Welcome! 2006 CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop Mary Jane Irwin, PSU Mary Lou Soffa, UVA

Third Grad Cohort (Ph.D. and M.S.) 2004 – 1st year graduate students – 100 applied; 100 accepted 2005 – 1st and 2nd year graduate students – 225 applied – 200 accepted 2006 – 1st and 2nd year graduate students – 326 applied - 200 accepted

Goals of the workshop Overall Goal: establish cohorts for women in graduate school Help with strategies and information on navigating grad school Tips on joining the CSE community Early insights into career paths The opportunity to get to know a variety of successful, senior women The opportunity to network! Assistance in the formation of a cohesive cohort peer support group

Occupational Distribution of Projected S&E Job Openings 2002-2012 Natural Science Managers Information Technology Engineers Physical Scientists Life US Department of Commerce, 2004

Percentage of CS grads enrolled in grad or professional school after one year 9.2% of men, 2.9% of women With 3.5 GPA, 29.2% men 2.5% women! National Center for Educational Statistics, 1994 If rates continue as in the last 10 years, women will achieve parity with men in earned doctorates Across all fields in 2008 Across S&E in 2013 In CS in 2088! Moskal, 2002

Workshop Sessions for two Cohorts First Year Cohort Everyone is new Second Year Cohort Back for second year Students: Can attend any session Some specialized for M.S. and Ph.D. Speakers: encourage to participate in discussions of all sessions

It is important that you Fill out & return the survey you were given at registration Attend & participate in all parts of the program, including the reception and dinner tonight and if possible Google reception on Sat night Take any & all opportunities to NETWORK!

We need you to: Help us figure out how to keep this group as a cohesive peer support group with follow-on activities Participate in follow-on activities Fill out an evaluation at the end in order to help us better organize the next workshop

Introducing … Faculty and industry representatives Carla Brodley, Tufts University Anne Condon, U. of British Columbia Jan Cuny, NSF and U. of Oregon Laurie Dillon, Michigan State U. Kathleen Fisher, AT&T Mary Jean Harrold, Georgia Tech Soha Hassoun, Tufts Unversity Vasanthi Holtcamp, Microsoft Chandra Krintz, U. of CA -Santa Barbara

Introducing Annie Liu, Stony Brook University Tessa Lau, IBM Kathy McCoy, University of Delaware Joanne Ordille, Avaya Lori Pollock, University of Delaware Padma Raghavan, Penn State Rebecca Schultz, Google Kristina Toutanova, Microsoft Pam Williams, Sandia Tiffani Williams, Texas A & M Alma Whitten, Google

Introducing … Student Speakers Wei Le, University of Virginia Kamalika Das, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Elena Jakubiak, Tufts University, Lisa Johansen, Penn State, Jo-Anne Ting, University of Southern California

Our Wonderful Sponsors: Google Microsoft Thanks!