[Shacs] womyn in CS

[Bronius Motekaitis]

Hmm.. In your stats there from 1985 to 2005, 1998 is kind of a cross-over
middle ground, isn't it?  Wasn't that the year that kp graduated?

On 8/31/06, Dr. Tim McGuire <mcguire at shsu.edu> wrote:
>
>  In 1985, over 1/3 of all CS degrees went to women.  In 2005, that
> proportion had dropped to around 1/5.  I don't have the exact figures for
> SHSU immediately at hand, but they're not far off from that.  I, for one,
> would like to see classes that weren't all male.
>
> TJM
>
> Bronius Motekaitis wrote:
>
> This came through on my Google newsletter deal.  If noone else, Wendy will
> appreciate it.
>
> =======
> MISCELLANY
>
> + Supporting women in technology +
>
> For several years, Google has honored the legacy of computer scientist
> Dr. Anita Borg with a scholarship program designed to encourage women
> to pursue careers in computer science and technology. The awards are
> $10,000 scholarships for outstanding female undergraduate and graduate
> students completing their degrees in computer science or related
> fields. Why are we doing this? Because we believe in what the Anita
> Borg Institute calls the "virtuous cycle." Through this scholarship
> program and other efforts, we hope more women can be encouraged to
> embrace engineering and technical professions and learn the skills of
> leadership. Then they can use those capabilities to influence how
> technology is designed and used, and focus on practical solutions to
> global issues - energy, food, illiteracy, environment, elder care,
> disease control - that confront us all. As the products and services
> resulting from their innovations permeate the global market, new
> generations of women will follow, in a profession that is increasingly
> more supportive of women.
>
> The Institute is named for a renowned computer scientist who spent her
> life inspiring and motivating women to become active participants and
> leaders in the technology revolution that can benefit all of us. For
> the 2006-2007 academic year, Google received 324 applications from
> students at 90 different universities across the country. We awarded
> scholarship support to 47 young women, and look forward to their
> successes in the coming years.
> http://www.anitaborg.org
>
>
> Bronius Motekaitis
> http://www.bcswebstudio.com
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> Timothy J. McGuire, Ph.D.
> Department of Computer Science
> Sam Houston State University
> Huntsville, Texas  77341-2090
> (936)294-1571	mcguire at shsu.edu	http://www.shsu.edu/~csc_tjm/
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