News from ACM-W Celebrations – A Look Ahead into the New Year

As we start of the second half of the 2014-2015 academic year, there is much to be excited about for the Celebrations project. There are eight events in the planning stages that will occur between now and May including MinneWiC (Upper Midwest), OCWiC (Ohio), CAPWiC (Northern Virginia), INWiC (Indiana), ArabWiC (Abu Dhabi), MICWiC (Michigan), CCWiC-Cuba, KYCC-WiC (Kentucky Community Colleges), and NYCWiC (New York). This is the inaugural event for both the Cuban and Arab Celebrations and we are pleased to see continued growth of the international reach of the Celebrations project. Collectively these events anticipate nearly 1000 attendees! Be sure to continue to read this newsletter as well as ACM MemberNet for monthly reports on highlighted conferences.

We are continuing to work on improvements and expanded resources for the Celebrations web site. Before the start of the 2015-2016 academic year, conference coordinators will be able to make post-Celebration reports online, including the uploading of photos. This feature will enhance our ability to showcase conferences on our web site and build an historical archive of events.

Planning for 2015-2016 events has already begun. I encourage all coordinators who are planning Celebrations for next fall or spring to email me (jltims@bw.edu) and I will be in touch soon to give you access to our web site and begin collecting information about your events.

As always, I welcome any suggestions for how we might better support the Celebrations project. Feel free to email at any time with your ideas.

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