2012 WA NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing

On March 17th 2012, twenty high school women from Washington state were honored at UW CSE with Awards for Aspirations in Computing from NCWIT, the National Center for Women & Information Technology. The event was organized by Edlab Group, UW CSE and Seattle Central Community College. Many thanks to Google for sponsoring this event!

Event Photos

We heard from the following inspiring speakers:

• Nicki Dell - Computer scientists can solve the world's biggest problems ( pdf)
• Ed Lazowska - Why Computer Science? ( pdf)
• Cheryl Platz - Parent/teacher discussion ( pdf)

Some resources to explore:

• Google student programs
• NCWIT
• IGNITE
• Sheryl Sandberg's 2011 Barnard College Commencement
• Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture": Achieving your Childhood Dreams
• TechEd 2011: Women in Technology Networking Panel
• Why CSE?
• UW CSE videos
• Microsoft's university page
• Dot Diva