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Conferences and Workshops:

Grace Hopper Conference: October 17, 2007 - October 20, 2007 in Orlando, FL
Grad Cohort : The 2008 Grad Cohort will be held March 13-14, 2008 in Seattle, Washington.
Application deadline is December 12, 2007.
Topics covered at last year's grad cohort included: goals and survival skills, advisors and mentors, networking and professional interaction, navigating a technical meeting, finding academic year funding, having a career and a life, and more.

Scholarships/Fellowships/Internships:

National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship: This is a three year fellowship for graduate students in the early stages of their graduate work (1st year) [Guidelines]. This award is $30,000/yr + $15,000 for tuition.
The Google 2007 Anita Borg Scholarships: This is a $10,000 scholarship for undergraduate and graduate students who will be graduating in 2008. Application deadline: January 15, 2007.
Computer Research Association's Distributed Mentor Project: A summer internship for women interested in learning more about graduate school. Learn about prior mentorship's from NCSU women: Sarah Smith (2003) and Neha Jain (2004).

Women in Computer Science Papers and Books:

Articles About Women in Computer Science:

Articles Written by Women in Computer Science from NCSU (current students and alumni):

Sites of Interest:

Cisco Systems - Frequent corporate sponsor for WICS
Kramden Institute - Partner in Geek-a-Thon organization
ACM/AITP at NC State - Association for Computing Machinery & Association of Information Technology Professionals
Grace Hopper Celebration
CRA-W - Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research
Why Choose Computer Science?

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If you have any resources you would like to see here, please email Sarah Smith.