DETROIT – The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation awarded eight women in various stages of their academic or professional careers with laptop stipends and scholarships at a ceremony at the Birmingham Country Club.
MCWT?s corporate and media sponsors who make the annual scholarship program possible and support events throughout the year also were thanked for their dedication.
This year?s scholarship winners are:
Bonnie Yu (hometown: Ann Arbor)
Angela Chen (hometown: Farmington Hills)
Nicole Lawrence (hometown: Battle Creek)
Kecia Wadell (hometown: Sterling Heights)
Jade McCord (hometown: Detroit)
Additionally, the following women received laptop and backpack grants:
Benita Robinson (hometown: Detroit)
Charnise Whetstone (hometown: Detroit)
Elizabeth Wohlford (hometown: Midland)
Through the scholarship program, the MCWT Foundation helps women pursue educational goals and become leaders in Michigan?s technology industry. Now in its ninth year, the competition received 136 applications.
?Once again with the generosity of our corporate partners, more girls will have the opportunity to further their interest in IT,? said Charlotte Decker, vice president of MCWT program development and scholarships, and vice president and chief technology officer of The Auto Club Group. ?MCWT strives to make Michigan the No. 1 state for women in technology, and to do this, we must continue to nurture our next generation of technology leaders.?
Other MCWT Foundation programs include sponsorship of robotics teams, student technology interest groups, website design competitions, and weeklong summer technology camps?MCWT Camp Infinity at Lawrence Technological University on June 25 and GM Foundation Camp Infinity presented by MCWT and STG at University of Detroit-Mercy on July 16. Both summer camps enable fourth- through seventh-grade girls to design web pages, disassemble and rebuild computers, build and program robots, and learn about digital photography.
MCWT sponsors include: Accenture, ACRO Services, AT&T, Blue Care Network, B L Aircraft, BMC Software, Capgemini, CDW, Cisco, CMS, Cognizant, Comerica, Compuware, Covisint, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, The Epitec Group, Fast Switch Ltd., Ford Motor Co., Fujitsu, General Motors Co., General Motors Foundation, HCL America, HP, IBM, Information Builders, JDM Systems Consulting, Lawrence Technological University, Mercedes Benz Financial, Microsoft, Most Technology Partners, MRM Worldwide, OnStar, Oracle, Plante Moran, PWC, Quicken Loans, Ricoh, Satyam, Serena Software, SIM Detroit, Stefanini TechTeam, STG, Suntel, Symantec, Tata Consultancy Services, Trizetto, TTS, T-Systems, Valassis, and VisionIT.
MCWT community partners include: Airfoil Public Relations, Great Lakes IT Report, MiTechNews.Com, Internet Advisor Show, X-OLOGY, and Midwest Technology Leaders.
About MCWT
The Michigan Council of Women in Technology promotes opportunity for women and girls within Michigan?s technology community. The organization supports Michigan?s female IT workforce, students, corporate partners, schools and the overall community with networking, corporate IT leadership development, mentoring, technology experiences for professionals and students, and funding for technology-oriented education. Its nonprofit foundation is dedicated to correcting the growing trend of gender disparity in the IT field by providing programs that support the education and orientation of young women throughout school and fostering women in various stages of their professional lives. Find more information at www.mcwt.org and connect via LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and www.mcwtblog.org.
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