2007 CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop Welcome! Mary Jane Irwin, PSU Mary Lou Soffa, UVA

Fourth Grad Cohort (PhD and MS) o2004 – 1st year graduate students – 100 applied; 100 accepted o2005 – 1st and 2nd year students – 225 applied – 200 accepted o2006 – 1st and 2nd year students – 326 applied accepted o2007 – 1st and 2nd year students – 279 applied – 245 accepted

Workshop Goals Overall Goal: establish cohorts for women in graduate school … and oHelp with strategies and information on navigating grad school oTips on joining the CSE community oEarly insights into career paths oOpportunities to get to know a variety of successful, senior women oOpportunities to network! oAssistance in the formation of a cohesive cohort peer support group

Occupational Distribution of Projected S&E Job Openings Natural Science Managers Information Technology Engineers Physical Scientists Life Scientists US Department of Commerce, 2004

% of US CS grads enrolled in grad or professional school after one year o9.2% of men and 2.9% of women owith a 3.5 GPA its 29.2% of men and only 2.5% of women National Center for Educational Statistics, 1994 Moskal, 2002 If rates continue as in the last 10 years, women will achieve parity with men in earned doctorates oacross all fields in 2008 oacross S&E in 2013 oin CS&E in 2088 !!

Workshop Sessions for Two Cohorts First Year Cohort Everyone is new Second Year Cohort Back for second year Students: Can attend any session Some specialized for MS and PhD Speakers: encourage to participate in discussions of all sessions

It is important that you … oFill out & return the survey you were given at registration oTake any & all opportunities to NETWORK! oAttend & participate in all parts of the program, including the reception and dinner tonight and the Google/Microsoft reception on Saturday night oPut your cell phone on vibrate

Google/Microsoft Reception (Wear Your Badge !!)

We need you to … oHelp us figure out how to keep this group as a cohesive peer support group with follow-on activities oVolunteer to lead follow-on activities –a CRA-W wiki will be set up to help oParticipate in follow-on activities oFill out an evaluation at the end in order to help us better organize the next workshop

Introducing … Faculty representatives Anne Condon, U. of British Columbia Jan Cuny, NSF and U. of Oregon Padma Raghavan, Penn State Mary Jean Harrold, Georgia Tech Renee Miller, Toronto Carla Ellis, Duke Tiffani Williams, Texas A&M Kathy McCoy, Univ. of Delaware Chandra Krintz, UC, Santa Barbara Diane Litman, Univ. of Pittsburgh Soha Hassoun, Tufts

Industry representatives Maria Hristova, Microsoft Research Rebecca Schultz, Google Telle Whitney, Anita Borg Institute Joanne Ordille, Avaya Pam Williams, Sandia National Labs Tessa Lau, IBM Mary Czerwinski, Microsoft Research Andrea Frome, Google Kathleen Fisher, AT&T Research Introducing …

Student speakers Candy Yiu, Portland State Kamalika Das, U Md, Baltimore County Olga Pearce, Texas A&M Lisa Johansen, Penn State Julie Weber, Univ. of Michigan Kristen Walcott, Univ. of Virginia Introducing …

Thanks! To Our Wonderful Sponsors Google Microsoft and our project co-creator Jan Cuny

Assignment 1: Put together your elevator pitch oThree sentence description of your research/interests –the problem you are solving –why the problem is important –why your solution separates you from the rest of the pack oMust get right to the point, the elevator ride is short !