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We are feeling super thankful this November here at the Iribe Initiative for Inclusion and Diversity in Computing!

We're excited to celebrate Native American Heritage Month! In this newsletter, you will find upcoming events at UMD and around the DMV area. We look forward to seeing you at future events!

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Native American Heritage Month

University of Maryland Land Acknowledgment

Every community owes its existence and strength to the generations before them, around the world, who contributed their hopes, dreams, and energy into making the history that led to this moment.

Truth and acknowledgment are critical in building mutual respect and connections across all barriers of heritage and difference.

So, we acknowledge the truth that is often buried: We are on the ancestral lands of the Piscataway People, who are the ancestral stewards of this sacred land. It is their historical responsibility to advocate for the four-legged, the winged, those that crawl, and those that swim. They remind us that clean air and pristine waterways are essential to all life.

This Land Acknowledgement is a vocal reminder for each of us as two-leggeds to ensure our physical environment is in better condition than what we inherited, for the health and prosperity of future generations.

Did you know that Native Americans played key roles during the World Wars? The US Marine Corps used the Navajo language as code to hide messages from its enemies. Read more about the brave Navajo Code Talkers who made substantial contributions to the Allies' victory.

The land you walk on once belonged to Native and Indigenous people around the world. Learn about the significance of that land and its Indigenous ties on the Native Land website. For free lesson plans, visit Native Land's Educator Guide.

Summer Academy applications open in January 2024!

If you are interested in attending camp this summer please fill out our interest form for early access to our application this winter: https://go.umd.edu/sum24-interest

For more information, check out our website:

https://inclusion.cs.umd.edu/outreach#camps

Join us at this year's CompSciConnect Winter Showcase on Sunday, December 10, 2023, at 2 PM in the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering Building at the University of Maryland. At this event, our students demonstrate and present their fall projects ranging in websites, 3D game design, apps, and Python. There will be refreshments and a celebration to acknowledge our CompSciConnect Terps 3-year accomplishment.

CompSciConnect is a three-year non-residential summer program (Yellow, Red, and Terp groups) that typically begins with rising 6th graders joining the Yellow group. Each summer, students learn more advanced skills and meet once a month throughout the school year to maintain those skills. Through the three years, students explore block-based programming (ie. Scratch) (Yellow); web design programming with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (Red); and 3D game design programming (Terp), along with cybersecurity/safety, cryptology, number bases, logic, and computer use skills.

RSVP for Current CompSciConnect Participants & Families:
https://go.umd.edu/cscsrsvp23

RSVP for Non-CompSciConnect Guests:
https://go.umd.edu/cscguest23

We are happy to provide our K-12 Educators and Students with engaging events and programs in computing concepts! We are currently looking to schedule events and programs for January through April 2024.

Choose from:
Enrichment Workshops
Interactive Curriculum Support
Guest Speakers and/or Student Panel

Or, if you have an idea for a Computing-related event let us know at:
https://go.umd.edu/I4C_K12OutreachRequest

UMD Events Just For You

Interested in attending the University of Maryland as a computer science student? Check out our prospective student opportunities, as listed above.

For more information and to register, visit: https://undergrad.cs.umd.edu/future

Awards, Scholarships, & Other Opportunities

You are the future of tech!

Join a network of more than 25,000 women, genderqueer, and non-binary technologists.
Apply for the NCWIT Aspirations in Computing High School Award from Sep. 1 to Nov. 6: www.aspirations.org/AiCHSAward. #NCWITAiC24

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