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10/03/2012-10/06/2012
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The Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing Conference
The Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing gathers women from around the globe to celebrate women in the computing profession. The conference theme is "Are we there yet?". This year conference will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center, Maryland from October 3-6, 2012.
On Wednesday, October 3 both Latinas In Computing and Black Women In Computing will have receptions from 6pm - 7pm sponsored by MasterCard. Please click here for more details.
For the first time the Hopper Conference will have an exciting track for Women of Underrepresented Groups (WURG) on Thursday, October 4. The WURG Track will include the following:
- Panel on Developing Women Through Career Gap Analysis and Mentoring
- Panel on Recruiting and Retaining Women from Underrepresented Groups
- WURG Luncheon, sponsored by Intel
- Speed Mentoring Session
- Panel on Where are We on Computing Among Girls of Color in K-12?
- Panel on Coping and Mentoring Mechanisms for Women of Underrepresented Groups
For details about the time and place for the WURG track panels and presentations, please click here
Please join us!
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02/01/2012
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Another success of CAHSI Fellow-Net Initiative: Paul Delgado
Congratulations to Paul Delgado who was selected for the NSF Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Fellowship.
Paul Delgado is a Computational Sciences PhD student at The University of Texas at El Paso. He has a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Spanish from the University of New Mexico, a Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics from the same university. Some of his accomplishes include receiving the NSF Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) fellowship, the XSEDE Scholar, the National Energy Technology Laboratory Internship, he was a full time lecturer at the Department of Mathematical Sciences at UTEP, he got the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from the University of New Mexico, the Los Alamos National Laboratory Internship, and the NASA Ames Research Center Internship.
His advice for students is as follows: "Don’t chase success (in terms of things like money, power, or prestige)… Instead, just pursue excellence in what you do. If you do that, then you won’t have to chase success… Success will chase you down!"
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02/01/2012
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Another success of CAHSI Fellow-Net Initiative: Maria del Carmen Lozano
Congratulations to Maria del Carmen Lozano who was selected for the NSF Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Fellowship.
Maria del Carmen Lozano is pursuing a Doctorate in Environmental Science at The University of Texas at El Paso. She completed her undergraduate studies at New Mexico State University in environmental sciences. As an undergraduate, she became an active representative of academic and community extra-curricular activities. In addition to it, she held a part-time position as a waitress throughout her undergraduate career while interning for a year for a federal agency. Once she graduated, she took on the opportunity to conduct international business research on France allowing her to learn different industries other than science. Some of her accomplishments include international traveling, working in a group of chemists, receiving the prestigious NSF Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) fellowship, and earning a 4.0 GPA for her first semester of graduate school.
She provides the following advice to students: "I am very pleased to have pursued an environmental science degree due to its interdisciplinary opportunities in environmental research, health industry, and sustainability among others. My advice is to communicate with professors and create networks of people that can offer information ultimately leading to opportunities. Dedication, proactivity, especially positive attitude are essential to a bright future."
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10/31/2011
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CAHSI Student selected Scholar of the week
Congratulations to Yolian Amaro Rivera from the University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez (UPRM), she was selected Scholar of the week in Great Minds in STEM.
Yolian Amaro Rivera is a computer engineering undergraduate student specializing in the communications and digital signal processing area. She is in her fourth year at the University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez (UPRM) carrying a 3.7 grade point average in one of the most academically demanding programs in the University of Puerto Rico system.
Throughout her academic life Yolian has been involved in research projects at various institutions including the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, the University of Colorado at Boulder and at UPRM. On campus Yolian is a member and webmaster of a newly formed research group, iWiNC, Intelligent Wireless and Networked Communications Laboratory. Her focus is on investigating learning algorithms and their impact on cognitive engine design. Last summer she participated at the University of Colorado SMART REU Program. She worked on designing an analog mixer for a satellite system. This fall, she has been applying her initial research on learning algorithms to design, develop and implement a wireless body area network for biomedical applications. This project is sponsored by the Coalition for Diversity in Computing (CDC). As a result of her academic achievements and research efforts she was granted a travel scholarship to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in September 2010 and for two consecutive semesters was awarded a Puerto Rico Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Research Grant. Yolian was also selected to have her profile in DotDiva, an organization that focuses on changing the image of computing for girls K-12. Yolian is very committed to her educational and career goals and is working consistently towards them.
Yolian is also a member of FemProf, a collaborative effort between UPRM and the University of Houston – Downtown, to increase the number of female faculty in computer science, electrical and computer engineering. In addition, she is an active member of the Society of Women Engineers and Campus Verde, an environmental organization whose main purpose is to educate people about the impact we have on the planet.
Yolian plans to attend graduate school and pursue her doctoral degree. As a Latina, she believes she can contribute to the effort of connecting more people from her community with technology.
Yolian is a 2011 HENAAC-Northrop Grumman Corporation scholarship recipient.
Great Minds in STEM
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10/10/2011
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CAHSI Students selected HENAAC Scholars
Four CAHSI students from University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez were selected 2011 HENAAC Scholars.Congratulations to Yolian Amaro (Femprof), Beatrice Perez (Femprof), Nelian Colon (ARG Student), and David Bartolomei (ARG Student).
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09/19/2011
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Another success of CAHSI mentoring practice
Latinas United Networking Association will honor two scholarship recipients and the Estrella de L.U.N.A., at the L.U.N.A. Annual Scholarship Fundraiser, Sunday, September 18, 2011, 12:30-2:30p.m., in the Helen Chapel located in the First Presbyterian Church, 201 Wick Avenue, Youngstown.
The 2011 L.U.N.A. scholarship recipients are Ryan Bezzarro, son of Peggy and Robert Bezzarro and Celeste Pagan, daughter of Aracelis and William Pagan. Ryan is a sophomore at Westminster College, and is biology and pre-med major and music minor. He is member of the Pre-Med Society, the Chemistry Club and the Men’s Chorus. Celeste is a sophomore at Youngstown State University and is majoring in fashion merchandising and minoring in business. She is on the Deans List and participates in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Celeste is also a mentor with the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Mahoning County.
Graciela Perera is the recipient of the Estrella de L.U.N.A. Award. This award is given to a Latina in the community that exemplifies generosity and dedication to the Hispanic community, and is committed to the Mahoning Valley through community service. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems at Youngstown State University. Graciela received her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of South Florida. She has been involved in efforts to increase the participation of women and Hispanics in the computer science fields. In 2007 she was awarded “A Bridge to Building Capacity for Hispanics in Computer Science Research Education” a grant from the Ohio Latino Affairs Commission totaling $10,000. Graciela serves on numerous panels and speaks on issues that promote diversity among women, minorities and Hispanics. She is part of the Computing Alliance for Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI).
LUNA Scholarship & Estrella de LUNA Luncheon
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08/10/2011
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Congratulations to Dr. Gilda Garreton!
Dr. Gilda Garreton has been selected as one of the 23rd Annual HENAAC Luminary Award Honorees. According to the Great Minds in STEM website “the Luminary honorees share three common factors: 1) They are highly respected by their peers and management, 2) They are valuable authorities in their fields, and 3) They are blazing the trail for future generations of engineers and scientists.
Gilda Garretón is a Principal Engineer at Oracle Labs/Oracle and her main research focuses on VLSI CAD and parallel programming. She is an Open Source advocate and a Java/C++ developer. Gilda received her B.A. and Engineering degree from the Catholic University of Chile (PUC) and her Ph.D. from the Swiss Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETHZ). She is the co-founder of the community Latinas in Computing (LiC) whose goal is to promote leadership and professional development among Latinas in the engineering field.
HENAAC 2011 Luminary Honorees
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07/29/2011
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Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM)
The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) Program seeks to identify outstanding mentoring efforts that enhance the participation and retention of individuals (including persons with disabilities, women and minorities) who might not otherwise have considered or had access to opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The awardees serve as leaders in the national effort to develop fully the nation's human resources in STEM.
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time): October 05, 2011
Eligibility Information
- An individual nominee must be a U.S. Citizen or permanent resident. Nominees may be federal government employees, with certain exceptions, as outlined in sections 4508 and 4509 of Chapter 45 of Title 5 of the United States Code. For further information about eligibility, Federal employees should consulthttp://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/usc.cgi?ACTION=RETRIEVE&FILE=$$xa$$busc5.wais&start=2374915&SIZE=1503&TYPE=PDF or their Office of the General Counsel.
- An organizational nominee must be affiliated with a formal or informal U.S. educational institution, U.S. corporation or not-for-profit organization.
- Individual and organizational nominees must have demonstrated outstanding mentoring and effective guidance to a significant number of persons who might not otherwise have considered or had access to opportunities in STEM (including persons with disabilities, women and minorities) and who are:
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Students at the K-12, undergraduate, or graduate education level, or
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Early career scientists, mathematicians or engineers who have completed their
degree in the past three years (this includes post-doctoral fellows, assistant
professors and individuals in the private sector).
- Individual and organizational nominees must have demonstrated a sustained mentoring effort for a minimum of five years. Nominations for the individual award must clearly delineate the achievements of the individual as separate from those of the institution or organization.
- Individuals and organizations may self-nominate.
- Former recipients of the Individual PAESMEM award are not eligible.
- Former recipients of the Organizational PAESMEM award may apply for the Individual award 10 years or more after receiving the award.
- Multiple organizational programs or individuals from the same institution may be nominated. However, an organizational program or individual may be nominated only once per competition.
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07/29/2011
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Undergraduate Scholarship Program (USP)
The Undergraduate Scholarship Program provides an opportunity for rising junior students to study disciplines relating to the NOAA's mission. Students attending Minority Serving Institutions (Hispanic Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Alaskan-Native Serving Institutions, and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions) receive appointments to approved NOAA offices and sites upon acceptance to the program.
The goal of the Undergraduate Scholars Program is to increase the number of students who undertake course work and graduate with degrees in targeted academic fields integral to NOAA's mission. This program targets students who have completed their sophomore year, attending minority serving institutions (MSIs), and have recently declared, or about to declare a major in atmospheric, oceanic, or environmental disciplines that support these sciences.
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07/29/2011
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RMHC U.S. Scholarships
College Scholarships for High School Seniors Who Face Limited Access To Educational and Career Opportunities in Their Communities.
Deadline(s): January 27, 2012 for the 2011/2012 academic year. Applicants will be notified of scholarship award status in May – June 2012.
Eligibility
- Be a high school senior
- Be younger than 21 years old
- Be eligible to attend a two- or four-year college or university with a full course of study
- Be a legal U.S. resident
- Live in a participating RMHC Chapter’s geographic area
- Submit a complete application and all required documentation by the deadline on the application
- Meet any additional eligibility requirements outlined by each scholarship program
- Verification of enrollment each year at the student’s accredited post-secondary institution
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07/29/2011
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MAES Scholarship Program
The sponsor seeks to assist Hispanic students in completing their higher education goals. Scholarships are available on a competitive basis to student members in the fields of
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Deadline(s): 09/17/2011
The scholarship categories are:
- Padrino/Madrina Scholarship – Three (3) in the amount of $4,000
- Graduate Scholarship – One (1) in the amount of $3,000
- Founders Scholarship – One (1) in the amount of $2,500
- Presidential Scholarship – One (1) in the amount of $2,500
- General Scholarship – Many in the amount of $1,000 or $2,000
Eligibility
- Membership: Must be a current MAES Student Member
- Attendance: Attendance is not required to be awarded a General Scholarship; attendance for the top awards is required
- Citizenship: Must be a United States citizen or permanent resident for most scholarships; limited awards avaiable for international students
- Age: Must be 18 years of age or older by postmark deadline
- GPA: Must have a minimum GPA of 2.0/4.0
- Major: Must be pursuing a STEM degree at an accredited U.S. university or community college; medical sciences, nursing and social sciences are not considered a STEM degree
- Enrollment: Must be enrolled as a full time student for the fall semester
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07/29/2011
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Graduate Women's Scholarship Program
The Microsoft Research Graduate Women’s Scholarship is a one-year scholarship program for outstanding women graduate students and is designed to help increase the number of women pursuing a PhD. This program supports women in the second year of their graduate studies. Women who are interested in this scholarship must apply during first year of graduate studies. Scholarships are granted by Microsoft Research at the discretion of Microsoft.
Current Schedule
- Microsoft will begin accepting applications: Tuesday, August 16, 2011.
- Completion date for all applications: Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 11:59 P.M. Pacific Time.
- Late and incomplete applications will not be considered.
- No notification of incompleteness will be made.
- No exceptions to the deadline will be approved.
Provisions of the Award
- The scholarship recipient award includes US$15,000 for the 2012–2013 academic year.
- A conference and travel allowance of US$2,000 is provided for recipients to attend a conference in their field of study.
- Scholarships are awarded to recipients for one academic year only and are not available for extension or renewal.
- The recipient must remain as active, full-time student, enrolled in graduate programming during the academic year of the award or forfeit the award.
Click here for more information.
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06/30/2011
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Microsoft Research Gift of $27,000 Supports Collaborative Math Education Project
Dr. Eric Freudenthal of the University of Texas at El Paso’s Computer Science Department received a competitive Microsoft Research Award of $27,000 for the project entitled “Early scale dissemination and evaluation of iMPaCT-Math”. The effort is already engaging a team of El Paso high school teachers to collaborate with and college faculty in the preparation of a threaded set of teaching modules suitable for infusion into Algebra I classrooms, and evaluate their effectiveness. The teaching will include the use of F# on tablets and is an extension of Dr. Freudenthal’s NSF-funded Media-Propelled Computational-Thinking (iMPaCT) project.
iMPaCT-MATH lessons use programming to generate graphics in a manner that provides students opportunities to examine the concepts underlying high school algebra and are being designed for inclusion within high school math courses. A feature of iMPaCT-MATH lessons is that they exploit programming features of equipment already present in math classrooms such as graphing calculators and tablets. Pilot studies funded by the National Science Foundation suggest that iMPaCT-Math’s approach can elicit dramatic improvements in students’ understanding of mathematics and motivation to study computation.
During academic year 2011-2012, iMPaCT-MATH will reach:
- 1300 El Paso high school freshmen (50 sections).
- 50 Community college students (coordinated by Sam Stokes and Mohsen Behesti at Domenguez Hills)
iMPaCT-Math (Media Propelled Computational Thinking for Math classrooms) is an interdisciplinary extension of Dr. Freudenthal’s iMPaCT project – which uses graphics to build mathematical proficiency in students attending programming classes. The iMPaCT-Math team includes four UTEP faculty from the department of mathematical sciences:
- Drs. Art Duval and Kien Lim, whose expertise includes the scholarship of math education and are collaborating closely with Dr. Freudenthal in adapting and designing lessons and preparing instructional materials.
- Drs. Amy Wagler and Peter Moschopoulos, whose expertise includes statistical analysis are responsible for quantitative assessment of student learning.
Software components for iMPaCT-MATH are being developed by Alexandria Ogrey, a senior in UTEP’s computer science program. Her efforts are being supervised by Sam Stokes, a Microsoft Academic Developer Evangelist who is also an instructor at California State University’s Dominguez Hills campus.
iMPaCT is a seedling effort of the Computing Alliance for Hispanics (CAHSI) – a cooperative effort of ten Hispanic Serving institutions to develop and disseminate practices that facilitate academic success in technical disciplines. CAHSI is directed by Ann Gates, also at UTEP. This collaboration between Dr. Freudenthal’s iMPaCT project and Microsoft was facilitated by Dr. Bradley Jensen, a Principal Academic Relationship Manager who participates in CAHSI.
The Award is an unrestricted gift and is given by the Computer Science Theme of Microsoft Research Connections. It will be accompanied by a certificate signed by the director of the theme, Dr Judith Bishop, and the Vice-President of Connections, Dr Tony Hey.
Contact: Eric Freudenthal (efreudenthal@utep.edu)
iMPaCT-STEM
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06/14/2011
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Dr. Patricia Lopez selected for Great Minds in STEM's "Role Model of the Week"
Congratulations to Dr. Patricia Lopez, PhD, CAHSI Advisory Board Member. Dr. Lopez has been selected to be featured as Great Minds in STEM's "Role Model of the Week" for the week of June 13-19, 2011.
Patty graduated with high honors from New Mexico State University with a B.S. in Computer Science and earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in Comput...er Science at while working at NMSU’s Computing Research Laboratory, a state funded center of technical excellence. Patty chairs the Governance Committee of the NMSU Foundation, has established the Ross & Lydia Lopez Minority Scholarship, and serves an advisory board member for several STEM departments and programs at NMSU.
She joined the CAHSI Board and CRA-W Board in 2010, and represents Intel on the Anita Borg Institute Advisory Board. She has served as co-chair for the GHC Birds of a Feather Committee in 2009, co-chair of the GHC Technical Poster Session Committee in 2010, and is serving as the co-chair of the GHC Panels and Workshops Committee for 2011.
She is a founding member and co-chair of Latinas in Computing, a grassroots organization whose mission to promote and develop Latinas in technology, and received the HENAAC/Great Minds in STEM Community Service Award in 2010. Patty is a MentorNet mentor, and is a member of the NCWIT Workforce Alliance. Her current passion is computer science education, building the STEM pipeline for K-16, and creating an inclusive organizational culture in the workplace.
Great Minds in STEM »
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| 06/08/2011 | American Society for Engineering Education recognized CAHSI Faculty members
CAHSI Faculty members Dr. Sarah Hug (research associate, ATLAS), Dr. Susan Jurow (Associate Professor, School of Education), and Wendy Chi (graduate student from School of Education) received an honorable mention for the 2011 Best Paper Award from the American Society for Engineering Education. The paper titled “Evolving Identities: Undergraduate Women Pursuing the Engineering Professoriate” has been selected to receive an honorable mention for the 2011 Best Paper Award for the Women in Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education. The honorable mention will be announced at the Joint K-12/Minorities/Women in Engineering Reception on Monday June 20 at the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition in Vancouver, BC. |
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03/21/2011 | CAHSI mentioned on March issue of the "Communications of the ACM"
This month's issue of the "Communications of the ACM", the main magazine of the ACM, the Computer Science professional society, contains an article (ink above) on broadening participation in computing. This article mentions the Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI). On the front page of this article, there is a picture from CAHSI' 2009 meeting (at Google headquarters). [more] |
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| 03/16/2011 | ELA reaching out to high school students
The Empowering Leadership Alliance (ELA) is
starting an initiative to reach out to high school seniors interested in
computing fields before they matriculate on their respective university
campuses.
ELA is pursuing to increase the number of students from groups with
long-standing under-representation that receive undergraduate and graduate
degrees in the computing disciplines. Students interested in registering can click on the [more] link to fill out the registration form.
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| 01/19/2011 | Dot Diva
A new and improved version of the Dot Diva web site launched. The new version includes enhancements to features such as "What IS a Dot Diva" and "What's Your Passion", as well as entirely new ones including Profiles of young women in computing, and a fleshed out area for Educators and Parents. [more] |
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