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[UWAB] Relay For Life- CCB Student Orgs team!
by Pham, Candis E 13 Jan '09

13 Jan '09

Hello everyone! We're looking for participants to form a College of Computing- Student Organizations team in the annual Relay For Life event! The event will be the night of Friday, April 10, 2009 at the CRC SAC fields. Relay For Life®, the American Cancer Society's signature event, is a fun-filled overnight experience designed to bring together those who have been touched by cancer. At Relay, people from within the community gather to celebrate survivors, remember those lost to cancer, and to fight back against this disease. Relay participants help raise money and awareness to support the American Cancer Society in its lifesaving mission to eliminate cancer as a major health issue. During Relay For Life ® events, teams of people gather at schools, fairgrounds, or parks and take turns walking or running laps. The events are held overnight to represent the fact that cancer never sleeps. Through the survivors' lap and the luminaria ceremony, we honor the people who have faced cancer first hand, and we remember those who have been lost to this disease. If you would like to help out, please join by registering at http://main.acsevents.org/goto/coc. This is really an awesome event, lots of fun, and for a great cause. For more information, please visit http://www.relay.gatech.edu/ or http://relay.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RelayForLifeSouthAtlanticDi…. Thanks, and have a great day! -- Candis Pham Women@CC- Chair Georgia Institute of Technology Computational Media

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[UWAB] Relay For Life- CCB Student Orgs team!
by Pham, Candis E 13 Jan '09

13 Jan '09

Hello everyone! We're looking for participants to form a College of Computing- Student Organizations team in the annual Relay For Life event! The event will be the night of Friday, April 10, 2008 at the CRC SAC fields. Relay For Life®, the American Cancer Society's signature event, is a fun-filled overnight experience designed to bring together those who have been touched by cancer. At Relay, people from within the community gather to celebrate survivors, remember those lost to cancer, and to fight back against this disease. Relay participants help raise money and awareness to support the American Cancer Society in its lifesaving mission to eliminate cancer as a major health issue. During Relay For Life ® events, teams of people gather at schools, fairgrounds, or parks and take turns walking or running laps. The events are held overnight to represent the fact that cancer never sleeps. Through the survivors' lap and the luminaria ceremony, we honor the people who have faced cancer first hand, and we remember those who have been lost to this disease. If you would like to help out, please join by registering at http://main.acsevents.org/goto/coc. This is really an awesome event, lots of fun, and for a great cause. For more information, please visit http://www.relay.gatech.edu/ or http://relay.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RelayForLifeSouthAtlanticDi…. Thanks, and have a great day! -- Candis Pham Women@CC- Chair Georgia Institute of Technology Computational Media

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[UWAB] Geico Leadership Scholarship
by Whitlow, Jennifer N 12 Jan '09

12 Jan '09

If you are a sophomore or junior by hours, have a 3.0 GPA and want a $1000 scholarship, then please apply for the Geico Leadership scholarship. Here is the link for more information http://www.geico.jobs/achievement. Cedric, Beth or myself will write a letter of recommendation unless you have another faculty member or professor that you would like to write it. The deadline is February 7th! We will mail in your application for you, so please let me know if you are interested. Thanks, Jennifer

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[UWAB] [ambassadors] Georgia Tech Student Ambassadors Recruitment]
by Vinutha Prabhakar 12 Jan '09

12 Jan '09

-- Vinutha Prabhakar vinutha(a)gatech.edu Computer Science Georgia Institute of Technology '09 "The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." - Einstein ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Lauren Wildschut" <lauren(a)gatech.edu> To: ambassadors(a)lists.gatech.edu Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:05:26 -0500 Subject: [ambassadors] Georgia Tech Student Ambassadors Recruitment Please forward this to your lists so we can get the word out about applying for ambassadors! Thanks everyone. [image: ambassadors.JPG] *G**et involved in one of the most prestigious organizations on campus for meeting other students and alumni who share your passion for Georgia Tech. GT Ambassadors will allow you to develop your leadership and professional skills through participating in fun Institute events!* The Georgia Tech Ambassadors strive to promote the Institute with a group of professionally dedicated students that act as official hosts and hostesses for the school. Through a direct partnership with the Alumni Association, the Ambassadors assist the Office of the President, the Office of Development, lead tours for prospective students, and welcome guests of Georgia Tech. Other Ambassador activities include participation with Presidents' Dinner, Homecoming events, President's Suite activities, and also high school recruitment programs. Applications are now available on the website and are due by 5:00pm on Friday, January 23rd. Please contact Lauren Wildschut, Recruitment Chair, with any questions at Lauren(a)gatech.edu *For more information, please attend the Information Session on January 20th from 6 to 7pm in the Student Success Center and visit us online at http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/ambassadors/* -- Lauren Wildschut Georgia Institute of Technology International Affairs and Modern Languages Lauren(a)gatech.edu 770.355.9099 "on ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." le petit prince, antoine de saint-exupery

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[UWAB] CRA-W's DREU
by ecollums＠cc.gatech.edu 12 Jan '09

12 Jan '09

Hi All, Please see below for a great opportunity: Hi Everyone: We are now soliciting summer 2009 applications for students and faculty mentors for the CRA-W/CDC Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (DREU) Program (formally known as DMP). The announcement below describes the DREU program and provides links to the on-line student and mentor applications. Please help us spread the word by sending the announcement below to the undergraduate students in your department. We would appreciate you sending a broad announcement to all students in your department, AND a personal email to those students that you think would be a good fit for this program. (Personal encouragement definitely works best!) Please consider applying as a mentor yourself, and also please forward this announcement to potentially interested faculty - male and female. (Men have served as mentors since summer 2004. In fact, both both male and female mentors are needed for CDC students.) Thanks in advance for your help. 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) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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 is a highly selective program that 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<http://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 <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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Carla Romero - sent on behalf of DREU organizers Director of Programs Computing Research Association 1100 17th St. NW, Suite 507 Washington, DC 20036 202.266.2941 - voice 202.667.1066 - fax cromero(a)cra.org<http://cromero@cra.org> www.cra.org<http://www.cra.org> ------ End of Forwarded Message -- Jill Dimond PhD Student Human Centered Computing Georgia Institute of Technology

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[UWAB] Women@CC Meeting Today!!
by Pham, Candis E 12 Jan '09

12 Jan '09

Good Morning Girls! Just a reminder... our first Women@CC meeting of the semester is tonight at 4:00pm in the Student Organizations Room CCB 104b! Feel free to bring your CoC friends that may not have come in the past. We'll be electing officers, recognizing active members from last semester, talking about events such as an upcoming Google tour, and more. This is going to be a great semester! Thanks, and I hope to see you tonight! (@)_)-.--;--- Candis Pham Women@CC- Chair B.S. Computational Media

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[UWAB] W@CC- Meeting time, T-shirts, and more!
by Pham, Candis E 10 Jan '09

10 Jan '09

Hello girls! Thank you to everyone who responded to the meeting survey! Our new official UWAB meeting time will be Mondays from 4:00p - 5:00p in the Student Organizations Room- CoC Rm 104b (For those of you who don't know where that is, I will have signs up). To all of you who were named active UWAB members last semester and were asked for your t-shirt size, your Yahoo!- Code Like a Girl t-shirts are in! Please come to the meeting to pick them up. Also, for all of you who would like to run for a Women@CC office position, we will be voting at Monday's meeting. You can either nominate yourself at the meeting or if you can't make the meeting, let me know and we'll work something out. Below are the positions open as well as a short description of each. ================================================================ Co-Chairs - Conducts the weekly meetings - Briefs the Organization Advisers of group plans if the Advisers are not at the meetings - Raise Discussion concerning the following issues: -- Other Student Organizations relations -- Corporate relations -- Details concerning organization events - Makes sure that the responsibilities of the officer positions that are not filled are taken care of - Is responsible for making sure the organization stays on track and adheres to the organization's mission statement. Treasurer - Keeps up with the budget - Makes sure students are reimbursed for purchases - Making sure that all purchases are approved before they are made - Works closely with Beth Collums to make sure her approval is met on all financial issues - Makes sure that all the proper paper work is filled out concerning finances Secretary - Takes minutes at the meetings and email them out to the list each meeting night Reporter - Sends articles about the organization's recent activities to publications such as the Compiler, the CM Newsletter, and the FIREwall Big/Little Sister Coordinator - Handles all details concerning the Big/Little Sisters Program ===================================================================== If you have any questions or comments, feel free to send me an email at cpham3(a)gatech.edu. I hope to see all of you this Monday, January 12! Have a wonderful day! (@)_)-.--;--- Candis Pham Women@CC- Chair B.S. Computational Media Georgia Institute of Technology

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[UWAB] Lego Robotics at TCS
by Slaughter, Michael S 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

ROBOTICS Sixth graders are learning how to build and program robots using L ego Mindstorms NXT, a programmable robotics kit If you have experience programming and are available to help in the computer lab on Tuesdays from 10 AM to 12:15 PM , please contact Tamara Weinstein be e mail at tamaraw(a)thechildrensschool.com or by phone at 404 835 4602. There are usually 13 - 14 students in the lab at a time, and students would really benefit from having another knowledgeable person there. If you know of any college students (e.g. Georgia Tech students) who might be interested in helping out, please ask them to contact Tamara as well.

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[UWAB] UROC Info Session and Job Fair TODAY! Pizza and Prizes in Klaus 1116W.
by alicia＠cc.gatech.edu 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

DON'T MISS UROC! Q: What's the single best thing you can do to further your career? A: Undergraduate Research! Come hear why and learn how at the: Spring UROC Job Fair & Info Session 4-6 pm Monday, January 5th Klaus 1116W _________________________________ Free Pizza Prize Raffle! Amy Bruckman, Alex Orso, & Richard Fujimoto, UROC Co-Chairs *** The UROC Program is sponsored by a gift from Yahoo!

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[UWAB] Welcome back!- W@CC's 1st meeting
by Pham, Candis E 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

Welcome back girls! I hope everyone had a great holiday! The Women@CC are back, kicking off the '09 Spring semester with our first meeting and you're invited!! The Women@CC is all about "Welcoming, Supporting, and Celebrating Women in Computing at Georgia Tech!" We are a unique breed of women coming together to talk about our many professional opportunities, academic endeavors and of course have fun! We have some great upcoming events and we want to hear from you! Come join us! To pick a meeting time that works for everyone, please fill out this short short survey by Saturday, January 10, 2009, indicating what time works best for you. I will send out the official meeting date by Sunday afternoon. CLICK HERE FOR SURVEY: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=cZWb0ch7yBth4RboneaVGg_3d_3d This is a great opportunity for you to meet our new women and to catch up with everyone! Also, we will be giving you some important dates to be looking forward to. We have some great ideas already in the works for this spring (e.g. CoCaesar's Palace, Women's Overnight, and a Google tour to name a few) so be ready to have fun, socialize and plan some great things! (@)_)-.--;--- Candis Pham Women@CC- Chair B.S. Computational Media

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