Category: CWIT
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Game Development Workshop, 12-1pm Fri 12/7
The mobile game Deliverance by UMBC student Paul Tschirgi ’15, visual arts. Game Development Workshop 12-1:00pm Friday, 7 December 2018, ENGR 002 Join HackUMBC and CWIT for a Game Development Workshop, facilitated by Prof. Marc Olano. This workshop will focus on various facets of research and practice in the games industry, the kinds…
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Marie desJardins receives award for inspiring women to pursue careers in computing, engineering and math
Professor Marie desJardins was selected for the 2017 A. Richard Newton Educator ABIE Award by the Anita Borg Institute. The annual award recognizes an educator who has developed innovative teaching practices and approaches that attract girls and women to computing, engineering, and math. As part of the award Dr. desJardins will take part in…
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Natacha Ngea ’17, B.S. in Computer Engineering, recognized by UMBC
Natacha Ngea, future software engineer, reflects on the impact of mentorship Natacha Ngea B.S., Computer Engineering Hometown: Yaounde, Cameroon Plans: Software engineer, Harris Corporation I have had multiple mentors and coaches at UMBC. Their support and feedback have been invaluable in succeeding and building my brand, and to find my voice. Natacha Ngea (back row,…
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Free screening: CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap, 3-5 Fri 3/31, UMBC
Join the UMBC Computer Science Education Club and the Center for Women in Technology for a free screening of the award winning film, CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap. The documentary exposes the dearth of American female and minority software engineers and explores the reasons for this gender gap. CODE raises the question: what would society gain…
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UMBC’s Cyber Scholars program stands out as a national model in “Diverse”
At a time when just 12 percent of information security analysts are black, Hispanic or Asian, and only 20 percent of information security analysts are women, successful student support programs like UMBC’s Cyber Scholars are poised to make a major impact on the field, suggests a new article in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.…
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Capital Area Women in Computing Celebration, 2/24-25
The Capital Area Women in Computing Celebration, sponsored by ACM-W, will be held at Georgetown University on Friday, February 24th and Saturday, February 25. The celebration will bring together women at the high school, undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels to promote the recruitment, retention, and progression of women in computing fields. The cost of student…
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Event: Wanted, One Million IT Security Specialists by 2018
Students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to join CWIT and STEMRules for a lunch event to hear from and network with diverse professionals from across the cybersecurity industry. Wanted: One Million IT Security Specialists by 2018 You Could be One of Them 12-1:30pm Friday, 2 December 2016 Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery (1st floor) Lunch…
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UMBC to help promote computing and engineering in Howard County Public School System
UMBC will collaborate with the Howard County Public School System to increase STEM opportunities for students.
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UMBC CWIT Bits and Bytes program cited in CNN article on women in computing
An article on CNN, Why women in tech came to a 'Halt', uses AMC Halt and Catch Fire television series to illustrate some of challenges in keeping more women in computing majors and careers. The article mentions the UMBC CWIT Bits and Bytes program as one example of an effort to address this. "Even with…
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Fall update on CWIT, T-SITE and Cyber Scholars programs
The Fall 2013 edition of the Center for Women in Technology’s newsletter, CWIT Update, describes CWIT’s recent events and initiatives, highlighting accomplishments of the CWIT students, updates from CWIT alumni, and information on two scholar programs that CWIT helps to manage: Transfer Scholars in Information Technology and Engineering and Cyber Scholars.