Instead of holding a meeting tomorrow night, we’re going bowling! Stop by BreakZONE (located on the first floor of Squires) tonight (Mar 27 2012) from 7pm to 9pm and have some fun! You can stay the whole time or just play one game. The AWC is completely covering the cost. If you’re coming, make sure you wear or bring socks.
We’ll be talking about our big spring event Women in Computing Day, as well as the future of the club! Come join us for free food, and help us plan some nice social events for all of us to spend together in an informal setting.
As usual, free food will be provided. I really hope to see a lot of you tomorrow!
Are you ready for the SPRING? The AWC is ready to get into gear and start getting ready for our spring projects, such as Women in Computing Day.
Today, there will be no official meeting. However, we will be having a social dinner at Owens tonight to see everyone again! We will meet in front of Owens at 7 pm Tuesday, January 24th. Don’t worry if you don’t have a meal plan through VT — the AWC has funds set aside for this!
by Lauren Bradel, AWC Public Relations
On Friday, October 14, 2011, seven Virginia Tech student members of the Association for Women in Computing (AWC) drove to the Tennessee Celebration of Women in Computing, a regional conference located in Pikeville, Tennessee. The first annual conference was held at Tennessee Tech University. Throughout the two days of the conference, our undergraduate and graduate students attended panels, birds of a feather sessions, technical talks, and listen to invited and distinguished speakers. Topics covered ranged from entrepreneurship and robotics to internships and obstacles facing women in computing-related careers.
The invited speaker sessions were a particularly inspiring portion of the conference. Pooja Sankar, who founded Piazza and spoke during the CS Graduate Seminar earlier this semester, gave a talk on entrepreneurship. Erin “Ed” Donahue from Microsoft gave a speech that inspired our students so much that they invited her to give a talk at Virginia Tech on mobile phone apps, which she presented on October 28, 2011.
Our attendants felt that this shorter conference provided a fantastic opportunity to network and reap the benefits of sessions tailored to women in computing without the need to miss a week of classes. Additionally, the smaller size of the conference allowed our students to forge bonds with other attendants by seeing them at multiple events. The bonfire in between days one and two offered a way to get to know experienced researchers or industry workers in an informal setting.
Overall, the Tennessee Celebration of Women in Computing was a success, and the members of AWC look forward to attending this regional conference for years to come.
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Today’s meeting will be at 7pm in McBryde 110! We’ll be going over what happened at the Tennessee regional Grace Hopper conference, and also talking more about upcoming events such as Women in Computing Day and mentoring!
Food served shall be ice cream! Delicious delicious ice cream.
At 12:30pm on Friday, October 28th, come eat lunch with Erin Donahue, a technology evangelist at Microsoft! Talk about career options after graduating, the Grace Hopper conference, or something else entirely! All AWC members are welcome!
(Half of the lunch cost will be covered by Microsoft, and the other half by you!)
Also on October 28th, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, the AWC and Microsoft present “Getting Started in the Mobile Marketplace”, a “hands-on walk through of the Windows Phone Marketplace experience.” Everyone is welcome! Invite your friends!
Come with your laptop and leave with a finished app published in the marketplace! Now is a great time to begin mobile development and all the tools are free!
Free Jimmy John’s will be provided!
The meeting this week will be cancelled! Why, you ask? Because you, yes, you, should be attending “Meet the Faculty” night, which is being held in McBryde 113 at 7pm.
This event is an excellent opportunity to get to know your professors better, as well as to learn about research projects you might be interested in joining!
Today’s meeting (October 4th, 2011) will, once again, be at 7pm in McBryde. Topics of discussion will include the Tennessee Celebration of Women in computing (this will be the last meeting beforehand!)
In addition, today we will have pizza! Delicious, delicious pizza.
The next meeting this year will be next Tuesday (September 20th) at 7:00pm in McBryde 110. Chinese food will be served!
In addition, subsequent meetings will be held every other Tuesday following this meeting! (Check the calendar for exact dates)
The first meeting of the year will be next Tuesday at 7:00pm in McBryde 110, and will include free pizza! Topics of discussion will include Women in Computing Day, the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, planned events, and more.
