The American Association of University Women's Massachusetts Chapter winter conference, co-sponsored by the Center for Women and Work and the Lowell YMCA. The conference will take a close look at immigration, women and their families in the United States. A $20 registration fee will offset the cost of breakfast and other fees. UMass Lowell students, faculty and staff are admitted free, as are residents of Lowell.
Saturday, February 2
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Alumni Hall, UML North
Contact Information: HollieBagley at gmail.com
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Boston Society of Women Engineers Dinner
UML is hosting professionals from the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) who requested to come to campus to hear about the great work we are doing in Assistive Technology! Our own Senait Haileselassie, Adaptive Technologist and ECE graduate, will keynote. Senait came to the USA in 1998 on a Diversity Visa from Ethiopia where she was born and grew up. She has a compelling story to tell about how first using her engineering skills to help a person with severe disabilities changed how she thought about her life. She will show slides of many examples of assistive technology that UML students have invented and implemented over the years. A tour of the Assistive Technology lab will follow for those who are interested.
Men and non-engineers do attend and are most welcome. Sponsorship by Putnam Investments has allowed us to provide great food. Come on over to take advantage of the networking and to learn more about another area of exciting, meaningful work happening at UML!
Advanced Registration is required. Hope to see you there!
Date: Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008
Time:
6-6:30 p.m. Registration & Networking
6:30-7 p.m. Dinner
7-8:30 p.m. Program
Location:
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Alumni Hall – North Campus
One University Ave
Lowell, MA
RSVP: by Jan. 31, 2008 at http://www.sweboston.org (At the SWE-Boston website you will be redirected to Acteva where you can RSVP). Any questions may be directed to swebos@sweboston.org or to Linda_Barrington@uml.edu.
Cost: $5 Students
$15 UMLowell alumni/alumnae
$15 SWE members
$10 Non-working SWE members
$25 Non-members
Men and non-engineers do attend and are most welcome. Sponsorship by Putnam Investments has allowed us to provide great food. Come on over to take advantage of the networking and to learn more about another area of exciting, meaningful work happening at UML!
Advanced Registration is required. Hope to see you there!
Date: Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008
Time:
6-6:30 p.m. Registration & Networking
6:30-7 p.m. Dinner
7-8:30 p.m. Program
Location:
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Alumni Hall – North Campus
One University Ave
Lowell, MA
RSVP: by Jan. 31, 2008 at http://www.sweboston.org (At the SWE-Boston website you will be redirected to Acteva where you can RSVP). Any questions may be directed to swebos@sweboston.org or to Linda_Barrington@uml.edu.
Cost: $5 Students
$15 UMLowell alumni/alumnae
$15 SWE members
$10 Non-working SWE members
$25 Non-members
Thursday, January 17, 2008
CRA-W and CDC Distributed Mentor Program
CRA-W DMP & CDC DMP SUMMER 2008 RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS
Application Deadline: February 15, 2008
The CRA-W Distributed Mentor Program (CRA-W DMP) and the CDC Distributed Mentor Program (CDC DMP) are highly selective programs that match promising undergraduates with a faculty mentor for a summer research experience at the faculty member's home institution. This 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. With the CDC DMP, an option exists for the research to take place remotely, using collaborative technologies such that the student can remain at his or her home institution with local and remote mentors.
The CRA-W DMP (operating since 1994) seeks to increase the number of women entering graduate studies in the fields of CS & CE while the CDC DMP (launched in 2007) seeks to increase the number of men and women from underrepresented groups entering graduate studies in the fields of CS & CE.
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 DMP. A common On-line Application for the CRA-W DMP and CDC DMP (students and faculty mentors can apply to one or both programs), more information about the programs, and webpages authored by previous participants are available at:
Application Deadline February 15, 2008
Awards Announced: mid-March 2008
Note regarding cost sharing by faculty mentors:
The number of students interested in the DMP program has increased substantially over the last several years and many qualified students have not been selected due to lack of funding. To enable more students to participate, faculty are now encouraged to provide funds to support (partially or fully) students; the DMP will provide travel support for all students.
Note for faculty mentors regarding the CRA-W DMP Program:
Male faculty are encouraged to apply as mentors - men have been serving as CRA-W DMP mentors since summer 2004. Based on the number of mentor applications typically received from female faculty, and the documented benefits of female role models for female undergraduates, most DMP funds will be allocated to female mentors. Hence, it is anticipated that male mentors will provide full funding for their students' stipends (the program will provide travel support).
Note for faculty mentors regarding the CDC DMP Program:
All interested faculty are encouraged to apply as mentors. However, based on the documented benefits of role models from similar demographic groups, it is anticipated that most CDC DMP funds will be used to support students matched with mentors from underrepresented groups.
Hence, it is anticipated that other mentors will provide full funding for their students' stipends (the program will provide travel support).
For more information about the DMP consult the DMP webpages
or contact the DMP Co-Coordinators at dmp@cs.tamu.edu
Nancy Amato, Professor, Texas A&M University
Co-Coordinator, CRA-W Distributed Mentor Project
Tracy Camp, Professor, Colorado School of Mines
Co-Coordinator, CRA-W Distributed Mentor Project
Maria Gini, Professor, University of Minnesota
Co-Coordinator, CRA-W Distributed Mentor Project
Jessica Hodgins, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Co-Coordinator, CRA-W Distributed Mentor Project
Valerie Taylor, Department Head & Wisenbaker Professor, Texas A&M University
Co-Coordinator, CDC Distributed Mentor Project
Bryant York, Professor, Portland State University
Co-Coordinator, CDC Distributed Mentor Project
The Computing Research Association (CRA, 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. Please note that CDC is in the process of overhauling the website. The overhaul, with updates to projects, should be available sometime this Spring.
The CRA-W DMP is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation with additional support from AAAI, the Luce Foundation, and USENIX. The CDC DMP is supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
2008 Google Workshop for Women Engineers
Google invites you to apply for the 2008 Google Workshop for Women Engineers, held in Celebration of National Engineers' Week and Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
February 21-23, 2008
The Googleplex | Mountain View, California
As part of Google's ongoing commitment to encouraging women to excel in computing and technology, we are pleased to introduce the 2008 Google Workshop for Women Engineers to recognize and reward deserving women students in computer science, and inspire them to become active participants and leaders in creating technology.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must:
* be female computer science students currently enrolled in a Bachelor's, Master's or PhD program at a university in the United States. Undergraduate and graduate students in any year of study are encouraged to apply
* demonstrate academic excellence and leadership in the computing field
* maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or 4.3 on a 5.0 scale or equivalent in their current program
* Students pursuing degrees in related technical fields are also encouraged to apply
Application Process : Email resume & essay as attachments by January 22, 2008 to workshopforwomen@google.com
Essay Question (Please answer in 2 pages or less)
Suppose you were given the technical and financial resources to complete a project that would use technology to impact the lives of women and girls. What would you do? What resources would you need and how would you implement your project? How would your project impact women globally and/or in the U.S.? Think big.
Selection Process
Google engineers will select up to 150 recipients based on each candidates' academic background and demonstrated leadership. Recipients will attend an all-expenses paid workshop at the Googleplex in Mountain View, California. Notifications will be sent via email no later than Monday, February 4, 2008.
Questions? Check out www.google.com/jobs/students/workshopforwomen for more info or email workshopforwomen-questions@google.com
February 21-23, 2008
The Googleplex | Mountain View, California
As part of Google's ongoing commitment to encouraging women to excel in computing and technology, we are pleased to introduce the 2008 Google Workshop for Women Engineers to recognize and reward deserving women students in computer science, and inspire them to become active participants and leaders in creating technology.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must:
* be female computer science students currently enrolled in a Bachelor's, Master's or PhD program at a university in the United States. Undergraduate and graduate students in any year of study are encouraged to apply
* demonstrate academic excellence and leadership in the computing field
* maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or 4.3 on a 5.0 scale or equivalent in their current program
* Students pursuing degrees in related technical fields are also encouraged to apply
Application Process : Email resume & essay as attachments by January 22, 2008 to workshopforwomen@google.com
Essay Question (Please answer in 2 pages or less)
Suppose you were given the technical and financial resources to complete a project that would use technology to impact the lives of women and girls. What would you do? What resources would you need and how would you implement your project? How would your project impact women globally and/or in the U.S.? Think big.
Selection Process
Google engineers will select up to 150 recipients based on each candidates' academic background and demonstrated leadership. Recipients will attend an all-expenses paid workshop at the Googleplex in Mountain View, California. Notifications will be sent via email no later than Monday, February 4, 2008.
Questions? Check out www.google.com/jobs/students/workshopforwomen for more info or email workshopforwomen-questions@google.com
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