5th Annual MCC Women in STEM Luncheon: Tuesday, March 2, 12:30 pm

From Margaret Bleichman <BLEICHMANM@middlesex.mass.edu>

Middlesex Community College invites you to come celebrate Lowell Women's Week at our
5th Annual MCC Women in STEM Luncheon
"Science Changes the World"
Tuesday, March 2, 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm, Lowell Campus, Lower Cafeteria

This event will feature a panel of undergraduate and graduate women who are studying in STEM* majors.
The women will share their stories:  why they chose their majors, backgrounds, hurdles and rewards, and their research projects.
The event, which includes lunch, is free, but reservations are required.  All are welcome!

Please contact Prof. Margie Bleichman at bleichmanm@middlesex.mass.edu or 781.280.3825

Sponsored by MCC Cultural Connections, CAITE, and the MCC STEM Club.

Please forward this email and print, post, and circulate the attached flyer to students, faculty, staff, and the greater MCC community, including high school students.  If you have a Blackboard site, please consider posting this event to it.

*STEM:  Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics

Please note:
If you print the attached flyer, please use the "color on black and white printer" option so that the "science changes the world" banner does not look too dark.  The attached flyer is also available in Publisher format.  Please let me know if you need it in that format.

Thank you!
Margie

Professor Margie Bleichman
Computer Science Department Chair
Henderson Hall 123
591 Springs Road
Bedford, MA 01730

Call for Participation: 2010 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

Hello All,

The Grace Hopper (GHC) 2010 Call for Participation is now open at http://gracehopper.org/2010/participate/call-for-participation/

Key Deadlines:
• The deadline to submit proposals is March 16, 2010.
• Notifications on the submission status will be sent out by May 18, 2010.

Recommendations to anyone who wants to participate:
1.Your subject should not be something specific to your organization.
2.If you have a panel – it needs to span across organizations – not 5 people from the same company discussing an issue in their company. Combining academics and industry or interdisciplinary discussions are great.
3.We are encouraging submissions that promote diversity and International participation.
4.A submission in line with the theme of the conference "Collaborating Across Boundaries" would be ideal.

Submissions are being accepted in the following categories:
• Birds of a Feather (BOFs)
• New Investigators Technical Papers
• Panels, Workshops and Presentations
• PhD Forum
• Technical Posters
• Technical Research Papers

You are invited to use the GHC group to discuss ideas for sessions, find collaborators and panelists, and exchange questions and answers about the submission process.

I had the chance to attend the GHC this year as a scholarship recipient. It's a huge opportunity for female in Computer Science from both academia and industry. I encourage you to apply.

Regards,

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

CRA-W Grad Cohort 2010 - Application deadline is 2/1/10

From: Carla Romero <cromero@cra.org>

Date: Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 1:23 PM
Subject: CRA-W Grad Cohort 2010 - Application deadline is 2/1/10
To: "forsythe@cra.org" <forsythe@cra.org>

Please distribute to eligible grad students.

 

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The 2010 CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop

April 23-24, 2010 in Bellevue, WA

 

Application Deadline: February 1, 2010

http://www.cra-w.org/gradcohort

 

CRA-W is announcing the formation of the 2010 Grad Cohort for Women. Cohort activities will kick off with a workshop April 23-24, 2010 in Bellevue, WA, funded by generous donations from Microsoft and Google. This workshop is the cornerstone of CRA-W's Grad Cohort Program to increase the ranks of senior women in computing by building and mentoring nationwide communities of women during their graduate studies.

 

At the Grad Cohort Workshop, we will welcome new women graduate students in their first year of graduate school into the community of computing researchers and professionals by providing them with a broad range of strategies and role models. Strategies and mentoring for students in their second and third years of graduate school will also be provided. In addition, some of the returning students will be invited to describe their experiences and new insights. All of the students will meet for two days with 10 to 15 senior computing researchers and professionals who will share pertinent information on graduate school survival skills, as well as more personal information and insights about their experiences. The rewards of a research career will be emphasized. The workshop will include a mix of formal presentations and informal discussions and social events. Through this workshop, students will be able to build mentoring relationships and develop peer networks that will form the basis for ongoing activities during their graduate careers.

 

Eligibility:

*Women students in their first, second or third year of graduate school in computer science and computer engineering or a closely related field

Travel expenses, meals and lodging will be provided for students chosen to participate in this program.

For more information and to apply for the Grad Cohort program:

http://www.cra-w.org/gradcohort

 

 

Application deadline is February 1, 2010.

 

Sent on behalf of the CRA-W Grad Cohort Program Chairs:

 

Lori Clarke, University of Massachusetts

Lori Pollock, University of Delaware

 

 

 

Carla Romero

Director of Programs

Computing Research Association

1100 17th St. NW, Suite 507

Washington, DC 20036

202.266.2941 - voice

202.667.1066 - fax

cromero@cra.org

www.cra.org

Financial Aid Available to the PyCon 2010

The Python Software Foundation is proud to present the annual Python community conference, PyCon 2010. PyCon 2010 will be held at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta in downtown Atlanta, Georgia from February 17 through 25. The Python Software Foundations is pleased to annouce that there is an expanded set of grants to help people attend PyCon 2010. If you would like to go to PyCon but can't afford it, the PSF may be able to help you. The deadline is Dec. 18th. Act fast if you want to apply!

http://us.pycon.org/2010/registration/financial-aid/

Quote from an attendee:

This conference gets a bit bigger each year, but the organizers make a great effort to keep the small conference feel. It also has many level-100 tutorials, and is both socially and technically welcoming for py-newbies. Open space sessions (everything from software development to Settlers) and poster sessions happen every night, tutorials run two days prior, and code sprints run for a few days after the conference. It promises to be a great learning and social experience you should not miss.

ACM-W Scholarship Opportunities

ACM-W is pleased to announce a new program that will provide support for women students in Computer Science and related programs (at the undergraduate or graduate levels) who wish to attend research conferences. Exposure to the CS research world can be an important factor in encouraging a student to continue on to the next level  (undergraduate to graduate, Masters to Ph.D., Ph.D. to an industry or  academic position). It is not required that the student be presenting a paper at the conference she attends. In cases of exceptional demonstrable interest in pursuing study and research in CS, high school students will also be considered for conference support.
 
Initially up to 12 such 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 their department. Applications will be evaluated in 6 groups each year, in order to distribute awards across a range of conferences, with 1-3 awards given for each group of applications.

To get more information on the application process, go to: http://women.acm.org/scholarships.html

Upcoming deadlines

Application due by Dec. 1, 2009 for conferences in Feb. 1, 2010 - March 31, 2010
Application due by Feb. 1, 2010 for conferences in April 1 - May 31, 2010
Application due by April 1, 2010 for conferences in June 1 - July 31, 2010