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Iribe Center for Diversity & Inclusion in Computing

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NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Applications Now Open!

Are you interested in computing and technology? The Maryland Center for Women in Computing at the University of Maryland is proud to host the eighth annual NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing (AiC) in 2019-2020. NCWIT represents the National Center for Women in Computing and in partnership with multiple companies, including Apple and the Bank of America, honors high school females who are pursuing their passions in computing and technology. The University of Maryland, College Park, UMBC, and Loyola University Maryland partner together to help recognize the best students for this prestigious award in the Maryland region.

We encourage you to apply regardless of your technology experience at www.aspirations.org! In order to apply, you must be a female high school student. The application opens September 1st and closes November 5th, 2019. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email mcwic@cs.umd.edu, or visit www.aspirations.org to learn more. We hope to see you become a part of the NCWIT Aspirations community!

High School Programming Workshop
Technica

Technica is the world’s largest all-women and nonbinary hackathon, hosted annually at the University of Maryland.

Over the duration of 24 hours, women and non-binary people are immersed in tech culture and encouraged to exercise their imagination to create interesting and innovative hacks.

This year’s theme is “Go Beyond”. At Technica, we want to see women and non-binary folks thrive and go beyond society’s expectations for them. We encourage all attendees to take your tech journey beyond Technica.


Congressional App Challenge
 
The mission of the Congressional App Challenge is to inspire students from every corner of the country to explore STEM, coding, and computer science through hands-on practice, and we're thrilled that this program is now available to over two-thirds of American students. This is a 35% increase over last year's total, marking the largest singe-year expansion in the history of the program.

Freshman Members of the 116th Congress have been a major source of growth for the program. Over 75% of freshman Members of Congress are hosting Congressional App Challenges in 2019, helping to expand the challenge to new districts across the country.

Students can register and submit their applications for the Congressional App Challenge through November 1st, 2019.

Click here to Register!
Black Girls CODE DC Chapter Event

Partnering with Black in AI, Black Girls CODE presents to you "Teach, Play, and Learn with Artificial Intelligence", a workshop geared towards learning about Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. Tech Divas will get a chance to create virtual chat boxes as well as work on programming a computer to guess your inputs - all on its own! 

All BGC events are geared towards introducing participants to the technological universe and encouraging them to pursue careers as Tech Creators and Entrepreneurs.

If you are interested in attending, you can buy tickets here!

Save the Date: Fall Workshops
Prospective Students
Are you a prospective student interested in learning more about Computer Science at the University of Maryland? 

For more information on Prospective Student Workshops, touring the Brendan Iribe Center for Computer Science and Engineering, or meeting with a Computer Science Representative please follow this link: https://undergrad.cs.umd.edu/future   
Community Outreach Request
Are you a community member interested in learning more about our outreach programs for your students. We are available to provide a range of activities for K-12 students. If interested please fill out the following google form: https://forms.gle/CqBCotpQWyuV2jH46.

Please give us some basic information about what we can do for you or your organization and we will try to accommodate as many requests as possible. Requests must be submitted 4-6 weeks ahead of time. 

If you have any questions, please contact inclusion@cs.umd.edu
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