February 2009 - uWomen

[UWAB] Women's Scholarship
by ecollums＠cc.gatech.edu 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

See below for a great opportunity. **2009 ANNUAL GTWF SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION** GTWF is pleased to announce the 2009 Annual GTWF Scholarship Competition. If you know a Georgia Tech student that meets the following requirements, please print the attached scholarship application or forward it along. Eligibility requirements for the GTWF scholarship recipients: Must be a female student who has: 1. Demonstrated academic achievements; 2. Completed at least one semester at Georgia Tech; 3. Have at least two semesters remaining before graduation. No student may receive the award more than two (2) times. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Applicants should staple and return their cover sheet, completed application, and essay to: Women's Resource Center, Georgia Tech, Suite 131, Student Services Building (the "Flag" building, next to the Student Center) by 4:00 PM, Wednesday, March 5, 2009. Elizabeth Collums Program Coordinator Office of Outreach, Enrollment and Community The College of Computing at Georgia Tech 801 Atlantic Drive Atlanta, GA 30332-0280

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[UWAB] MEETING TODAY!!
by Pham, Candis E 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

Good morning girls! Don't forget, we have a Women@CC meeting today (Monday, February 16) at 4:00p - 5:00p in the Student Orgs room. We have a bunch of exciting upcoming events as well as other fun event planning. Also, Linda is bringing clementine tarts! ... so come join us. Also, don't forget that the CoCaesar's logo design entries are due by email to me TONIGHT, so please get those in as soon as possible. Thanks, and I hope to see you tonight! -- Candis Pham B.S. Computational Media Women@CC- Chair Georgia Institute of Technology

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[UWAB] THROWBACK International - Wednesday FEB 18th 7PM Klaus 1116
by Slaughter, Michael S 13 Feb '09

13 Feb '09

Greetings! M@CC is B@ck and we're at it again! The Throwback (The biggest party of this decade, about the last decade!) is returning, except as usual, M@CC decided to mix it up a bit... this year, M@CC is taking you AROUND THE WORLD. On Wednesday February 18th at 7PM Minorities @ The College of Computing would like to cordially invite you to the Throwback International. If you don't understand, here's a commercial.. so you know its official: http://tinyurl.com/ThrowbackInternational Food Music Games Fun Prizes >From around the World And as always... That Signature M@CC style! I hope to see you all there! Sincerely, Michael Slaughter President Minorities @ The College of Computing Special thanks to SAB, ESP and W@CC for thier support! Brought to you by Yahoo!

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[UWAB] National Young Women's Leadership Conference
by ecollums＠cc.gatech.edu 13 Feb '09

13 Feb '09

Dear Campus Feminists, I am writing to let you know about an exciting conference the Feminist Majority Foundation will be hosting in Washington, DC, March 21-23. The National Young Women's Leadership Conference, "From Campus to Congress" is geared toward college-aged feminists, student activists, and their allies. Students will participate in skill-building workshops and discussions on key issues facing young women today including reproductive justice, the environment, affirmative action, and economic empowerment. Attendees will also have the opportunity to hear from members of Congress, national leaders, and student activists from across the country. For more information, please visit www.feministcampus.org/leadership<http://www.feministcampus.org/leadership>. We would love to have students from your school attend the conference. Please forward this email to any students and faculty that you think may be interested. Additionally, we do not want cost to be an obstacle, so please let any interested students know that they can contact Wendy Matheny, Campus Program Director (wmatheny(a)feminist.org<mailto:wmatheny@feminist.org>), for scholarship information. Sincerely, Lilah Crews-Pless Feminist Majority Foundation Spring Intern Elizabeth Collums Program Coordinator Office of Outreach, Enrollment and Community The College of Computing at Georgia Tech 801 Atlantic Drive Atlanta, GA 30332-0280

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[UWAB] Paid Research Internships
by ecollums＠cc.gatech.edu 13 Feb '09

13 Feb '09

SUMMER 2009 PAID RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS via CRA-W/CDC DREU (DREU was known as the DMP from 1994-2008) >> Application Deadline February 15, 2009 >> >> The CRA-W/CDC Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates >> (DREU) Program matches promising undergraduates with a faculty mentor >> for a summer research experience at the faculty member's home institution. >> The objective of the DREU is to increase the number of women and >> students from underrepresented groups entering graduate studies in >> the fields of computer science and engineering. The DREU experience >> is invaluable for students who are considering graduate school, >> providing them with a close-up view of what graduate school is really >> like and also increasing their competitiveness as an applicant for >> graduate admissions and fellowships. >> >> Funding for the student consists of $6000 for the summer (10 weeks), >> plus relocation travel assistance when appropriate. Additional funds >> may be available to support student conference travel, either during >> the summer or afterward, and for outreach activities promoting the DREU. >> >> An on-line Application for students and faculty mentors, more >> information about DREU, and webpages authored by previous >> participants are available at: >> http://parasol.tamu.edu/dreu/ >> Application Deadline February 15, 2009 Awards Announced: mid-March >> 2009 >> >> Notes for faculty mentors regarding the DREU Program: >> >> * Cost sharing by faculty mentors is encouraged. The number of >> students interested in the DREU program has increased substantially >> over the last several years. To enable more students to participate, >> faculty are now encouraged to provide funds to support (partially or >> fully) students; the DREU will provide travel support for all students. >> >> * All interested faculty are eligible to be DREU mentors. All >> interested faculty are encouraged to apply as mentors. Nonetheless, >> based on the documented benefits of role models with similar gender >> or from similar demographic groups, it is anticipated that DREU funds >> will mostly be used to support students matched with mentors from >> groups underrepresented in computing. Hence, other mentors applying >> should attempt to provide full funding for their students' stipends >> (the program will provide travel support). >> >> For more information about the DREU, consult the DREU webpages >> http://parasol.tamu.edu/dreu/ >> or contact the DREU Co-Directors at dreu(a)cse.tamu.edu >> <mailto:dreu@cse.tamu.edu> >> >> Nancy Amato, Professor, Texas A&M University Co-Director, Distributed >> Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CDC) >> >> Tracy Camp, Professor, Colorado School of Mines Co-Director, >> Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CRA-W) >> >> Maria Gini, Professor, University of Minnesota Co-Director, >> Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CRA-W) >> >> >> The Computing Research Association (CRA, http://cra.org<http://cra.org/>) is an >> association of more than 180 North American academic departments of >> computer science and computer engineering; laboratories and centers >> in industry, government, and academia engaging in basic computing >> research; and affiliated professional societies. >> >> The Coalition to Diversity Computing (CDC, >> http://www.cdc-computing.org/) is a joint organization of the ACM, CRA, and IEEE-CS. >> >> DREU is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation >> with additional support from AAAI, the Luce Foundation, and USENIX. Elizabeth Collums Program Coordinator Office of Outreach, Enrollment and Community The College of Computing at Georgia Tech 801 Atlantic Drive Atlanta, GA 30332-0280

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[UWAB] Don't forget! - NCWIT interviews
by Pham, Candis E 12 Feb '09

12 Feb '09

Hey girls! Don't forget that the Female Focus Group NCWIT interviews are TODAY (Thursday, February 12) at 3:00p - 4:00p in the Student Organizations Room (CCB 104b). Thanks, and have a great day! -- Candis Pham B.S. Computational Media Women@CC- Chair Georgia Institute of Technology

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[UWAB] "The Throwback International"- cooking!
by Pham, Candis E 11 Feb '09

11 Feb '09

Hey girls, The W@CC have recently decided to help M@CC with this year's "The Throwback International" event! The event is to be this coming Wednesday, February 18, 2009 in Klaus 1116 East and West. To help, we're donating 3 CoCaesar's VIP passes and providing a/some international food items. If you have any food ideas and/or would like to help cook, send me an email at cpham3(a)gatech.edu and we'll plan to cook something this weekend. As always, if you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me (cpham3(a)gatech.edu) or Victoria Au (vau(a)gatech.edu) Thanks, and have a great night! -- Candis Pham B.S. Computational Media Women@CC- Chair Georgia Institute of Technology

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[UWAB] Call for CoCaesar's Logo Designs!!!
by Pham, Candis E 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

Hey girls! We will soon be voting on the event logo/design for this year's CoCaesar's Palace. This design will go on posters, fliers, t-shirts, invitations, decorations, and more! If you would like to submit a design, please email it to me (cpham3(a)gatech.edu) by midnight Monday, February 16, 2009. I will then put together a survey so the design may be decided on by vote. A sketched image will be okay for the vote if it is scanned in, but keep in mind that it must be computerized before we can work with it. This year's theme is "The Wild West- Texas Holm-em." The theme does not have to be stated in the design. For more information concerning the theme, please refer to the meeting notes. As always, if you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me at cpham3(a)gatech.edu or Victoria Au at vau(a)gatech.edu. Thanks, and I look forward to seeing your designs! -- Candis Pham B.S. Computational Media Women@CC- Chair Georgia Institute of Technology

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[UWAB] Meeting Minutes
by Linda Huynh 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

Hello everybody, The meeting minutes can be found at this link: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfxrw32r_143ct5kpmd8&hl=en . Many things were discussed and many events are coming up. Hopefully everyone will be able to make the next meeting to talk some more about the different events we are planning. Sincerely, Linda Huynh

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[UWAB] PHP experience needed
by Sheila.Isbell＠gtri.gatech.edu 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

Hi, Do you have any PHP experience? I need your help (paid) to modify some opensource software for me written in PHP, there will be some database work, but not without instruction and guidance from me. Plus since you are dealing with existing code, you will have plenty of examples around you for how to do something. If you have a resume ready from the career fairs last week - great, if not, just write a paragraph about yourself (2-3 sentences) so we can talk from there. This work would ideally last from now (Spring) through the Summertime. Many Thanks, Sheila Sheila Isbell Research Scientist Email: sheila.isbell(a)gtri.gatech.edu Information Technology & Telecommunications Laboratory<http://www.gtri.gatech.edu/ittl/index.html> [cid:image001.png@01C98B78.D8137520]

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