Women@CC

My fellow GT CoC girls, please apply!  This is an amazing opportunity and with the conference in Atlanta this year, I can guarantee *wink, wink * that this year’s conference will be special ;P.

A message from the Associate Dean of Undergraduate and Graduate Affairs:

“Dear Students,

Last week Dean Galil sent an email about the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference coming to Atlanta September 28-October 2, 2010. The College of Computing is a major sponsor again this year and we want as many of our outstanding Georgia Tech Women in Computing at the conference as possible, so we are offering 25-35 scholarships to our women students that will cover your attendance.

To apply, please fill out this application. The deadline is FRIDAY 9/3 and winners will be notified by TUESDAY 9/7.

Winners will be selected by a committee of faculty, staff and administrators. Anyone who applied to be a Hopper is still encouraged to apply for the College’s Scholarships. Those who are not selected will still be able to register at the early bird rate of $270.

If you haven’t been to Grace Hopper before, I highly encourage you to go. It’s an exciting few days of meeting other computing-folks-to-be such as yourselves from around the country, networking with major companies who are there to recruit you, and sharing your enthusiasm for computing with like-minded friends. Also this year, there will be a special treat spotlighting our own Georgia Tech Women in Computing on opening day. Stay tuned for more.

Good Luck!
Charles L. Isbell
Associate Dean, Undergraduate and Graduate Affairs”

“Dear Faculty, Staff & Students,

For several years now, the College has been involved with the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. The event is a collection of conferences that together promote, enhance and laud the accomplishments of women in computing and related technical fields.

This year, Grace Hopper will be held in Atlanta, Sept. 28 to Oct. 2, and the College of Computing is a gold-level academic sponsor. Several of our faculty are speaking at conference workshops: Amy Bruckman, Beki Grinter, Mary Jean Harrold, Beth Mynatt and Ellen Zegura. Speaking also are graduate students/recent grads Jill Dimond and Erika Poole (starting this fall as assistant professor at Penn State, but we still claim her!). Also the College will be working hand in hand with Grace Hopper staff to publicize the conference (and CoC’s involvement) to both local and national media.

I write with two goals: First, to make you aware of this important event and the College’s central role. And two, to urge our students to attend. To defray registration costs, there will be some 20 to 30 scholarship opportunities. More details about those scholarships will be distributed next week.

For any questions about the College and Grace Hopper, contact Jennifer Whitlow in the Office of Outreach, Enrollment and Community.

Congratulations to all of those who are speaking at Grace Hopper, and I look forward to hearing stories from all those who attend!

Best regards,

Zvi Galil

John P. Imlay Jr. Dean of Computing”

As one of the Women@CC Co-Chairs, I may be a little biased, but Phantasma was amazing!! It may have been one of the best CoC student organizations events this semester. So many people came, everyone seemed to be getting really involved with the contests and games and seemed to be having fun.

It started to rain, so we had to resort to our rain location in the Klaus Atrium. This was actually our first choice of location, but because there was another event that didn’t end until 3p, we put it down as a back-up. It’s a good thing we did because we couldn’t have had the entire event outside with the weather like it was. We only had an hour to set up, but so many people came to help out. It all pulled together really well.

We had so many other participating student organizations. The face painting and caricatures was sponsored by Gourd, the Chubby Bunny food eating contest sponsored by UPE, the FIREwall did Musical Chairs, M@CC did the Trick or Treat Roulette game, and SAB and CISCO brought Trivia. When I took the position of Women@CC Chair, one of my main goals was to bring the student organizations more together to bring more people together. This event makes me happy ^_^.

There were so many events, contests, and interesting people at Phantasma this year… I took over 90 pictures! To see my pictures, feel free to visit my Picasa page at http://picasaweb.google.com/touching.the.sky/20091030Phantasma?feat=directlink.

Need a break from your classes? Procrastinating on homework anyway?

Come take a break with the College of Computing Student Organizations at the Women@CC’s annual Fall Festival event, Phantasma! This year, we’re even partnering up with SAB’s Trivia Night to bring in even more fun!

Come join us for FREE food, cool prizes, pumpkin carving contest, food eating contest, caricatures, the dance-floor, face-painting, music, our sweets making station (caramel apples, chocolate, white chocolate, fruit…), pizza, cotton candy, trivia, and so much more! Wear a costume or bring a pie to automatically be entered to win the costume contest or pie baking contest to be judged by the faculty and staff.

DATE: Friday, October 30, 2009
TIME: 4:00p- 7:00p
WHERE: Courtyard between Howey and Sustainable Education Building
RAIN LOCATION: Klaus Atrium

We hope to see you there!