Welcome! We hope you can join us Thursday, November 6, 2008, at the University of California at Irvine Student Center for the NCWIT November 2008 practices workshop. Thanks to Dean Debra Richardson and the Ada Byron Research Center for hosting us!
Our workshop will focus on the role that "nontraditional" or "alternative" educational pathways play in preparing women and underrepresented minorities for the information technology (IT) workforce. These avenues are a rich, but too often overlooked, source of talent in our ongoing efforts to broaden participation in computing and the IT profession. Your organization will benefit from the ideas and insights of distinguished researchers and practitioners who work across the computing pipeline. More than 20 notable speakers will provide valuable information during the event as we learn about research, practices, and programs that leverage alternative pathways. Participants also will engage in active dialogue concerning the perceived barriers to blending "traditional" and "nontraditional" pathways and how we can overcome these barriers
For information on traveling (parking, driving directions, and shuttle times) to and from the Hyatt Regency Hotel and UCI, click here.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6 WORKSHOP AGENDA
University of California, Irvine
7:00 – 8:00 AM: Breakfast (Student Center, Pacific Ballroom D)
8:00 – 8:45 AM: Welcome (Student Center, Pacific Ballroom C)
Debra J. Richardson, the Ted and Janice Smith Family Foundation Dean of Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science, UCI
Michael Gottfredson, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, UCI
Lucy Sanders, NCWIT CEO and Co-founder
Dr. Alicia Nicki Washington, Assistant Professor, Systems and Computer Science Department, Howard University
8:45 – 9:30 AM: Panel Intro and Session I - “Innovative Pathway Programs” (Student Center, Pacific Ballroom C)
Joanne Cohoon, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Technology & Society, University of Virginia Research Area: Sociology of Gender, Technology & Education; Evaluation
Sean Kelley, Staffing Director; Finance, HR, Legal, and Corporate Affairs; Microsoft Corporation, will open the panel with a discussion about the value of alternative pathways in assuring the diversity and vitality of the U.S. workforce.
9:30 – 10:30 AM: Breakout Sessions I
- Accessing a Valuable Talent Pipeline -- Military Spouses and Returning Military Members (Student Center, Moss Cove A)
Sean Kelley, Staffing Director; Finance, HR, Legal, and Corporate Affairs; Microsoft Corporation
Dr. James McCaffrey, Contributing Editor, Microsoft and Volt Information Science, Inc.
Jenny Jirous, Career and Technical Education Director; STEM, IT, and Fine Arts Career Clusters; Colorado Community College System
Josh Renick, Staffing Strategies Manager, Consumer Bank at Bank of America - How to Feed the CS/IT Pipeline through Relationships Between Community Colleges and Four-Year Institutions (Student Center, Crescent Bay AB)
Deborah Keyek-Franssen, Co-Director, Colorado Coalition for Gender & IT
Colleen Jorgensen, Vice President of Instruction, Red Rocks Community College
Terra Morris, Educational and Psychological Studies (EPSY) PhD Candidate, University of Colorado at Boulder
Nancy Jenkins, Articulation Officer/Counselor, Coastline Community College
Carmen Colon, Co-founder, Association of NYC Education Councils - Educational IT pathways for tribal college graduates (Student Center, Moss Cove B)
Nikishna Polequaptewa, Director, American Indian Resource Program, UCI
Daniel Frost, Ph.D., Lecturer in Information and Computer Science, UCI
10:30 – 10:45 AM: Break (Student Center, Pacific Ballroom D)
10:45 – 11:30 AM: Panel Intro and Session II - “Research on Alternate Pathways” (Student Center, Pacific Ballroom C)
Joanne Cohoon, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Science, Technology & Society, University of Virginia Research Area: Sociology of Gender, Technoogy & Education; Evaluation
JD Hoye, President, National Academy Foundation
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Breakout Sessions II
- Laura Castaneda, Management Scientist, RAND Corporation, will discuss how IT might work for military families, and how
military members and spouses can enter and advance in IT careers (Student Center, Moss Cove A)
- JD
Hoye, President, National Academy Foundation, will discuss her
nationwide network of career-themed, college-prep academies and how the
career-focused approach can bring underrepresented groups to IT careers (Student Center, Woods Cove AB)
- Audrey Bennett, Associate Professor of Graphics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), will discuss her NSF project
on using contextual computing to attract women and underrepresented
groups (Student Center, Moss Cove B)
12:30 – 1:30 PM: Lunch (Student Center, Pacific Ballroom D)
1:30 – 2:30 PM: Moderated Discussion: Barriers & Solutions for creating alternate paths (Student Center, Pacific Ballroom C)
Dr.
Belle Wheelan, President of the Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools, will make opening remarks and moderate the discussion.
2:30 – 3:00 PM: Break (Student Center, Pacific Ballroom D)
3:00 – 6:00 PM: Focus Group for NCWIT Visitors (Bren Hall, 5032)
We want to hear your valuable ideas about future
NCWIT resources, campaigns, and curriculum. What do you think we should do next
to increase girls' and women's participation in IT? Join NCWIT researchers and
your colleagues as we brainstorm new and exciting ideas.
6:00 – 8:00 PM: Reception (University Club)
Join us at the UC Irvine University Club for
drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and music, and to celebrate the high-school women who
are winners of the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing.
Remarks by:
Debra J. Richardson, the Ted and Janice Smith Family Foundation Dean of Donald Bren School of Information
The Honorable Beth Krom, Mayor of the City of Irvine
Dr. Telle Whitney; CEO, Anita Borg Institute; NCWIT Co-founder
Fran Briggs, Senior Change Consultant, Bank of America
