AAUW of North Carolina » IT Techs Project http://www.aauwnc.org Because equity is still an issue! Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:09:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 en Fall 2008 Tar Heel news http://www.aauwnc.org/2008/09/11/fall-2008-tar-heel-news/ http://www.aauwnc.org/2008/09/11/fall-2008-tar-heel-news/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:38:25 +0000 Nancy http://www.aauwnc.org/2008/09/11/fall-2008-tar-heel-news/ The PDF edition

The front page

  • AAUW NC STEM project
    Discussion of the pilot to improve girls’ interest in science, technology, engineering, and math.

New content for the print edition

  • President’s message (p. 2)
  • NC Students attend National Conference for College Women Student Leaders (p. 2)
  • AAUW and advocacy - the power of one vote (p. 3)
  • Help recruit good candidates for AAUW NC offices (p.10, job descriptions p. 11)
  • New IRS 990-N filing requirement (p. 10)
  • High Country branch starts STEM project and plans AAUW NC Fall 2009 meeting. (p. 12)

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]]> http://www.aauwnc.org/2008/09/11/fall-2008-tar-heel-news/feed/ Presentation on the AAUW IT Techs Project http://www.aauwnc.org/2008/08/12/presentation-on-the-aauw-it-techs-project/ http://www.aauwnc.org/2008/08/12/presentation-on-the-aauw-it-techs-project/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:24:30 +0000 Nancy http://www.aauwnc.org/2008/08/12/presentation-on-the-aauw-it-techs-project/ As you may have read in the earlier post, AAUW NC is pursuing a project that will encourage girls’ interest in technology. John Hoffler presented this project at the AAUW NC summer meeting. Here is the information from his presentation in various formats:

]]> http://www.aauwnc.org/2008/08/12/presentation-on-the-aauw-it-techs-project/feed/ What is the state STEM project? http://www.aauwnc.org/2008/08/09/state-stem-project/ http://www.aauwnc.org/2008/08/09/state-stem-project/#comments Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:51:51 +0000 millie http://www.aauwnc.org/2008/08/09/962/ Local AAUW Branches, High Point, Greensboro and Winston-Salem and the Girl Scouts – Tarheel Triad Council, Inc., have created a partnership to pilot “IT TECHS.” The purpose of the project is to encourage high school girls to not only become aware of careers in Information Technology (IT), but to do directed “hands on” skill building activities. The project will be open to girls who reside in the Piedmont-Triad area. The sessions will be from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon for 8 weeks (on alternate Saturdays beginning in October 2008). Advanced classes will be available for those who qualify, culminating in competition in May 2009. Sessions will be directed by the Black Data Processing Associates of Charlotte (BDPA) which is composed of IT managers, executives, consultants, web developers, and programmers.

BDPA will provide instructors and train program participants and local AAUW volunteers. The program will expose the girls to computer concepts and give them the expertise to develop web applications. Participants will be offered a variety of skill building activities (beyond the basics taught in the public school system) and they will have direct contact with IT Professionals; thereby confirming STEM/IT majors in the real world. BDPA will be giving instructions to participants from a number of locations throughout the Triad via web cast. Local AAUW volunteers will be available to help steer the youth through the classes.

Assessment and evaluation will be achieved through informal observation and discussion with participants, informal discussion with program staff and volunteers, formalized participant interviews, and formalized data collection with program staff and volunteers.

Partial funding has been received from AAUW NC.

Contact any of the Triad Branch Presidents for more information and volunteering. [Contacts for Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point.]

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