AWIT Advocating for Women in Technology

04/09/2016

03/25/2016

We are seeking volunteers for our upcoming ATX Tech Panel - April 7th from 6-8pm. This is a great opportunity to network directly with industry professionals, rack up some iGive hours, and contribute to an awesome event put on by your iSchool student orgs. Volunteer tasks range from greeting guests, handing out name tags, to setting up the room for the event.

If you are interested in volunteering, 2 things:
- Please view tasks and sign up here in our planning doc! - http://buff.ly/1LN0CV6
- RSVP on eventbrite and select the Volunteer ticket type - http://buff.ly/1LN0Dbm

Volunteers needed for the “Experts in Tech” panel event - Thursday, April 7 (starts at 6pm, ends at 8ish) Multiple people are needed for these volunteer positions!! Volunteer Tasks Your Name(s) Email(s)...

03/21/2016

Get your professional headshot tomorrow 3/22 from 11am-3pm in the Tocker Lounge! Thanks SASI!

Spring break is over. It is time to get back down to business. Kick off the rest of the semester right with a professional headshot in the Tocker Lounge this Tuesday between 11-3 pm. Welcome back!

03/07/2016

This is going to be great -- and there will be free pizza!

03/04/2016

We'll be here until 4:30pm today -- and you can join us from afar and make edits and contribute from wherever you are! Sign into the event page and lend a hand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Austin/ArtAndFeminism_2016

Plan to join us for an inclusive and fun one-day event. We are planning to bring together diverse communities to create and work on Wikipedia articles related to women in the arts. You can learn more about the gender gap at WikiProject Women and read more about the Art+Feminism campaign on their pag…

03/04/2016

Nice birds' eye view of edits in progress.

03/04/2016

The Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon is underway at the Fine Arts Library at UT. Join us to learn about editing Wikipedia and women artists, and enjoy some tasty snacks!

03/03/2016

Art + Feminism Edit-a-thon tomorrow at the Fine Arts Library!

Statistics about women in the arts, from the National Museum of Women in the Arts: http://nmwa.org/advocate/get-facts .Jd1AX1EB.dpuf New York Times Art...

02/22/2016

Join us for coding commons tomorrow evening!

Join us for coding commons tomorrow from 5-7pm where Johnny Luce (recent iSchool alum) will lead us through an intro to using c #.net and Unity

02/16/2016

Check out Coding Commons at the iSchool tomorrow:

Join us for Coding Commons tomorrow night from 5-7pm. Shwetha will present an introduction to programming from 5-6pm and then we'll discuss learning resources and self-paced training tools from 6-7pm. Hope y'all can make it!

02/11/2016

The local PyLadies group is holdng an "Intro to Python" class this weekend... check out the details below:

http://www.meetup.com/PyLadies-ATX/events/228245720/?rv=me1&_af=event&_af_eid=228245720&https=off

****This class is aimed at absolute beginners. If you have programming experience, this may not be the class for you. If in doubt, read through the "Class Topics" section below and comment/m

02/11/2016

In January, AWIT volunteers had a fantastic time working with kids at The University of Texas Elementary School, disassembling and reassembling computers! We had so much fun!