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CS at MHC : empower and inspire

CS at MHC : empower and inspire. Audrey St. John Computer Science Department Mount Holyoke College. The Challenge. Girls Who Code http://www.girlswhocode.com. The Challenge. Girls Who Code http://www.girlswhocode.com. The Challenge. Girls Who Code http://www.girlswhocode.com.

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CS at MHC : empower and inspire

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  1. CS at MHC:empower and inspire Audrey St. John Computer Science Department Mount Holyoke College

  2. The Challenge Girls Who Code http://www.girlswhocode.com

  3. The Challenge Girls Who Code http://www.girlswhocode.com

  4. The Challenge Girls Who Code http://www.girlswhocode.com

  5. At MHC

  6. Comparables: CRATaulbee 12-13

  7. At MHC

  8. Comparables • ACM NDC(non-doctoral-granting departments in computing) • National: 6 female majors/year • # majors (CS private): 27/year • Female (CS private): <22% • MHC: 15 female majors/year • Averaged over ’13-’15 MHC has the same number of women CS majors as UMass

  9. How?

  10. Empower and Inspire • Create and highlight role models • Thoughtful and effective mentoring • Independent/research projects • Tackle challenging material • Innovative and active classrooms

  11. Inside of the classroom

  12. Innovative and active classrooms:difficult material can be accessible CS 101 cupcake lab Four College BiomathFrontiers

  13. iDesign Studio: a first-year seminar • Elevator pitch • Pitch document • 6 week timeline Nikita Khan ‘17, winner at Pitch3 competition

  14. MusicTouch & SciTrendsEva Snyder ‘17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=18Ux4XpjIJA#t=78 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=yZmeDCfcjLM#t=66

  15. The Shy ChameleonMeaghan Sullivan ‘17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=V1uZ4nFzirc&app=desktop

  16. Outside of the classroom research/independent projects

  17. IHart: Interactive Hallways for attraction and retention to technology • Including: • Virtual piano • Virtual fireworks • Kinect hokey pokey • Floor maze • Musical snowflakes • Spring flowers • Clapp 2nd floor

  18. Robotics

  19. CS + Math + Bio RittikaShamsuddin ‘12 Best Research Project NEUCS ‘12

  20. CS + Psychology ShaniMensing’15 Best Entrepreneurial Project NEUCS ‘14

  21. MHC CS Club NCWIT-funded mentoring program to begin Fall ‘14 Five College GameJamMakerJam

  22. Since September… Georgina Tolgos '14 winner of Photoshop Contest at Y-hack (1000+ hackers) • Y-hack at Yale (~20 of 1000+) • WeCode at Harvard (25 of 250) • Biggest group) • 6 of 11 Hackathon submissions • Placed in top 3 • Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship to Mina Khan ‘15 • HackUMass

  23. Hack UMass (last weekend) • 120 participants • 9 women • 7MHC • MHC won awards (3 of 4) • Most Innovative (4 MHC) • Most Beneficial to Humanity (1 MHC) • Most Viable Business Potential (2 MHC)

  24. HackUMass: Most Innovative

  25. Beyond MHC Graduate school Stanford, UW, CMU, Cornell, Brown, UMass, … CS, Comp Bio & Medicine, biomechanics and neuroscience, … Industry and internships • Microsoft, google, amazon, NASA, startups, … • Project management, startups, software engineering, …

  26. CS at MHC empower ~ inspire ~ impact

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