ACM Student Volunteer Opportunities at Conferences

Many ACM SIG conferences provide volunteer opportunities for
students. Undergraduate and graduate students are often
needed to assist with the administration of the conferences
and, in many cases, will receive free conference
registration, housing for out-of-town volunteers, and other
benefits.

A few upcoming conferences with student volunteering
opportunities include:

SIGCSE 2009
The 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science
Education
Chattanooga, TN, 4-7 March 2009
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/groups/sigcse09/volunteers.html

CHI 2009
Computer-Human Interaction 2009
Boston, MA, 4-9 April 2009
http://www.chi2009.org/
(email: studentvolunteers@chi2009.org)

Visit the above links for additional volunteer information
and online application dates. For a list of the numerous
ACM SIG conferences, please visit the Conference Calendar at
http://campus.acm.org/calendar

ACM-W Student Scholarships for Attendance at Research Conferences

A program launched by ACM's Committee on Women in Computing
(ACM-W) provides support for undergraduate or graduate women
students in Computer Science programs who are interested in
attending research conferences. It is not required that the
student present a paper at the conference she attends. High
school students will also be considered for conference
support. Initially, up to 12 scholarships of up to $500
each will be awarded annually.

ACM-W also encourages the student's home department to
match the scholarship award and recognize the student's
achievement locally within her department. Applications
will be evaluated in four groups each year, in order to
distribute awards across a range of conferences, with two to
three awards given each quarter. For application and
notification dates and more information, please visit
http://women.acm.org/scholarships.html.

To apply, fill in the online application form at
http://acm-w.acm.org/scholara.cfm (you will need to login
with your ACM username and password), which consists of a
one-page essay and an optional letter from the student's
chair or dean supporting the application.

"Google Policy Fellowship" Program Open for Applications; due 12/12

Google is sponsoring students interested in technology
policy to spend the summer at think tanks and public
interest groups through a program called the Google Policy
Fellowship.

Now in its second year, the Google Policy Fellowship will be
funding students at fifteen organizations doing great work
on Internet policy in the U.S. and Canada. A full listing
of these organizations can be found at
http://www.google.com/policyfellowship/hosts.html

Hosts include:
* American Library Association
* Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
* Cato Institute
* Center for Democracy and Technology
* The Citizen Lab
* Competitive Enterprise Institute
* Creative Commons
* Electronic Frontier Foundation
* Future of Music Coalition
* Internet Education Foundation
* Media Access Project
* New America Foundation
* Progress and Freedom Foundation
* Public Knowledge
* Technology Policy Institute

Applications are being accepted now through December 12. If
you think you might be a good fit for this program, please
visit http://www.google.com/policyfellowship for more
information.

If you have any specific questions about the program, you
can reach the Google Policy Fellowship program
administrators via email at policyfellowship@google.com

Next WiCS Meeting: Monday, November 17 @ 11:30am in OS 219a

Join WICS for a bagel lunch and we'll talk more about joint topics
from the CS Student Advisory Board (3rd floor remodel, parking in
Olsen lot during events, CS community calendar, etc.). Also, doctoral
students Mary Beth Smrtic and Kate Tsui will talk about their
experiences from the Grace Hopper 2008 Celebration.

Time and place as usual (11:30am-12:20pm, and OS 219 aka CS library).

For upcoming events, stay tuned to our new blog; http://uml-wics.blogspot.com/

Thanks!
Kate
WiCS, President
http://www.cs.uml.edu/wics
http://uml-wics.blogspot.com

Anita Borg Institute: 2009 Women of Vision Call for Nominations

2009 Women of Vision Call for Nominations
Submission Site Now Open; http://tinyurl.com/abi-nomination

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2009 Women of Vision
Awards. These annual awards honor women making significant
contributions in the areas of Innovation, Social Impact and
Leadership.

The winners will be honored at the Women of Vision Awards Dinner on
April 30th 2009 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California.

Nominations
Nominations will be accepted until December 12th, 2008. Award winners
will be notified in February.

Categories

Innovation recognizes a woman who has contributed significantly to
technology innovation. The innovation might be creating unusual and
important technology or approaching developing technology in a
significantly new and innovative way, such as by bringing diverse
people and experiences together in the technology creation process.

Social Impact recognizes a woman who developed or applied technology
with a significant impact on society and/or the community. These
people are creating or employing technologies that are changing our
world in positive ways.

Leadership recognizes a woman who has led an important technology
development or innovation, made a significant contribution to the
technology industry, and someone who inspires others.