2008 CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop

Welcome!

Mary Jane Irwin, PSUMary Lou Soffa, UVA

Fifth Grad Cohort(PhD and MS)

• 2004 – 1st year graduate students – 100 applied; 100 accepted

• 2005 – 1st and 2nd year students – 225 applied – 200 accepted

• 2006 – 1st and 2nd year students – 326 applied - 200 accepted

• 2007 – 1st and 2nd year students – 279 applied – 245 accepted

• 2008 – 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students – 349 applied – 291 accepted

Workshop Goals

Overall Goal: to form cohesive cohorts (peer support groups) for graduate women … and

• Help with strategies and provide information on navigating grad school

• Give tips on joining the CSE community• Provide early insights into career paths• Opportunities to get to know a variety of

successful, senior women• Opportunities to network !

Occupational Distribution of Projected S&E Job Openings 2002-2012

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

9.2% of men and 2.9% of womenwith a 3.5 GPA its 29.2% of men

and only 2.5% of womenNational Center for Educational Statistics, 1994

Moskal, 2002

If rates continue, women will achieve parity in PhD’s with men

• across all fields in 2008• across S&E in 2013• in CS&E in 2088 !!

Sessions for Three Cohorts

1st Year Cohort: Everyone is newWhat’s Grad School All About; Finding a

Research Topic; Finding Funding; …2nd Year Cohort: Back for 2nd year

Communication Skills; Networking; Time Management; Resume Writing Clinic; …

3rd Year Cohort: “Seasoned” veteransPreparing Your Proposal; Publishing; Career

Paths; …Can attend any session

Some are specialized for MS or PhDSpeakers are encouraged to

participate in discussions of all sessions

Google/Microsoft Reception(Wear Your Badge !!)

Starting at 6:30 in the Olympic Ballroom and Terrace Room at the Edgewater Hotel

Other Activities

• Lunch today – Elevator talk exercise• Poster Session this afternoon

featuring research posters by 2nd and 3rd year cohort attendees

• Lunch tomorrow – Tables designated by research area to encourage research interchange

• Breaks – another chance to network

Elevator Pitch

Three 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

Must get right to the point, the elevator ride is short !

We need you to …• Fill out & return the evaluation• Attend & participate in all

parts of the program, including the Google/Microsoft reception tonight

• Take any & all opportunities to NETWORK !

• Participate in and/or volunteer to lead follow-on activities– a CRA-W wiki will be set up to help

• Put your cell phone on vibrate

Introducing … Faculty participants

Carla Brodley, Tufts Lori Clarke, UMass Jan Cuny, NSF and U. of Oregon Laurie Dillon, Michigan State Joan Francioni, Winona State Mary Jean Harrold, Georgia Tech Maria Gini, UMinnesota Amy Gooch, UVictoria Soha Hassoun, Tufts Maria Klawe, Harvey Mudd Chandra Krintz, UC, Santa Barbara Margaret Martonosi, Princeton Lori Pollock, UDelaware Barbara Ryder, Rutgers Dawn Song, UC Berkeley Tiffani Williams, Texas A&M

Introducing … Industry participants

Suzanne Evans, MicrosoftKathleen Fisher, AT&T ResearchTessa Lau, IBMMeredith Ringel Morris, Microsoft ResearchJoanne Ordille, Avaya LabsErika Scherpelz, GoogleJustin Thenutai, MicrosoftElaine Weyuker, AT&T ResearchPamela Williams, Sandia National LabsMin Zhong, Google

Introducing … Student speakers

Animashree Anandkumar, UDelawareHila Becker, ColumbiaVina Ermagan, UC San DiegoNaomi Fox, UMassMaritza Johnson, ColumbiaLaurie Jones, CMUJoy Kamunyori, Univ. of VirginiaKristin Yvonne Rozier, RiceEsin Saka, ULouisvilleJulie Weber, Univ. of MichiganKristen Walcott, Univ. of Virginia

To Our Wonderful Sponsors

Google Microsoft

Thanks!