Girl Get IT – Where future innovators connect with today’s technology leaders
WIT’s Girls Get IT, as part of the WIT Foundation, collaborates with the Georgia business community to inspire girls in middle and high school to choose careers in science, technology, engineering and math.
Why? Because the statistics are alarming: America lags behind other nations in the number of students majoring in science and engineering at colleges and universities, according to the National Science Foundation. Additionally, women make up just 9 percent of those receiving engineering degrees – and with your help, we’re changing that statistic.
WIT’s Girls Get IT offers three opportunities for technology professionals to inspire young girls to get IT:
Behind the Scenes Workshops »
Job Shadow Program »
Career Exploration Workshops »
Go To Work — Be a Hero
Companies including CNN, The Coca-Cola Company, The Home Depot, AutoTrader.com, The Weather Channel and IBM Digital Video Studios have become heroes to young girls through WIT’s Girls Get IT program. How? By showing a girl how they do their day jobs – it’s as simple as that.
Host an event or sponsor a WIT’s Girls Get IT program - contact us today at GirlsGetIT@mywit.org to learn how you can gain marketing opportunities with a targeted technology audience while giving a young girl the confidence to pursue her dreams.
Sponsors
March 5, 2010
Event for girls participating in the FIRST Robotics Peachtree Regionals
June 4, 2010
Job Shadow Student Applications Due
July 9, 2010
Girls Get IT Behind the Scenes GA Tech Nanotechnology
August 2, 2010
Girls Get IT Job Shadow Program - Opening Day Workshop
August 3, 2010
Girls Get IT Job Shadow Program - Day Two
August 4, 2010
Girls Get IT Job Shadow Program - Day Three
August 5, 2010
Girls Get IT Job Shadow Program - Day Four
August 6, 2010
Girls Get IT Job Shadow Program - Closing Workshop
August 28, 2010
Career Exploration Workshop InterContinental Hotels Group Data Center
October 11, 2010
Behind the Scenes at McKesson
If your company would like to be involved in showing young women the possibilities that exist for them, or if you know some girls who could benefit from learning more about technology, please contact us.