Jun

25

This is an interesting article about Mozilla’s chief security something-or-other (yes, that’s her official title), Window Snyder. She’s the lady who coordinates the efforts of the thousands of volunteers who work on identifying and fixing security flaws in Mozilla’s Firefox browser.

Jun

25

This looks like a wonderful opportunity. There are scholarships being offered for international students for admission into the Emma Willard School, located in Troy, New York, in the United States. The Emma Willard School is the oldest girls’ school in the United States and educates girls in grades 9–12 (JSS3 – SSS3). Emma Willard fosters in each young woman a love of learning, the habits of an intellectual life, and the character, moral strength, and qualities of leadership to serve and shape her world.

The goal of this scholarship programme is to attract highly motivated, potential future leaders who will benefit from the educational opportunities of select American boarding schools. The grants are need-based, and each successful candidate will have her full need met by grants from the Davis family and from Emma Willard School. Students may enroll in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades as well as during the postgraduate year. Upon graduation from Emma Willard, Davis Scholars are eligible for continued scholarship support at any of the 89 Davis United World Scholars colleges and universities which now support more than 1,400 students from 126 countries.

Successful candidates for the Davis Scholars Program will be excellent students in their current academic setting, demonstrate leadership and service potential, and possess a strong command of English. The application deadline is February 1, 2009. Admissions information can be found at www.emmawillard.org/admissions.

For further information about the Davis Scholars Program, please contact Christine Hoek at choek@emmawillard.org or at + 1 518 833 1362.

Jun

13

Here’s an article from Newsweek on the rising ‘coolness’ of girls who love science and technology, aka geek girls.

Read Revenge of the Nerdette.

Jun

9

W.TEC is one of the winners of the Syster’s Pass-It-On Grant.

The grants, funded by donations from the Systers community, are intended as means for women established in technological fields to support women seeking their place in the fields of technology.

The grants are called “Pass-It-On” grants because they come with the moral obligation to “pass on” the benefits gained from the grant. Read about the other grant awardees.

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