<div>Greetings all --</div>
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<div>OCWIC only happens once every two years. So if you miss it in 2007, you'll have to wait til 2009 for your next chance.</div>
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<div>Register now, before you forget (and apply for a scholarship at the same time!): <a href="http://cs.hiram.edu/OCWIC/registration.html">http://cs.hiram.edu/OCWIC/registration.html</a></div>
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<div>Here are some things that attendees at OCWIC2005 enjoyed:</div>
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<div><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font face="times new roman,serif">Speakers were interesting and gave valuable information and advice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font face="times new roman,serif">Career panel covered a lot of my concerns of being a woman in the industry
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font face="times new roman,serif">I got some questions that I could potentially use in future interviews.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font face="times new roman,serif">Everything was great & very well organized</font></span></i>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font face="times new roman,serif">I liked learning about the different opportunities I have once I graduate
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font face="times new roman,serif">I liked the whole conference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Everything was fun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I enjoyed it</font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font face="times new roman,serif">I really liked seeing so many females in computer science and interacting with them.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font face="times new roman,serif">Keynote [speaker's] story was very inspiring</font></span></i>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font face="times new roman,serif">Meal conversations were great </font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"></span></i><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font face="times new roman,serif">
Not feeling a sense of competitiveness or being an imposter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font face="times new roman,serif">Positive attitudes & enthusiasticness, it made me feel better about being a woman in technology
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font face="times new roman,serif">Technical talks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I prefer info sessions that give info
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font face="times new roman,serif">The birds of a feather sessions were really interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>You get to know many other people. </font></span></i></p></div></blockquote>
<div class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font face="times new roman,serif"><font face=""></font><font face="Arial">What will you be talking about after OCWIC2007?
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<div class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial">See you in February!</font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial">:-)</font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial">Bettina Bair</font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" dir="ltr" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial">OCWIC, General Chair</font></span></div>