We are ACM-W, the Association for Computing Machinery's Council on Women in Computing, a club on campus at UC Santa Cruz that provides a support system and resources for women pursuing computer science.
We are raising funds to provide scholarships for students to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, also known as GHC. This conference is the world's largest gathering of women technologists and offers many resources to help women in tech succeed, such as networking, educational talks, internship opportunities, and more. While this conference can be very beneficial to students, it can also be very expensive, as a student ticket costs $199 when held virtually and $450 in person. Once airfare and lodging are included, the total expenses can exceed $1,000. To make this opportunity more accessible to our community, ACM-W wants to help as many students to attend the conference as we can by providing our members with scholarships to attend the conference.
With the help of Giving Day, we were able to send four students to GHC in 2019 and 2021 and we hope to send even more next year in 2022. Our scholarship recipients had amazing experiences that helped broaden their horizons and teach them about a career in the tech industry. Make your gift to ACM-W today to allow us to send more women in computer science to GHC and set them on the path to success.
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Rank | State | Gifts |
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1 | CA | 9 |
2 | HI | 2 |
3 | AA | 0 |