Aspirations in Computing News
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January 10, 2019
“Humans are the weakest link… The biggest threat in security is the person sitting in the chair behind the computer. It’s not the software, it’s not the hardware, it’s the human and the human error aspect,” says Kyla Guru.
Listen to Kyla’s full interview with CodeNewbie online.
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January 01, 2019
"After I started the Girls Who Code Club here at Union Catholic, I wanted to do something to reach more people in the community, so I reached out to the library about doing the coding classes'' for adults as well as middle school students, said #NCWITAiC Community Member Manya Trehan, who was recently honored with the Union Catholic High School Prudential Spirit of Community Award. Next, she’ll move on to the competition at the state level.
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December 01, 2018
AiC Community Member Yarely Chino was spotted teaming up with friends to offer affordable programming classes for women in Salinas & Monterey, California through the non-profit Girl Develop It. Read about their initiative here!
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November 01, 2018
2018 NCWITAiC Educator Award Recipient Danielle Mateo is opening a new branch of theCoderSchool in Las Vegas! As Danielle observes, “Learning how to code is extremely empowering and has the ability to take children to new heights mentally and creatively. Not only is coding a career path, but it opens doors by teaching kids to discover, reason, and create.” Get the full story here.
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October 01, 2018
In the fourth installment of Innovator to Innovator, AiC Community Member Rian Walker met up with Apple VP Lisa Jackson to discuss the ways both women’s passion for computing and their drive to overcome obstacles fueled their journeys to success. Read about their conversation here.
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September 01, 2018
AiC Community Members Amanda Tomes and Rayanne Liester, along with 12 other high school juniors and seniors from South Dakota, were invited to the Rocket Girls CyberSpace Camp at the Kennedy Space Center in Orlando, where they explored online security and the history of space travel. Read about their adventure here!
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August 01, 2018
In this two-part series, AiC National Educator Award Recipient Jeff Solin shares his 16 journey as a CS teacher with an equity focus at Chicago’s Lane Tech High.
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July 01, 2018
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June 01, 2018
At this year’s Securing Our Cyber Future: SafetyNet Symposium in San Diego, California, AiC Award Recipient Betta Lyon-Delsordo was honored with the 2018 ESET Women in Cybersecurity Scholarship. The cybersecurity company ESET established the scholarship to encourage and empower more women to explore careers in this field.
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May 04, 2018
NCWIT Aspirations in Computing is pleased to announce that Lane Tech High School Computing Instructor Jeff Solin has been named the recipient of the 2018 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing (AiC) National Educator Award! -
April 30, 2018
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is an NCWIT Investment Partner, and their support is integral to the NCWIT Collegiate Award. In this piece, HPE exec Jill Sweeney explains why the work that NCWIT and AiC Community members are doing is so important for today’s tech world. Plus, check out the fabulous photos of some of our past Collegiate Award recipients!
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March 30, 2018Congratulations to our AiC Community members who were featured in the news this month!
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February 26, 2018AiC Community members are getting recognized for their accomplishments! See who we spotted in the news this month.
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February 01, 2018
AiC Community Member and High School Senior Rebecca Kahn emailed Apple CEO Tim Cook in hopes of getting his insights in an interview for a school project. The connection sparked ideas on both sides of the conversation, and soon, NCWIT and Apple Inc. were collaborating on the new Innovator to Innovator mentorship program, which pairs high school women interested in STEM careers with Apple executives.
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December 22, 2017
- Here's AiC Community Member Michelle Qin's #iAspire story on being a part of the AiC Community and running an #AspireIT program. // “I’ve been thinking over the past week how grateful I am to be a part of NCWIT and this incredible, strong, inspirational community of women. I feel so lucky to be able to learn from you all, hear about your successes, share my ideas, and continue pursuing my passion for computing.
