{"344281":{"#nid":"344281","#data":{"type":"event","title":"2015 WST Distinguished Lecture: \u0022Getting Women into Technology Careers and Why It Matters\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/wst.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECenter for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology\u003C\/a\u003E welcomes Dr. Maria Klawe as its 2015 Distinguished Lecturer. Dr. Klawe, who is president of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\u0022\u003EHarvey Mudd College\u003C\/a\u003E, will speak on \u0022Getting More Women into Technology Careers and Why it Matters.\u0022 This event is co-sponsored by the College of Computing. A reception follows the event.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the speaker:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDr. Maria Klawe is the fifth president of Harvey Mudd College. She began her tenure in 2006. A renowned mathematician, computer scientist and scholar, President Klawe is the first woman to lead the College. Prior to joining Harvey Mudd, she served as dean of engineering and professor of computer science at Princeton University. During her time at Princeton, Klawe led the School of Engineering and Applied Science through a strategic planning exercise that created an exciting and widely embraced vision for the school. At Harvey Mudd College, she led a similarly ambitious strategic planning initiative, \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about-hmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/05\/HMCStrategicVision2007.pdf\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHMC 2020: Envisioning the Future\u003C\/a\u003E.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E2015 WST Distinguished Lecture, Co-sponsored with the College of Computing, will be delivered by Dr. Maria Klawe, President of Harvey Mudd College, \u201cGetting Women into Technology Careers and Why It Matters.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Maria Klawe, President of Harvey Mudd College, will deliver the 2015 WST Distinguished Lecture"}],"uid":"27680","created_gmt":"2014-11-11 10:56:04","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:21:11","author":"Carol Colatrella","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2015-02-24T15:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2015-02-24T16:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2015-02-24T16:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2015-02-24 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2015-02-24 21:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2015-02-24 21:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"hg_media":{"357711":{"id":"357711","type":"image","title":"Dr. Maria Klawe","body":null,"created":"1449245767","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:16:07","changed":"1475895091","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:31","alt":"Dr. Maria Klawe","file":{"fid":"201468","name":"dr.maria_klawe.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dr.maria_klawe_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dr.maria_klawe_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":127452,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dr.maria_klawe_0.jpg?itok=jO16fK0N"}}},"media_ids":["357711"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.wst.gatech.edu\/","title":"WST"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"},{"id":"1313","name":"Institute Diversity"},{"id":"132371","name":"The Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"2248","name":"Graduate Studies"},{"id":"8469","name":"women in computing"},{"id":"3672","name":"WST"},{"id":"23801","name":"WST Distinguished Lecture"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMary Frank Fox\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mary.fox@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emary.fox@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}