2008 CRA-W Grad Cohort Workshop Welcome! Mary Jane Irwin, PSU Mary Lou Soffa, UVA

Fifth Grad Cohort (PhD and MS) 2004 – 1 st year graduate students – 100 applied; 100 accepted 2005 – 1 st and 2 nd year students – 225 applied – 200 accepted 2006 – 1 st and 2 nd year students – 326 applied accepted 2007 – 1 st and 2 nd year students – 279 applied – 245 accepted 2008 – 1 st, 2 nd and 3 rd year students – 349 applied – 291 accepted

Workshop Goals Overall Goal: to form cohesive cohorts (peer support groups) for graduate women … and Help with strategies and provide information on navigating grad school Give tips on joining the CSE community Provide early insights into career paths Opportunities to get to know a variety of successful, senior women Opportunities to network !

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

% of US CS grads enrolled in grad or professional school after one year 9.2% of men and 2.9% of women with a 3.5 GPA its 29.2% of men and only 2.5% of women National Center for Educational Statistics, 1994 Moskal, 2002 If rates continue, women will achieve parity in PhD’s with men across all fields in 2008 across S&E in 2013 in CS&E in 2088 !!

Sessions for Three Cohorts 1 st Year Cohort: Everyone is new What’s Grad School All About; Finding a Research Topic; Finding Funding; … 2 nd Year Cohort: Back for 2nd year Communication Skills; Networking; Time Management; Resume Writing Clinic; … 3 rd Year Cohort: “Seasoned” veterans Preparing Your Proposal; Publishing; Career Paths; … Can attend any session Some are specialized for MS or PhD Speakers are encouraged to participate in discussions of all sessions

Google/Microsoft Reception (Wear Your Badge !!) Starting at 6:30 in the Olympic Ballroom and Terrace Room at the Edgewater Hotel

Other Activities Lunch today – Elevator talk exercise Poster Session this afternoon featuring research posters by 2 nd and 3 rd year cohort attendees Lunch tomorrow – Tables designated by research area to encourage research interchange Breaks – another chance to network

Elevator Pitch Three sentence description of your research/interests –the problem you are solving –why the problem is important –why your solution separates you from the rest of the pack Must get right to the point, the elevator ride is short !

We need you to … Fill out & return the evaluation Attend & participate in all parts of the program, including the Google/Microsoft reception tonight Take any & all opportunities to NETWORK ! Participate in and/or volunteer to lead follow-on activities –a CRA-W wiki will be set up to help Put your cell phone on vibrate

Introducing … Faculty participants Carla Brodley, Tufts Lori Clarke, UMass Jan Cuny, NSF and U. of Oregon Laurie Dillon, Michigan State Joan Francioni, Winona State Mary Jean Harrold, Georgia Tech Maria Gini, UMinnesota Amy Gooch, UVictoria Soha Hassoun, Tufts Maria Klawe, Harvey Mudd Chandra Krintz, UC, Santa Barbara Margaret Martonosi, Princeton Lori Pollock, UDelaware Barbara Ryder, Rutgers Dawn Song, UC Berkeley Tiffani Williams, Texas A&M

Introducing … Industry participants Suzanne Evans, Microsoft Kathleen Fisher, AT&T Research Tessa Lau, IBM Meredith Ringel Morris, Microsoft Research Joanne Ordille, Avaya Labs Erika Scherpelz, Google Justin Thenutai, Microsoft Elaine Weyuker, AT&T Research Pamela Williams, Sandia National Labs Min Zhong, Google

Introducing … Student speakers Animashree Anandkumar, UDelaware Hila Becker, Columbia Vina Ermagan, UC San Diego Naomi Fox, UMass Maritza Johnson, Columbia Laurie Jones, CMU Joy Kamunyori, Univ. of Virginia Kristin Yvonne Rozier, Rice Esin Saka, ULouisville Julie Weber, Univ. of Michigan Kristen Walcott, Univ. of Virginia

To Our Wonderful Sponsors Google Microsoft Thanks!