by, for, and about women in science, technology, engineering, & math

Are you a woman? Are you a Geek? She’s Geeky is for you! Join us for an UNConference of amazing people, amazing discussions, great presentations.

She’s Geeky 10 – The 5th Bay Area Event January 27-29, 2012 Computer History Museum, 1401 N Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA 94043 www.shesgeeky.org Follow us on Twitter.

Women attending She’s Geeky events find inspiration and gain self confidence to pursue or continue on STEM career paths because they are given the opportunity to present their work, often for the first time, discuss critical issues and build peer networks for support.

We have hosted 10 successful events in the last five years around the country, inclusive of women of all ages who self-identify as geeks. We attract women from a broad spectrum of technological specialties, professions, industries, levels of expertise, and across generations.

Instead of a pre-planned agenda, the agenda is created live the day of the event by all the geek women who attend. Join us!

Register today: http://shesgeeky10-eorg.eventbrite.com/

Interested in sponsoring this event? Contact Kas@shesgeeky.org.

Constant Contact in Waltham, MA, is a very woman-friendly company with excellent benefits. There are many open positions. You can see them at http://www.constantcontact.com/about-constant-contact/careers/index.jsp

Feel free to apply online or send me a resume and I can submit it to HR for you. My e-mail is girizarry@constantcontact.com

I recently attended the Catalyst Awards hosted by Science Club for Girls. This organization provides free science education and activities for girls in Massachusetts — and then as the girls in the program get older, they start teaching courses themselves! This is an awesome local organization that’s doing a lot of great work.

Plus, I got to see some of the students (now student teachers) teach science to the award ceremony’s audience — most of us couldn’t figure out how to stick a skewer through a balloon without popping it, and the girls walked us through how to do it and why it works.

• The New York Times writes this week about the challenges in getting ANY students to remain in scientific fields through high levels of education — with a lot more demand than supply for technically skilled workers, we can’t afford to alienate anyone.

• A post in the New Statesman outlines some of the many kinds of verbal abuse and threats women writing online often face; this hostile environment keeps many women from expressing themselves online in personal, professional, and political settings.

• The Anita Borg Institute writes on their blog about the business case for diversity in technical fields.

• Geek Feminism has a list of clean-up tasks they need help with on their very useful wiki.

• Under the Microscope highlights two deadlines coming up this month for seminar and fellowship opportunities for women in science.

• Also coming up is the deadline to apply for PITCH, a startup incubator directed at projects with at least one woman co-founder; thanks to a sponsorship, they’re offering 100 application spots for free, so there’s nothing to lose!

Hey everyone,

First time posting!

I thought I would extend some internship opportunities to students who are on Stemming.

My company, Luvn’ Local, is designing a new loyalty platform for local business communities.

We’re looking for students interested in honing their mobile application development skills. If anyone is interested or knows people who might be, shoot me an e-mail at monil@luvnlocal.com

Cheers!