College of Computing and Information Women in Technology (CCIWIT)

• Technology Leaders of Today Speaker Series—CCIWIT sponsors women in various aspects of computing to speak about their work and experiences. Check out the videos available online now (RSS and iTunes Podcast)! Please stay posted about additional upcoming events!
• CCIWIT listserv—If you are CCI faculty or student, to subscribe, please send an email to cciwit@listserv.albany.edu with no subject line. In the body, enter only subscribe CCIWIT . You will receive an email confirming your subscription. If you have any questions or trouble subbing, please contact Jennifer Goodall at jgoodall@uamail.albany.edu .
• CCIWIT on Facebook and LinkedIn—join CCIWIT online for news, events, and networking.
• Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Scholarships—CCIWIT has sponsored students to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Please contact Jennifer Goodall at jgoodall@uamail.albany.edu for details!
• Junior FIRST Lego League Expo—CCIWIT organizes and supports the Capital Region's only Expo for Junior FIRST Lego League teams. In 2008 we had 11 teams, in 2009 16 teams and are expecting over 20 teams in the 2010-2011 season. The Expo is a celebration of the 6-9 year old successes with technology and science.
• Social Robotics Workshop—CCIWIT and ILS partner to run workshop for middle and high school students, using NXT robots to introduce the concepts of robotics, programming and social robotics. See the SRW website for more details and to schedule a workshop.
• digigirlz—CCIWIT partners with Microsoft to host a day on campus for high school girls to experience tomorrow's technology and hear from the area's leading technology women.
• New York Celebration of Women in Computing—CCIWIT partners with Union College, Rochester Institute of Technology and Siena College to host a regional celebration of women in computing, modeled after the Grace Hopper conference. Women from across New York state are invited.

Scholarships for Women in Computing and Information

• William A Bloom '85, Women in Technology Scholarship preferably for women from Queens studying computer science in the College of Computing and Information, University at Albany
• Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship
  http://www.google.com/anitaborg/
• Google Women of Color Scholarship for the Grace Hopper Conference http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/static.py?page=students.html&sid=wocg
• ACM-W Scholarships for Attendance at Research Conferences http://women.acm.org/scholarships.html
• Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
  http://gracehopper.org/
• AAUW American Fellowships http://www.aauw.org/education/fga//fellowships_grants/american.cfm
• APS/IBM Research Internship for Undergraduate Women http://www.aps.org/programs/women/scholarships/ibm/index.cfm
• L'Oreal Women in Science Fellowship Program http://www.lorealusa.com/forwomeninsciencehttp://www.lorealusa.com/_en/_us/index.aspx?direct1=00008&direct2=00008/0000

CCIWIT in the News

• CCI alumna Marybeth Salmon (center) retires from Director of Applications at the University at Albany and make a donation to CCIWIT to help support students attendance at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.  http://gracehopper.org/

• Initiatives for Women President Carol Anne Germian, College of Computing and Information Women in Technology Director Jennifer Goodall, and College of Computing and Information Dean Peter Bloniarz celebrate the IFW award for CCIWIT to host the Technology Leaders of Today speaker series in 2010 - 2011.