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Women in STEM Podcast Episode 2 – Jessica Kirkpatrick, Director of Data Science at InstaEDU
Interview with Jessica Kirkpatrick, Director of Data Science at InstaEDU and blogger for Women in Astronomy & Astrobetter.
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Women In STEM Podcast Episode 1 – Katie McGill, Physics PhD Candidate & Creator of The Physics Factor
Interview with Katie McGill, Physics PhD Candidate at Cornell University and Creator of the YouTube Channel, The Physics Factor.
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Why I Added an MBA to my Computer Engineering Degree
Having a computer engineering degree with a concentration in software engineering is very marketable right now. So why did I go back to get my MBA in marketing and strategy? When I originally started my business back in 1998, I was hand-coding websites in html and php. As I worked with clients to design websites for…
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2020 Girls — Introducing Girls to the Thrills of Science, Design, Engineering & Tech
There is no doubt that there is a need for professionals in the STEM fields in this country, especially women. ITEC in Lansing, in partnership with MCWT, is jump-starting girls’ interest in STEM with their 2020 Girls program, launched just this year. About 100 middle school girls are participating in programming, engineering and design activities…
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Women in Tech, Laura Eagin, WordPress Developer & Teacher
Laura Eagin is a teacher and co-organizer of Girl Develop It Detroit, a non-profit organization that brings affordable hands-on instruction to students eager to learn web development skills. By day she works as a freelance web developer and web designer for a dozen small businesses ranging from retail to real estate, tech startups, and non-profit…
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Women in STEM Roundup – Week of May 26, 2014
Here’s the Women in STEM articles this week of May 26, 2014… Google to release diversity data about workforce (Washington Post) This Woman Proves You Don’t Have to Be A Hoodie-Wearing Male to Make It in Today’s Tech World (Nation Swell) ‘Our Job Is To Solve Problems’: How STEM Jobs Can Take Women To The…
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Women in Tech, Interview with Deborah Wheeler, Chief Information Security Officer at Ally Financial
Deborah Wheeler is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Ally Financial. She’s in charge of establishing policy and programs to support the security of electronic customer and company information. The most difficult part of her job, but also the most rewarding, is educating employees and customers on information security and privacy — a challenge…
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Women in STEM Roundup – Week of May 19, 2014
Here’s the Women in STEM articles this week of May 19, 2014… Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Lately, Coding (NYTimes) The Tech Sector Needs More Women; Here’s How You Can Make It Happen (Forbes) Girl Scouts target math, science gender gap (Delaware Online) The “CSI Effect:” Cacking the Case of the STEM Skills Gap (Huffington Post)…
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STEM Events for Week of May 19, 2014
STEM events for Women happening this week of May 19, 2014… Saturday May 17 – Tuesday May 20 American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery — Association of Women Surgeons (Hollywood, FL) Monday May 19 How to Build a Website: HTML & CSS for Beginners (2-Day Workshop) — Girl Develop It Detroit (Detroit, MI) Monday May…
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Women in STEM Roundup – Week of May 12, 2014
Here’s the Women in STEM articles this week of May 12, 2014… Changing the “Women in Tech” Conversation (<re/code>) Philly Tech Week’s Feminine Side (NBC Philadelphia) STUDY SHOWS GIRLSTART AFTER SCHOOL STUDENTS PERFORM BETTER ACADEMICALLY THAN PEERS (girlstart) Cracking the code: Push to teach computer science in classrooms (CBS News) Gender & Race Differences in…
