu

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[UWAB] FW: [SIGCSE-members] Collaborative Research Experiences for Undergraduates
by Biggers, Maureen Short 21 Mar '07

21 Mar '07

-----Original Message----- From: SIGCSE Member Forum [mailto:SIGCSE-members@ACM.ORG] On Behalf Of Anne Applin Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 5:31 AM To: SIGCSE-members(a)ACM.ORG Subject: [SIGCSE-members] Collaborative Research Experiences for Undergraduates Dear Colleagues, The Computer Science Department at Ithaca College is again hosting an NSF-sponsored Research Experiences for Undergraduates program during the summer of 2007. This program provides the opportunity to be involved with research in the fields of Virtual Reality, Robotics, and Fractal Analysis and Visualization. Please post or distribute the attached flier to students interested in these areas. Thank you! Anne Applin, Ithaca College

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[UWAB] FW: [SIGCSE-members] Collaborative Research Experiences for Undergraduates
by Biggers, Maureen Short 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

-----Original Message----- From: SIGCSE Member Forum [mailto:SIGCSE-members@ACM.ORG] On Behalf Of Manuel A. Perez-Quinones Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 10:58 AM To: SIGCSE-members(a)ACM.ORG Subject: [SIGCSE-members] Collaborative Research Experiences for Undergraduates (please distribute widely) Collaborative Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CREU) Application Deadline: May 11th, 2007 Sponsored by CRA's Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) and the Coalition to Diversify Computing (CDC), the CREU program is geared toward increasing the number of women and minorities who go on to CS&E graduate programs. Students have the opportunity to conduct undergraduate research with a small team (2-4 students) at their home institution during the academic year. Each student receives a $3,000 stipend for their work in the year long project. Each team can also request an extra $500 to be used for supporting materials and activities. For more information see http://www.cra.org/craw/creu -M ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- Manuel A. Perez-Quinones, DSc. Email:perez@cs.vt.edu http:// perez.cs.vt.edu Dept. Computer Science (0106), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA 24061-0106 Office (KWII 125) Ph: (540)231-2646, Dept: (540)231-6931, Fax:(540) 231-9218 Calendar: http://perez.cs.vt.edu/calendar/

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[UWAB] Event Cancellation
by Nikea Davis 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

Hello All: In the interest of making sure you have a productive mid-term week, the following professional development workshop has been postponed until further notice: "Communication Skills, Leadership, and Teamwork" Facilitated by: Dr. Phillip Thompson Wednesday, March 14, 2007 6:00-8:00PM Thanks, study hard, and have a fun, yet safe Spring Break! Vickie Vickie L. Suggs, Manager Retention Inititatives and Community Office of Diversity and Community Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta Georgia 30332 Office: 404.385.2273 Email: vickie(a)cc.gatech.edu

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[UWAB] CoCeasar's Palace
by Jennifer Whitlow 12 Mar '07

12 Mar '07

One more thing for tonight's meeting...Be thinking about which group you want to be in: -Advertising/Signs/Chalking: Heather Pritchard, Kristina Makarova(chalking) -Professor/Student Organization Invitations and Help: Vanessa -Decorations: -Food/Drinks: -Prize Donations/Raffle: Apple donated 2 iPod Shuffles!! -Set-up/Clean-up: Everyone!!! You can help with as many of the areas you would like but we will need people for all of them. Vanessa has also already found a DJ for the event. We will need everyone's help for clean-up, set-up, and manning the various tables at the event. -- Jennifer Whitlow Computational Media Georgia Institute of Technology gtg160x(a)mail.gatech.edu

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[UWAB] Meeting Tonight
by Jennifer Whitlow 12 Mar '07

12 Mar '07

Don't forget our meeting is tonight at 5:30 in CC 101. there's only 4 weeks until CoCeasars so its time to get busy finding prizes, orgnanizing decorations, advertising the event, getting food, and finding other student orgs and professors to help with setup and be dealers. Get ready...the next 4 weeks are going to be super busy! See you there! -- Jennifer Whitlow Computational Media Georgia Institute of Technology gtg160x(a)mail.gatech.edu

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[UWAB] GENDER COMMUNICATIONS
by Whitlow,Jennifer Nicole 11 Mar '07

11 Mar '07

Hey Girls! Check this out!

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[UWAB] Part-time Job Opportunity at Georgia Pacific
by Jennifer Whitlow 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

I work for Georgia Pacific in the IT department. One of our groups is looking for someone who wants a part time job working around 20 hours a week. The job description is below. Please send me your resume if you are interested in this job opportunity. Technical Skills: Java, JavaScript, XML Job Description: Georgia-Pacific is well known for its excellent co-op program. The position will enable the candidate to gain real-world experience by working on high priority projects. The candidate will be directed in their tasks by senior level employees. The candidate will be involved in an SAP project implementation of SAP MDM for product information. The candidate will be involved in writing testing scripts, executing quality assurance exercises based on the test scripts. The candidate may be involved in additional technical documentations such as user guides, requirements, technical specifications. The candidate will be involved in data flow diagrams/technical diagrams. The candidate would be involved in programming, unit testing of enhancements / support to a packaged system. The package covers product information management. The candidate may also move into some enhancements / support for internally written .Net application(s). The candidate will be guided in all tasks by a more senior person. Key Tasks and Responsibilities: Works well in a team environment Customer service orientation Ability to communicate to gather information Self Starter Organized Asks questions, digs for answers, has a healthy curiosity General Web Development skills are important SQL Skills are a plus .Net experience would be a positive Number of hours student would need to work: 20 hours/week -- Jennifer Whitlow Computational Media Georgia Institute of Technology gtg160x(a)mail.gatech.edu

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