I’m an Anita Borg Scholarship Finalist!
I feel so honoured to be awarded Finalist in the Google Australia & New Zealand 2008 Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship. Anita Borg was a pioneer computer scientist who worked hard to make IT and technology-based careers accessible for women. Google have created a scholarship in her memory for high-achieving female students in information technology, who show leadership potential and who are likely to carry on the work that Commodore Anita Borg began – and this week I had a very exciting phone call telling me that I was a runner-up finalist for this year’s award!
Being a Finalist means that I am awarded a monetary prize for educational purposes but also means I will be travelling to Sydney for a retreat! I’ll be meeting the other Finalists and Scholars at the Google offices – I can’t wait! It’s only a few weeks away…This is so exciting!
April 29th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
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April 29th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
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