Wisconsin Affiliate

WI Affiliate Aspirations Awardees Photo from May, 2022

Award recipients are recognized during a ceremony and reception in May of each year. Each has a photo and bio in our award event booklet. Awardees are selected for their interest and aptitude in IT and computing, strong leadership ability, community involvement, solving problems and career plans demonstrating a desire to grow their technology and professional skills. Possible prizes include scholarships, tech devices, cash rewards, virtual meet-ups with professionals, possible job shadow experiences and summer paid internships, and more!

High school students who identify as women, genderqueer or non-binary are invited to apply. Applications are being accepted through 10:59pm CT on Thursday, October 27, 2022. Newly extended deadline This is now the new hard deadline!

Please visit https://ncwit-wi.org to learn more about the Wisconsin Aspirations community.

 Affiliate Goals

2022-23 AiC Number of Applications Goals
- 15% increase in applications (from 196 to 225 (ie +29))
- 15% increase in completed applications (from 138 to 159 (ie +21))
- Reduce the number of incomplete applications from 30% (58 out of 196) to 15% (using our 225 goal, we would have 34 incompletes)

2022-2023 AiC Schools Expansion goals
- Of the 95 schools that didn’t have applicants in 2021-22, we aim to have 15% (14) of those schools submit applications for 2022-23 year
- Of the 52 schools that had applicants in 2021-22, our goal is for 80% (42) of those schools submit applications for 2022-23.
- Of the 175 teacher endorsers contacted, our goal is for 25% (44) past teacher endorsers to support at least one applicant this year (2022-23)

2022-2023 AiC HS Diversity Goals
- At least 15% of all applicants identify as Black (225*0.15=34)
- At least 15% of all applicants identify as Hispanic (34)
- Increase the number of diverse schools from 21% to 30% (56 schools * 0.30=17)