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Ambitious Women in Tech
Join us at CWIT + S&P Ambitious Women in Tech series for an exciting in person panel event held at S&P Global Market Intelligence. This event is a fantastic opportunity to network with like-minded individuals, gain insights from industry leaders, and be inspired by successful women in the tech field. Don't miss out on this empowering experience!
Date: March 5th
Time: 5:30-7PM
Location: S&P Global 212 7th St NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Girls' Geek Days are all about sparking elementary school-aged girls' interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) by providing a fun, collaborative, hands-on environment to learn new skills and helping them connect to other STEM programs in the community. Participants will have the option to choose 3 different hands-on STEM activity sessions to join throughout the morning.
This event is open to girls in Kindergarten through 5th grade. Every participant must be accompanied by a parent and/or guardian to registration. For girls who are currently in 3rd grade or younger, a parent or guardian must remain on site during the event.
Location: Center 1, 1180 Seminole Trail, Charlottesville
We had a great turnout for our social/networking event on January 23rd at WillowTree. It was great to see some new faces and we had a great time just catching up, sharing career goals, and career advice. Charlottesville is lucky to have such a great community of women who are interested in tech whether just getting started in tech or well-established in the tech industry!
Save the Date! CWIT X UVA Engineering Speaker Series March 27th
CWIT X UVA Engineering Research Speaker Series
Hear from UVA faculty members Julianne Quinn discuss her work in water systems simulation and optimization and Angela Orebaugh discuss her work in cybersecurity and digital well-being. Something for everyone!
DATE: Thursday, March 27th
TIME: 5:30 - 7:00
LOCATION: UVA Rice Hall, Room 130 (Free and convenient parking)
CWIT Ambitious Women in Tech Series with CFA Institute
More details coming soon!
We Need Your Help! Volunteer Opportunities:
*Volunteer to be a judge or mentor for the UVA Women in Computer Science Hackathon!*
Hackathon Dates: Feb 22nd and 23rd
*Judging takes place from 8:30am on Sunday February 23 to approximately 12pm and would watch a series of video submissions for approximately 2 hours.
*Mentor time commitment is anytime from 10AM-10PM Feb 22 that they're free for in-person, and 10AM Feb 22 to 7AM Feb 23 for virtual. The main responsibility of mentors would be answering hackers' questions about their hacks!
UVA, CMU, and Penn State are leading the NSF- funded project ExLENT:Preparing Autistic Students for the AI Workforce, and we are seeking employers to host summer internship opportunities for 30 community college students participating in the program.
This is a unique, NSF-funded AI internship opportunity to host a talented community college student for 8–12 weeks at no cost to the host organization. Interns will be available starting June 23, 2025, and can work remotely (preferred) or in person, depending on the host company's needs.
Each student completes a 10-week AI course taught by graduate students from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Virginia, focusing on developing applications that leverage large language models (LLMs) for tasks such as code generation, essay writing, classification, Q&A, and conversational AI. Additionally, an ExLENT-provided support coach will meet regularly with each intern (and optionally their managers) to facilitate organization, self-leadership, and professional development.
More information about the program and employer expectations can be found here.
Inspire provides evidence for the elements of great leadership. Specifically, Galinsky outlines the three factors that he’s defined after years of studies that constitute leadership that inspires instead of infuriates. Those three characteristics are having and communicating vision, being able to exemplify or consistently act on values, and being great mentors to others. Adam goes further in his book to put how using these attributes adequately will help you make better decisions, win negotiations, promote fairness and diversity, and of course, inspire others. Galinsky’s writing style is quite and easy to absorb, it’s a fast read with many entertaining stories and examples that you will quickly zip through the book. If you want another view on leadership and looking for something to Inspire you, this is the one.
February 26 | Harnessing the Power of the Women's Wealth Evolution for Social Impact-Roberta Keller (Alexis Advisors) and Kate Byrne (WomenAdvancing, & SOCAP) explore the mindset shifts represented by a new generation of female founders and investors, and how their insights transform the way women build wealth and drive lasting impact.
March 2 | Thriving Youth in a Digital Environment (TYDE) Hackathon is seeking high school students to join university students in teams to brainstorm ideas for programs to support teen's mental health when using social media. All participants will receive a completion certificate that’s an excellent resume builder. No prior experience needed. The TYDE Hackathon is completely free to enter, includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner plus all participants receive a $50 prize for completing the full event!
March 5 | First Wednesdays This is a group for technologists in Charlottesville that primarily serves as the hub for some of Charlottesville's most interesting technology events, including beSwarm, beCraft, First Wednesdays, and others. Free, but please register!
March 11 | CBIC Tech on Tap CBIC's recurring event provides a monthly opportunity on the second Tuesday of each month for tech startups, founders, professionals, innovators, and tech enthusiasts to socialize, collaborate, share ideas and form professional relationships. Designed specifically for the entrepreneurial, high-tech community, this happy hour is casual. No panel discussions and (usually) no formal program. Free, but please register!
March 15 | The 4th Annual Cville Puzzle Hunt is a huge, cerebral puzzle that spools out across downtown Charlottesville. It's part scavenger hunt, part escape room. Get a team together (3-5 people) and untangle six large-scale puzzles spread around the downtown pedestrian mall. The event is free, but you can donate to the host WTJU to support the event. Prizes for the winning teams.
March 18 | CE2 Charlottesville Entrepreneurs + Espresso (ce2) is a casual gathering of learning for entrepreneurs at all stages of venture creation. 3rd Tuesday of every month at 8 a.m. Free, but please register!
March 28 |Women in Data Science event will include panel discussions with industry experts, skills workshops, research lightning talks, resume reviews, and keynote. WiDS Charlottesville is a free event that will be held at the School of Data Science, and all genders are welcome to attend.
March 29 | Capital Region Celebration of Women in Computing (CAPWIC) provides a low-cost, regionally tailored, small conference for women and minorities in computing. The participants include women (students, faculty, and professionals), as well as all supporters of women in computing. This year it will be held at George Washington University, in Washington, D.C.
(2) commit only 1 to 5 hours annually to the CWIT community through attending a meeting, connecting with a common interest cohort, speak at a virtual event, give back to the Tech community, mentor and so much more!
Why Membership? CWIT membership is the best way to connect locally to other women in our tech community for support, advice, and network.
Through membership you can:
Join private networking groups that volunteer or lunch together
Access our private CWIT Slack channel
Give back one or two times per year with coordinated volunteer opportunities
Receive free CWIT swag
Free attendance to all events (even those few that have fees)
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