Women In Computing

Current efforts include

• Weekly community building events, both online and in person;

• The Pathfindher mentorship program, which matches new CEC students with experienced upperclassmen;

• Innovative introductory computer science sequences.

• The development of a networked community of individuals who identify as women and non-binary—both peer-to-peer and student-to-professional—in the D.C. metropolitan area to support, engage, and motivate one another.

Past programs include

• A summer program for first-year students designed to ignite interest in tech;

• A paid, three-week mini-internship program called a “Sprinternship®” that gives first- and second-year students a resume credential and real-world experience to make them more competitive when applying for a paid summer tech internship;

• Attendance at the annual Grace Hopper Celebration, the largest gathering of women and non-binary technologists in the world; and