Quarterly Newsletter, Volume 3 | November 2021
2021-2022 MENTOR PROTÉGÉ PROGRAM LAUNCHED (virtually)!
Our Mentor Orientation was held in October, and we are lucky to have fifty-six amazing STEM women mentors and counting!

Mentor Protégé Exploring the World of STEM Session 1 included invitations to sixty-two Proteges attending thirty-four high schools across the D.C. Metro Area!
Remaining 2021-2022 Mentor Protégé sessions will also be held via Zoom at 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Interested high school-aged girls can still register!
SHARING OUR SUCCESS EVENT
November 20, 2021 | 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Big Cheers for STEM Careers for middle and high school-aged girls includes speakers Dr. Kelsey Gerbig, Sangita Subramanian, Dr. Allyson Kennedy, Robin Stevens Payes, and Nickoria Johnson. Code Wiz will join us as well with an offering! Thank you to our corporate sponsors Pender Veterinary Centre, B&A, ATPCO and Harmonia for their swag! Registration closed Nov 18.
 
Please email Manisha Morris, SOS Program Director, at GIT.SOS@womenintechnology.org if you have a STEM experience or demonstration that you would like to provide.
GIT.CONNECT EVENT
December 11, 2021 | 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

imagiLabs Python Programming using imagiCharms for girls grades 6-12! Girls will learn to create with code, share designs with friends on the imagiLabs application and customize their imagiCharm.
Please email Stella Tomasi, PhD, GIT.Connect Program Director, at GITConnect@womenintechnology.org if you have a STEM experience to provide.
SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS $$$

Our annual GIT Higher Education and STEM Experience scholarships will launch in February 2022 for our GITgirl members! This year the program will include middle school SOS Program Members as eligible candidates to compete for a STEM experience scholarship!

Past Higher Education scholarship winners have gone on to George Washington University, Stanford University, University of Maryland, University of Pittsburgh, University of Virginia, and Virginia Tech!
ALUMNAE PROGRAM, The First Year!
The GIT Alumnae Program Directors, Judy and Cindy, are delighted to reengage with some of our GIT Alumnae to gain their support for our current GIT Program members.We look forward to partnering with them!
Calling all educators, is your school interested in standing up a CyberPatriotGirls (CPG) team?

Email us at GIT.CPG@womenintechnology.org for information.
We asked our 2021 Mentor Proteges “How they would change the world” and this is what some of them said: 

“I want to find mechanisms that allow people to conquer diseases and disorders, I want to improve human ability to learn and grasp new information regardless of their age, I want all people to finally be happy as they will use the whole potential of intelligence.”
– C. Digoussar 

“I would change the world by breaking the glass ceiling and supporting young women in all interest fields to pursue their dreams.”
– T. McCoy
 
“Combining my passion for medicine with my desire for justice, I would create a non-profit organization that provides check-ups and addresses existing health problems of homeless people, and people who cannot afford healthcare in America.”
– S. Hasni 

“I will change the world by encouraging other girls to expand their options and not be limited to what society tells them to do.”
– R. Jame 

“If I could change the world I would improve synthetic skin treatments, to help the recovery of those in accidents, and prevent long term damage from injuries.”
– E. Durso
Girls in Technology (GIT) is a Women in Technology (WIT) program designed to excite, inspire, create awareness and educate girls in grades 6 through 12 about the vast array of career opportunities in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).
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