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<div>By Elaine Weyuker, co-Chair</div>
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<div>Welcome to the inaugural issue of the ACM-W newsletter. Our goal is to highlight opportunities for women in computing of all ages and career stages. Each issue will describe some of the exciting projects ACM-W and other organizations offer, provide interviews of some of the leading women in the field, hear stories from women computing professionals throughout the world about important issues they face and projects they are initiating, and celebrate the accomplishments of some of the remarkable women in our field.</div>
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<div>Download the complete newsletter now: <a href="http://women.acm.org/newsletter_v01.01.pdf" target="_blank">http://women.acm.org/newsletter_v01.01.pdf</a></div>
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<div>Here are some of the stories that you will find in this first issue: </div>
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<div><strong>Spotlight on</strong> <u>Fran Allen</u>, first woman recipient of the Turing Award. Fran talks about young technology (Facebook and Wikipedia), and her advice for young women starting out in computing today.</div>
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<div>A look at <strong>our Communities</strong></div>
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<div><u>Tracy Camp</u> and <u>Liz Jessup</u> co-chaired the latest regional celebration, in Colorado.</div>
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<div>And in student chapters, the <em>Ohio State</em> Chapter's new president, <u>Stacey Laugel</u>, has lots of ideas.</div>
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<div><strong>Ambassador Blog</strong>
<div></div><u>Dr. Suriya</u> is helping build a Virtual Science Learning Centre for female high school students</div>
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<div><strong>Project Spotlight</strong></div>
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<div><u>Valerie Barr</u> discusses ACMW student Scholarships for conferences</div>
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<div><strong>Awards & Recognition</strong></div>
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<div><u>Susan Landau</u>, <u>Annemieke Craig </u>and <u>Shafi Goldwasser</u> are all officially awesome.</div>
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<div>ALSO, <strong>Dates & Deadlines</strong> and <strong>Fun Features</strong>!</div></blockquote>
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<div><strong>From the editor, Bettina Bair...</strong></div>
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<div>This is the maiden issue of ACMW's CIS Newsletter: to Celebrate, Inform & Support. Like this one, each issue will highlight some of the thrilling projects, exciting accomplishments and remarkable women that are a part of our community. (You are a part of this community!) </div>
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<div>We hope that you will find inspiration here. But we also hope that you will <em>feel inspired to contribute here</em>. </div>
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<div>Please send me your thoughts, your comments and most of all, <strong>your stories</strong>. Email to: "Bettina Bair" <<a href="mailto:bbair@cse.osu.edu" target="_blank">bbair@cse.osu.edu</a>></div>
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