Girls in Technology Programs

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Upcoming Events:
Sharing Our Success on April 25 The "Sharing Our Success" event is offered by WIT's Girls in Technology Committee and sponsored by the WIT Foundation. Sharing Our Success is designed for girls in grades 6 through 12 to meet and network with professional women who have combined their education and work experiences in STEM, along with diverse interests, to pursue a wide variety of careers. The 11th Annual event will be held on April 25, 2013, 5pm – 7:30pm at Lockheed Martin’s Global Vision Center in Arlington, VA (Crystal City). The program includes networking games, hands-on STEM related demonstrations, refreshments, door prizes and dynamic women speakers who will engage the girls during presentations about their experiences in education, career and family life. Registration and Notification Process We are no longer accepting applications from students for this program. Due to limited capacity and volunteers to manage this free event, GIT can accommodate up to 10 students registered from the same school, group, community organization or club. Registrations will be processed in the order they are received, and a wait listed formed once capacity is reached. EventBrite invitations for the first 120 girls meeting the criteria above will be emailed to the student and parent/organizing group point of contact email. Invitations will be emailed by April 15 and must be confirmed by April 19. Unconfirmed invitations will be canceled, and reissued to wait students by April 22. If your plans change after you confirmed participation, please notify the WIT Office at staff@womenintechnology.org so students wait listed may be invited. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at this and future GIT events!
GIT's Mentoring Program kicks off September 25th in VA and 27th in MD	GIRLS Rock STEM The program offers seven 3-hour monthly sessions where girls engage with a panel of professional women to learn about their careers and then have a one-on-one mentoring session.
This program provides high school girls with an opportunity to meet and be mentored by women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-related fields. There is no charge for this professionally developed and fully funded program, rich with opportunities for high school girls.	Protégé applications are now closed for the Fall 2012 session. Mentors are stil needed Women Professional Mentor Application
Protégé Testimonials "Thank you so Much! You have truly inspired for so many reasons. Through this program I was able to meet people who can direct me to my goal of getting into MIT. Questions had about making a website, college and internships have all been answered. Thank you so much for this opportunity!"
Everyday Outcomes of STEM:	Some places you might be surprised to find STEM:
Cell phones, Smart phones or MP3 players - computer engineering, high tech manufacturing Video games - computer engineering: hardware and software Animated movies - computer engineering: hardware and software Planes, Trains and Cars - mechanical engineering, high tech manufacting, mining engineering, and petroleum engineering Digital photography - computer software and hardware engineering Plastic - petroleum engineering	Health Care - Prevention, treatment and management of illness by creating biomedical devices and defining and developing clinical and biological processes Construction and Mining - GIS computer programmed heavy machinery Libraries - Computer information systems embodied Manufacturing - Computed numerically controlled (CNC) machinery, mechanical engineering

GIT Awards

In Spring 2012, GIT students received a special invitation to meet with the White House Council on Women and Girls on two separate occasions. They discussed the importance of mentorship, learned about internship opportunities and about the broadening activities on girls at the White House.Late last year Girls in Technology was invited to visit the White House.

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In Fall of 2011, GIT was honored with the “Outstanding Educator Award” from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Cultural Foundation, Inc. The “Outstanding Educator Awards” are presented each year to an individual, group, and business in the community that has exhibited outstanding leadership in helping students develop positive attitudes about themselves as well as improved academic achievement.

GIT Programs

Sharing Our Success: GIT invites middle- and high-school girls across the metropolitan area to participate in the one day program. The event includes networking game, hands-on demonstrations, refreshments, door prizes and women speakers who discussed their experiences of combining their love of technology with passions such as art, geography, science, education, and law enforcement/security.

GIT Mentoring: GIT invites high school girls to participate in the WIT Mentor-Protégé program. Selected from applicants around the metropolitan D.C. area attended bi-monthly sessions designed to support networking, personal and career development and one-on-one mentoring. The sessions offer each girl a series of guided quality discussions in a community with professional women. Since 2006, GIT holds two Mentoring Programs per year, one in the Fall and one in the Spring.

Team Business Fundraiser: This GIT event is a combined fundraiser and program for girls in Grades 9-12 across the Metro DC area. Each year, up to forty girls participate with mentors and WIT volunteers in a full-day business simulation workshop conducted by Team Business USA. The teams competed as companies, learning how to run a technology company in a fun and exciting simulation environment.

CISCO Girls in Technology Summit: GIT partnered with CISCO Systems to sponsor a Girls in Technology Summit at Chantilly Academy, where middle school girls participated in seminars, hands-on workshops, and mentoring sessions focused on technology educational and career opportunities for young women.

Thomas Jefferson TechStravaganza: GIT facilitated a demonstration table for the 2010 Annual Technology Carnival run by high-school girls at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. A hover craft activity was staffed by GIT volunteers. In past years, activities have included using gumdrops and toothpicks, elementary and middle middle-school girls built a model of carbon nanotubes over 55 feet in length. In addition, WITEF provided financial support for the event.

James Madison Middle School Career Day: GIT provided a speaker for James Madison’s end of year Career Day, showcasing career opportunities in the technology arena.

About Girls In Technology

Girls in Technology (GIT) is led by a committee of Women in Technology (WIT) members who are dedicated to initiating programs designed to create awareness, excitement, educate and inspire girls in grades 6 through 12 to the vast array of opportunities available to women in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Program speakers, mentors and committee members volunteer their time to make a difference in the lives of our future generation. Programs are made possible through the generosity of corporate sponsorships, Women In Technology and the Women in Technology Education Foundation.

GIT Mission

To create awareness, excitement, educate and inspire girls in grades 6 through 12 to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).