Hello everyone,
The Office of the President asked me to forward this announcement to the group.
Best,
John
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Friends, Supporters & Colleagues,
I want to take this opportunity to welcome you to 2004 from all of us at
the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. For those of us at the
Institute, 2003 was one of the most exciting, difficult and productive
years we've ever experienced. We particularly wanted to express our
gratitude for your incredible support last year, your continued interest
and encouragement. Anita would be proud, and although we miss her every
day, her spirit lives on in the people like you who help make her dream a
reality.
This next year promises to be our best ever as we launch major new
endeavors, provide the Institute with a new face and offer the programs
that you have come to love. We are launching a new Leadership Initiative
this year, and have developed an important partnership with the National
Center for Women and IT. With the new name, comes a new face on both our
website (www.anitaborg.org), to be released in the next several months, and
in our new monthly online newsletter schedule for release in March. We are
also very excited about the progress on the Initiatives that are more
familiar to you including the 4th annual Virtual Development Center
Conference being held at the University of Arizona April 22-24, the Grace
Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference scheduled for October
6-9 in Chicago, and of course our new Systers system in constant use for
the last six months.
We will give you many more details about this efforts over the next few
months, but for now, let me once again express the thanks from all of us at
the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology to you for making all of
this possible.
Please take a moment to review the announcements below.
Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Announcements:
Call for Submissions - $10,000 Anita Borg Award for Social Impact (more
information below)
Call for Submissions - $10,000 Anita Borg Award for Technical Leadership
(more information below)
Two $10,000 scholarships for women in CS - Deadline Extended. Google Anita
Borg Memorial Scholarships. (more information below)
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$10,000 Anita Borg Award for Social Impact - Submission deadline: March 31,
2004
In a world that she saw as rapidly using technology across all borders and
human boundaries, Anita Borg spoke out on behalf of a large,
underrepresented segment of the world's population - women. She believed
emphatically that women's lives must benefit from technology. Anita Borg
stressed that women's voices, representing multiple approaches and
priorities, are essential and that where women define the benefits,
technology is developed for the good as well as for profit. Throughout her
life, she worked to make her vision of relevant, valuable technology become
the norm. This award was created to honor those who fulfill her vision.
The Anita Borg Institute will present this award at each Grace Hopper
Conference. The first award will be presented at the 2004 Grace Hopper
Celebration, October 6-9, 2004 in Chicago, Illinois. In addition, the award
recipient will receive a cash grant of $10,000.
This award identifies achievements by an individual or team who has
increased the positive impact of technology on the lives of women. Impact
will be measured by the degree and type of social change, amount of women's
increased empowerment through the technology or increased influence over
technology. The award recipient may have developed the technology,
motivated social change and empowerment through that technology, or
increased women's influence over and decision-making about technology.
Submit nominations to SocialImpactAward@anitaborg.org by March 31, 2004.
Required Nomination Materials:
1. Title of nominated achievement
2. Name of nominee(s)
3. Brief summary (maximum of 700 words)>
4. Statement of merit (3-5 pages) - Must include short bio of
person(s) responsible and address the following issues: Describe the impact
and how it was measured. Was the action taken with respect to a specific
situation? What motivated the nominee to take action?
5. Letters of recommendation (maximum of 3 letters)
6. Nominator's name, e-mail address, phone number and relationship
to nominee
Please send all nomination information in a single e-mail message if your
mailer supports attachments. Include names and contact information in the
e-mail message and attach the statement of Merit and Resume/Vitae to the
message. If you are unable to send attachments, send the Statement of merit
and the Resume/Vitae as separate messages.
Additional information about this award may be found at www.anitaborg.org.
Questions may be emailed to the Chair of the Anita Borg Social Impact Award
Committee, Ellen Lapham, at elapham@aimhigh1.com.
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$10,000 Anita Borg Award for Technical Leadership
Recognizes a woman technologist for inspiration to the women's technology
community through her outstanding technological and social contributions.
Through her leadership she should have increased the impact of women on and
in technology. Anita Borg excelled in technology development, was vocally
passionate about technology, the technology community and inspired many
women to bring their own passion to the field. This award honors the life
she shared with us and the great passion in which she lived and worked to
make the world a better place for women and for technology.
The award celebrates outstanding women technical leaders. Leaders cover
new ground and change the world in some way; this award recognizes the
leadership that has increased women's impact, representation, and
effectiveness in the technology arena. The criteria for leadership changes
as the world changes, the leadership contribution needs to be evaluated in
the context of the timeframe of the leadership.
This award will be presented bi-annually at the Grace Hopper Celebration of
Women in Computing conference by the Anita Borg Institute for Woman and
Technology. The first award will be presented at the 2004 Grace Hopper
Celebration, Oct 6-9, 2004 in Chicago, IL. In addition, the award
recipient will receive a cash grant of $10,000.
The deadline for submission of nominations is March 1, 2004. Submissions
must be made electronically. Questions may be addressed to, Kathy
Richardson (kathyr@anitaborg.org), Chair of the Anita Borg Technical
Leadership Award Committee. Nomination finalists will be selected, and
nominators will be responsible for insuring that the awards committee
receives reference letters for the nominee (details sent to finalist
nominators 3/21).
Required Nomination Materials:
Nominee's Name
Statement of Merit - written by the Nominator(s) [Typically: 1 page]
Nominee's Resume or Curriculum Vitae [up to 2 pages]
Nominator's Name, e-mail and phone contact information.
Please send all nomination information in a single e-mail message if your
mailer supports attachments. Include names and contact information in the
e-mail message and attach the statement of Merit and Resume/Vitae to the
message. If you are unable to send attachments, send the Statement of
merit and the Resume/Vitae as separate messages.
Submit nominations to: ABTechNominations@anitaborg.org
All nomination submissions are due: March 1, 2004. Finalists
selected/notified by: March 21, 2004 Reference letters for finalists due:
May 1, 2004
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Subject: $10,000 scholarships for women in CS - Deadline Extended - The
Anita Borg scholarship deadline has been extended!
Google has extended the application deadline for the Anita Borg Memorial
Scholarship to March 12, 2004. Two $10,000 scholarships will be awarded to
female students graduating in 2005 - one to an undergraduate student and
one to a master's student. For complete details and application
procedures, please visit www.google.com/anitaborg/ or www.IWT.org.
Please forward this opportunity to people you know.
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Thank you again for making our vision a reality in 2003 and for continuing
to build on our successes in 2004. We couldn't do any of it with you!
Sincerely,
Telle Whitney
President and CEO
Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
John Hajda, Ph.D.
Director of Student Services
Graduate Division
3117 Cheadle Hall
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-2070
(805) 893-8898
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