Computer science sophomore, Autumn Breese, has been invited to the all expenses paid, 2008 Google Workshop for Women Engineers.
The workshop will be held during the Celebration of National Engineers week and Introduce a Girl to Engineering day, on February 21-23, 2008, at the Googleplex in Mountain View, California. As part of Google’s encouragement for women to excel in computing and technology, rewards deserving female students in computer science, and inspires them to become active participants and leaders in creating technology.
Workshop applicants were female computer science students currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD program at a university in the United States. Students were expected to demonstrate academic excellence and leadership in the computing field, maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or 4.3 on a 5.0 scale or equivalent in their current program. Applicants also needed to write essays supposing that they were given technical and financial resources to complete a project that would use technology to impact the lives of women and girls. They were to describe what they’d do and what resources they’d need, as well as how they’d implement their project. They were asked to think big and comment on how their project would impact women globally and/or in the U.S.