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Opportunities for high-school and college students interested in computing

Junior High and High School

• NCWIT Aspirations in Computing provides multiple opportunities for women in computing in middle school, high school, college students and educators.
  Look at the opportunities locally in Minnesota for awards for high-school students, scholarships, internships and leadership opportunities.
• FIRST robotics. Almost all high schools in Minnesota have a FIRST robotics team. There are teams for all levels, starting from Lego Leagues to Robotics Competitions.
• Technovation[MN] is a local group that provides resources and support for the Global Technovation Challenge, a world-wide competition for the best new ideas to develop technology. The competition is open to women who are students enrolled in primary or secondary School on the day of the submission deadline. University students are not eligible. Students get access to technical resources and get help to develop a business plan. They have links to a lot of programs under Resources for Girls. Examples are:
  • Kode with Klossy runs Summer camps programs for women across the US.
  • Girls who Code. They have many programs for women. Look for locations in Minnesota.
  • Google Code Next Connect. They have programs for Black, Latinx and Native tech, both male and female.
  • Silicon North Star. They run summer tech camps for female and male.
• Students who qualify can apply for PSEO and take college courses for free. Of the computer science courses the recommended ones are the introduction to programming classes:
  • CSci 1103 - Intro to Java (4cr, offered only in Fall)
  • CSci 1113 - Intro to C/C++ (4cr, Prereq Calculus I)
  • CSci 1133 - Intro to Programming Concepts (4 cr; Prereq or Co-req Calculus I). This class teaches Python.

College

• At the University of Minnesota undergraduates can apply for the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). The program requires to submit a short proposal (deadlines are twice a year) and requires the endorsement of a faculty. The awards are up to $1800 for stipend and up to $300 for project related expenses.
• The DREU: Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates matches undergraduate women and students form underrepresented groups (citizens or permanent residents) with a faculty mentor for 10 weeks of Summer research at the mentor's institution. The program pays for travel costs and pays $700/week.
• The National Science Foundation funds Summer programs at many universities in different disciplines.
  Visit the Search for an REU Site to see the sites available. REU programs are for citizens and permanent residents. The programs in general are 8 to 10 weeks, and provide dorm space, food, and a stipend. Sites have 5 to 15 students, who work at the same University with different faculty on a variety of projects.

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