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Tennessee: Middle & East Affiliate Award Celebration

Tennessee: Middle and East Affiliate Award Celebration

Saturday - April 4, 2020 Virtual Event Using ZOOM

1:15 – 2:45 PM (CDT)


TENNESSEE: MIDDLE AND EAST AFFILIATE EVENT AGENDA (All times are approximate and in Central Daylight Time)

TIME ACTIVITY

1:15 PM - CDT Join ZOOM meeting Meet and greet participants Get comfortable with the software

1:30 PM Housekeeping and instructions Eva Bradshaw, Aspirations in Computing Regional Affiliate Manager

1:35 PM Welcome Sharon Burlingame, Retired Associate Professor CS – Pellissippi State CC Martha Kosa, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Computer Science – Tennessee Tech University Ambareen Siraj, Ph.D.,Professor of Computer Science - Tennessee Tech Founding Director, Cybersecurity Education Research and Outreach Center ; WiCyS Founder

1:45 PM Keynote Presentation Mary Prince-Vernich, Caterpillar Financial and 2012 Aspirations Award winner in TN)

2:05 PM Overview of NCWIT & the Aspirations in Computing Program Edie Cheng, National Center for Women & IT (NCWIT) – Aspirations in Computing Director Eva Bradshaw, Aspirations in Computing Regional Affiliate Manager

2:20 PM Virtual Awards Presentations & Recognition of Honorees All award winners Martha Kosa, Co-Coordinator of Tennessee: Middle & East Affiliate assisted by Mark Boshart, Ph.D., Professor of Computer Science – Tennessee Tech University

2:40 PM Q&A and Event Wrap-up All

Trophies, certificates, swag and other goodies will be mailed to the home address of all honorees as soon as practical.


AFFILIATE EVENT COMMITTEE

Eva Bradshaw, Regional Affiliate Manager

Sharon Burlingame, Co-Coordinator

Martha Kosa, Co-Coordinator

Cassandra Mitchell, Program Promotion & Award Event Assistant

Lana Richardson, Finances & NCWIT Liaison

Ambareen Siraj, Program Promotion

Eric Brown - Cybersecurity Education, Research and Outreach Center, Outreach and Support


2020 NATIONAL HONORABLE MENTION AWARD WINNERS

Ari Avant Class of 2020 Hendersonville High School Hendersonville, Sumner County Jina Jiang Class of 2021 Oak Ridge High School Oak Ridge, Anderson County Amelie Nagle Class of 2022

Oak Ridge High School Oak Ridge, Anderson County

Pictures and biographies for award winners are available at the

Aspirations in Computing Tennessee: Middle and East Affiliate Website


2020 TENNESSEE: MIDDLE & EAST TENNESSEE AFFILIATE AWARD WINNERS

Ari Avant Class of 2020 Hendersonville High School Hendersonville, Sumner County Jina Jiang Class of 2021 Oak Ridge High School Oak Ridge, Anderson County Amelie Nagle Class of 2022


Miracle Awonuga Class of 2020

MNPS Middle College High School at Nashville State Community College

Angie Baird Class of 2021 Harpeth Hall School Green Hills, Nashville – Private

Khamiyah Brown Class of 2020 Republic High School Nashville Charter School

Astra Burke Class of 2020 Girls Preparatory School Chattanooga – Private

Devon Campbell Class of 2021 Harpeth Hall School Green Hills, Nashville – Private


2020 TENNESSEE: MIDDLE & EAST TENNESSEE AFFILIATE AWARD WINNERS, continued…

Sarah Cook Class of 2021

Harpeth Hall School Green Hills, Nashville – Private

Kierra Jennings Class of 2021

William Blount High School Maryville, Blount County

Jessica Mohr Class of 2022 Oak Ridge High School Oak Ridge, Anderson County

Alex Shanafield Class of 2022 Oak Ridge High School Oak Ridge, Anderson County

Astha Sinha Class of 2021 Girls Preparatory School Chattanooga – Private

Karen Soria Class of 2021 Republic High School Nashville Charter School

Amarachi Waboso Class of 2021 Republic High School Nashville Charter School

Meryl Ye Class of 2020 Webb School Of Knoxville Knoxville - Private


2020 TENNESSEE: MIDDLE & EAST TENNESSEE AFFILIATE AWARD HONORABLE MENTION

Abi Austin Class of 2022

Girls Preparatory School Chattanooga – Private

Meredith Bevill Class of 2020


Ashlee Bridges Class of 2022

Republic High School Nashville Charter School

Lindsey Fiscor Class of 2023


Lauralee HIx Class of 2020

Hardin Valley Academy Knoxville – Private

Deanna King Class of 2020

Seymour High School Seymour, Sevier County

Taylor Lynch Class of 2020

Hendersonville High School Hendersonville, Sumner County

Sarah Miller Class of 2020

Heritage High School Maryville, Blount County

Julia Steed Class of 2020



2020 TENNESSEE: MIDDLE & EAST TENNESSEE AFFILIATE AWARD HONORABLE MENTION, continued…

Lauren Thacker Class of 2022


Amelia Thomson Class of 2022


Jennifer Wu Class of 2021

Girls Preparatory School Chattanooga - Private




2020 TENNESSEE: MIDDLE & EAST TENNESSEE AFFILIATE AWARD RISING STARS

Eboni Cooley Class of 2020 La Vergne High School La Vergne, Rutheford County

Megan Ely Class of 2021 Oak Ridge High School Oak Ridge, Anderson County

Natalie Templeton Class of 2021 Volunteer High School Church Hill, Hawkins County




2020 TENNESSEE: MIDDLE AND EAST AFFILIATE EDUCATOR AWARD RECIPIENTS

WINNER

Jeffrey Wilkins Hendersonville High School

Hendersonville, Sumner County

Mr. Wilkins has been an educator for the past 19 years and has also taught Project Lead The Way engineering classes for the past 17 years. He currently teaches Intro to Engineering Design, Principles of Engineering, Digital Electronics, Computer Science Foundations, AP CS Principles, and AP CS A. He is a trainer for POE in the summer, training other educators to take PLTW classes back to their schools. He runs 4 summer robotics camps for 3rd - 12th grade students and sponsor the robotics club, Codemandos, and Girls Who Code clubs at Hendersonville High School. Mr. Wilkins was the 2019 Tennessee: Middle and East Affiliate Educator Honorable Mention awardee. Mr. Wilkins states that “I routinely put girls together in groups at the beginning of the year together, so they can "prove" to the boys, that the are just as capable of having great ideas and work as they are. Once that is established, creating an environment where girls can be team leaders, lead programmers, and drivers of robots is much easier. They feel empowered and are much more likely to stick with CS and Engineering because someone looked out for them, and didn't just let them be in charge of documentation because they have good handwriting.”

HONORABLE MENTION

Mary Cooper Heritage High School Maryville, Blount County

Through her position as teacher, IT Department Chair, coach of our Esports teams, and membership in AAUW and ADK Teaching Sorority, Mrs. Cooper actively recruits , supports and promotes girls for the IT, STEM and Design courses and programs of study. She looks for creative, diverse, under represented and differently-abled girls to recruit for her classes, clubs, teams and competitions at the school, district, state and national level. Mrs. Cooper is part of a CTE STEAM team that recruits students to go to elementary feeder schools each semester to offer hands-on activities at the schools’ open houses. Her tech girls created a VR project with equipment they won from Makerminded in which they demonstrate and let the kids try out a VR experience. Mrs. Cooper recollects that “It is very satisfying to see little girls participate and it gives my girls a thrill to promote STEAM. The older girls strengthen their leadership, tech and marketing skills and become role models to the younger ones.”



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Tennessee: Middle and East Affiliate Award Celebration › sites › default › files › ... · 1:45 PM Keynote Presentation Mary Prince-Vernich, Caterpillar Financial and 2012