{"116101":{"#nid":"116101","#data":{"type":"event","title":"NCWIT Awards for Aspirations in Computing - Puerto Rico","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing honors young women at the high-school level for their computing-related achievements and interests. The Award offers both national and local \u0022affiliate\u0022 competitions to generate support and visibility for women\u0027s participation in communities nationwide.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing is the Affiliate Host for the reception and ceremony honooring both the winners and runners-up.\u0026nbsp; Each winner will receive an engraved award for herself and her school, along with many other prizes!\u0026nbsp; Each runner-up will receive a framed certificate, as well as many other prizes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0027s award event and reception will take place on Wednesday, March 21st at El Parque de las Ciencias Lu\u00eds A. Ferr\u00e9 in Bayam\u00f3n. The award event will begin at 5:00pm followed by a reception from 6:00pm-7:00pm.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMembers of the Award Committee include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECedric Stallworth - Assitant Dean for Outreach, Enrollment, and Community at the College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJennifer Whitlow - Program Coordinator for Enrollment at the College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EValentina De La Fe - Assistant Director, Hispanic\/Latino Recruitment at the Office of Undergraduate Admission, Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENayda Santiago - Associate Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineerig Department, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs part of an effort to encourage more young women to choose careers in technology, the National Center for Women \u0026amp; Information Technology (NCWIT) seeks to recognize high school women with outstanding achievements and aspirations in computing and technology through the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Honoring young women at the high-school level for their computing-related achievements and interests."}],"uid":"27371","created_gmt":"2012-03-12 12:05:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:58:20","author":"Alexander Hood","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-03-21T22:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-03-22T00:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-03-22T00:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-03-22 02:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-03-22 04:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-03-22 04:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"26861","name":"aspirations in computing"},{"id":"327","name":"high school"},{"id":"26871","name":"high school awards"},{"id":"26881","name":"hispanic students"},{"id":"26891","name":"latino students"},{"id":"3042","name":"Minority recruitment"},{"id":"26851","name":"ncwit."},{"id":"24921","name":"Puerto Rico"},{"id":"6726","name":"recruitment"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jwhitlow@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJennifer Whitlow\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}