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The Tar Heel branch is pleased to be able to support the DiamondHacks project at NC State University. This is in the spirit of our 2014 support of PearlHacks at UNC Chapel Hill.

What are these events? Like other “hackathons” they concentrate on bringing teams together for an intensive weekend event with team building and problem solving. These, though, are different in that they are restricted to women students — making them more welcoming and engaging and eliminating the implicit bias that can make it difficult for women to claim their place a the technical table.

Solving the Equation

We are very excited that this event is happening just as AAUW releases its most recent report, Solving the Equation: The Variables for Women’s Success in Engineering and Computing that focuses specifically on the STEM fields with the fewest women and most jobs.  Learn more:

• Watch the recording of the March 26 launch event including a short video of the key findings and a wide-ranging panel discussion. [Fast forward through the first 60 minutes or to when the “welcome” screen ends. The meat of the video is 90 minutes.]
  • More about the panel and the event
• Download the report, fact sheets and more: www.aauw.org/research/solving-the-equation/
• Check out comments from participants on twitter at the hashtag #addwomen — and join the conversation.

More about AAUW

We provided a grant to the project and an envelope of AAUW-related information for each participant. If you want to share the information with others who didn’t attend the event, here are the key links

• Graduating to a Pay Gap (2012)  – the AAUW report showing pay inequities for new graduates
• The Simple Truth About the Gender Pay Gap (2015) – talking points and basic statistics about the Pay Gap.
• Why So Few  (2010) – a summary of barriers to women entering and remaining in STEM fields.

AAUW specific information included

• A handout answering questions about AAUW on Campus
• A handout on AAUW College/University partners in NC
• More about AAUW on campus
• Connect with AAUW as a student affiliate
  • For free if your school is on the list of C/U partners
  • Or $17/year if your school isn’t on the list.

Questions?

Give us a holler if you’d like more info on any of our programs or want to find out how AAUW can help support your next project.

National

• www.aauw.org | 800-326-2289 | connect@aauw.org
• Facebook, twitter and more

North Carolina

• http://www.aauwnc.org | 888-525-2155 | info@aauwnc.org
• aauwnc on Facebook and Twitter
• Community Based Branches

Tar Heel Branch (statewide virtual branch serving all of NC)

• http://www.tarheel.aauwnc.org | info@tarheel.aauwnc.org

We’re pleased to announce that the branch is a supporter of PearlHacks, and event at UNC Chapel Hill, starting this afternoon and running overnight into tomorrow, bringing together college and high school women and mentors from area companies for a “hackathon” — challenging them all to build something new and revolutionary.

We provided copies of the summary of the AAUW report “Why So Few: Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math”, student affiliate brochures, and general info on AAUW and its STEM efforts. We also provided some AAUW swag for prizes, and some funds to help defray the participants travel expenses.

Watch PearlHacks.com for info about the event, and congratulations to the undergraduate women who planned and executed this first of its kind event on the campus. Also check out their Resources page for key documents related to women and stem.