Congratulations to our U.S. and Canadian Anita Borg Scholars
Posted by Jordan Bookey, Diversity
Programs Manager
In 2003 we established the Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship to honor
the work of
Borg, a computer scientist who dedicated her professional
career to increasing the participation of women and other
under-represented minorities in the field of technology. In her
memory, we're pleased to announce the fifth class of Anita Borg
Scholars in the U.S., and our first class of scholars in
Canada.
The U.S. program awards $10,000 academic scholarships to 23
outstanding female leaders in technology, and $1,000 scholarships
to 32 finalists. In Canada, 4 women will receive $5,000 scholarship
awards, and 13 finalists will receive $1,000 scholarships. These
undergraduate and graduate women are completing degrees in computer
science and related fields. Each of these award recipients has
demonstrated a commitment to advancing women in technology. We
congratulate these leaders on their accomplishments.
The U.S. scholars and finalists recently visited the Googleplex in
Mountain View, CA as part of the annual all-expenses-paid Google
Scholars' Retreat. Students attended technical workshops and
discussions with Google engineers and executives, and heard
first-hand about the life and work of Anita Borg from Telle
Whitney, President of the Anita
Borg Institute for Women in Technology. The retreat enables
these scholars to meet each other and create a network of future
leaders in computer science. The 2008 recipients of the Google
United Negro College Fund Scholarship and Hispanic College Fund
Scholarship also attended.
The 17 Canada Anita Borg Scholars and Finalists will attend a
Scholars' Retreat for their inaugural class this Thursday and
Friday at our engineering office in New York.
Visit our
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The Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship is also available to female
computer science students in Europe, Australia and New
Zealand.
The 2008 U.S. Anita Borg Scholars
Allison Park Heath
Amy Hurst -
Carnegie Mellon University, Ph Human Computer
Interaction
Betsy Nora DiSalvo - Georgia Institute of
Technology, PhD Human Centered Computing
Diane Marie Budzik -
Engineering
Elizabeth Arrowsmith Bales -
Science
Emily Anne Fortuna -
Erika Shehan Poole -
Computing
Gabriela Marcu -
Informatics
Ghinwa Fakhri Choueiter -
Engineering & Computer Science
Gina-Maria Pomann -
Jennifer C. Stoll -
Computing
Jennifer Denise Tam -
Science
Jill Patrice Dimond -
Computing
Julie Maureen Letchner
- University of Washington, PhD
Computer Science
Katherine Mary Everitt -
Science
Nancy Dougherty -
Raluca Ada Popa - Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, B.S. Computer Science
Sally Kadry Wahba -
Science
Sarita Ann Yardi -
Computing
Silvia Lindtner - University of California,
Irvine, PhD Information & Computer Science
Svetlana Yarosh -
Computing
Tammara Massey -
Science
Yvon Hall Feaster - Clemson University, B.S.
Computer Information Systems
The 2008 U.S. Anita Borg Finalists
Aditi Suhas Pendharkar -
Networking
Alokika Dash - Univeristy of
California, Irvine, PhD Electrical Engineering & Computer
Science
Ashley Leonora
Podhradsky
Dakota State
University, PhD Information Systems
Carla Mae Webb -
& Math
Christina Marie Williams -
Science
Devorah Gurwitz -
Eakta Jain -
Robotics
Elena Jocelyn Jakubiak -
Geeta Sharad Shroff -
Science
Jessica Lee Heier - Georgia
Institute of Technology, PhD Industrial & Systems
Engineering
Karen Edwards Works -
Science
Kathy Tran Pham -
Science
Kimber Diane Lockhart -
Science
Kriti Rameshlal Puniyani -
Science
Liangrong Yi -
Science
Lisa Deanne Brown -
Technology
Lisa Marie White -
Science
Lisa Minerva Tolentino -
Computer Science
Meghan Katheleen Revelle - The College of
William and Mary, PhD Computer Science
Nahid Mahfuza Alam -
Engineering
Ramya Raghavendra -
Science
Rashida Zalika Davis -
Sciences
Renuka Ajay Apte -
Science
Ruth Lorraine Wylie -
Interaction
Sara Gatmir Motahari -
& Computer Engineering
Sofia Jeon -
Science
Sonya Stoyanova Nikolova -
Science
Stiliyana Boycheva Stamenova -
Science
Tasneem Kaochar -
Science
Valerie Henderson Summet -
Computing
Vibha Laljani -
Science
Yi Mao - Purdue
University, PhD Electrical & Computer
Engineering
The
2008 Canada Anita Borg Scholars ($5,000 CAD Winners)
Angelica Lim - Simon Fraser University,
BSc Computer Science
Celina Gibbs -
University of Victoria, MSc Computer Science
Christina
Boucher - University of Waterloo, PhD Computer
Science
Mireille
Gomes- Queens University, BCompH
Biomedical Computing
Winners)
Alma Juarez-Domiguez- University of
Waterloo, PhD Computer Science
April
Khademi - University of Toronto,
PhD Electrical Engineering
Carrie Demmans -
University of Saskatchewan, MSc Computer Science
Cristina Ribeiro-
University of Guelph, MSc Computer Science
Gail Carmichael- Carleton University, MSc
Computer Science
Georgia Kastidou-
University of Waterloo, PhD Computer Science
Jocelyn Simmonds- University of Toronto, PhD
Computer Science
Katelyn Kent
Engineering
Ming Hua - Simon
Fraser University, PhD Computer Science
Pooja
Viswanathan- University of
British Columbia, PhD Computer Science
Terri Oda
- Carleton University, PhD in Computer
Science
Thuy
Vu-
University of Toronto, BSc Computer
Science
Viann
Chan- University of British Columbia, PhD
Computer Science
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