{"id":753565,"date":"2013-05-28T16:52:31","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T20:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blandinonbroadband.org\/?p=8628"},"modified":"2013-05-28T16:52:31","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T20:52:31","slug":"opportunity-for-techie-girls-in-mn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/753565","title":{"rendered":"Opportunity for Techie Girls in MN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of opportunities coming up today. I learned about the following from the MHTA newsletter\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Anita Borg Institute is seeking applications for high school students to attend the October 2-5 Grace Hopper Celebration here in Minneapolis.\u00a0 40 high school students\u00a0will be\u00a0selected to attend this prestigious event as part of the GenConnext program.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>They are inviting 40 high school students from the Minneapolis area to participate in <a href=\"http:\/\/gracehopper.org\/2013\/conference\/grace-hopper-genconnext-program\/\">GHC 2013<\/a>.\u00a0Here are the details&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dates: October 2-5, 2013.<\/li>\n<li>Location: Minneapolis Convention Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>What will you do at the event?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Experience being part of Career Fair that features organizations like Google, \u2022 Facebook, Cisco, Microsoft, HP, University of Minnesota, Carnegie Mellon University, Harvey Mudd, and many more.<\/li>\n<li>Attend one of the largest Poster sessions featuring research work from over \u2022 150 undergraduate &amp; graduate students.<\/li>\n<li>Connect with women mentors and other high school students who share your \u2022 tech interests.<\/li>\n<li>Be inspired by attending sessions, enjoy a delicious lunch and possibly attend \u2022 the Friday evening celebration.<\/li>\n<li>Learn what you need to do to prepare for a technology career through a \u2022 panel of experts.<\/li>\n<li>Participate in a code-a-thon to benefit humanity or be engaged in some \u2022 hands\u2011on skill Gaming Workshop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apply to participate<\/p>\n<p>Complete the simple and easy online application. Visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/gracehopper.org\/2013\/conference\/grace-hopper-genconnext-program\/\">http:\/\/gracehopper.org\/2013\/conference\/grace-hopper-genconnext-program\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please note: The application deadline is June 30, 2013.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<br \/>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com\/8628\/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/blandinonbroadband.wordpress.com\/8628\/\" \/><\/a> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?resize=1%2C1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of opportunities coming up today. I learned about the following from the MHTA newsletter\u2026 The Anita Borg Institute is seeking applications for high school students to attend the October 2-5 Grace Hopper Celebration here in Minneapolis.\u00a0 40 high school students\u00a0will be\u00a0selected to attend this prestigious event as part of the GenConnext program. They are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-753565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-3a2h","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}