Ann, I'll get a write up posted here once I've had a chance to organize it. I touched on it a bit in the podcast, but obviously it goes much deeper than time allowed on there
Also of note, I just saw
this post in another thread, referencing this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/ed...nces.html?_r=1
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Hundreds of prominent women working in science, technology, engineering and math will become online mentors for college students next month, part of a six-week program to encourage young women to pursue careers in STEM fields. "I think of this as a MOOC - a massive open online course - and a big mentor-fest," said Maria Klawe, the president of Harvey Mudd College and a sponsor of the project. "Getting more women into STEM is my passion in life, and every institution that's set up mentorship programs for young women has been successful at increasing their numbers, so I think this can make a real difference."
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I've heard the question "Where are the female FIRST all-stars?" before, and while we can certainly identify a few here on CD (I don't want to make a list for fear I would forget someone... you know who you are!), they aren't up there in the spotlight with the other all-stars we see at FIRST events all the time. Well, what about recruiting some of these "prominent women" for FIRST? How can we go about doing that? From their participation in the program described in the article, it seems clear that helping to grow women in STEM fields is at least an interest for them...