UMass Lowell Women in Computer Science: Fwd: 2010 Games 4 Girls Programming Competition

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Beibei (Betty) Yang
Department of Computer Science
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Lowell MA 01854
Email: byang1[at]cs[dot]uml[dot]edu

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From: Harris, LaSonya <lharris2@illinois.edu>
Date: Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 1:05 PM
Subject: 2010 Games 4 Girls Programming Competition
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University of Illinois Computer Science Hosts Video Game Development Contest for College Women

The University of Illinois department of computer science is hosting an international video game development competition designed specifically for aspiring female video game developers. The Games 4 Girls contest invites teams of college-aged women to develop video games for their high school counterparts.

The competitions enables aspiring female game developers to get real world collaborative experience in software game development while providing new inspiration to middle- and high-school aged girls. The contest was conceived in response to research indicating that boys enjoy a relatively greater degree of confidence with computers because they spend more time as children playing computer games. Research suggests that this difference in confidence contributes to the gender imbalance seen within the growing field of Computer Science.

Winning teams can earn up to $2500 for their game.

What: Games 4 Girls Competition

When: Registration deadline is December 18, 2009

Where: Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science

201 N. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801

Contact: Sonya Harris, Coordinator of Outreach Programs

lharris2@illinois.edu

Visit http://cs.illinois.edu/outreach/games4girls for more information.

G4G on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=45107662416

Note: Total Registration is limited, so please register early.

Sonya Harris, Coordinator of Outreach Programs

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign