Each February, over President’s Day weekend, the Center for Women in Technology (CWIT) presents the Bits & Bytes Program for high school junior girls. Each year, about 20-30 academically talented young women are invited to an overnight visit at UMBC and are hosted by the CWIT Scholars and Affiliates in CWIT’s Living Learning Community. The program supports CWIT’s mission to encourage and support women leaders in Information Technology and Engineering fields.

The purpose of this free event is to engage local high school girls in the college atmosphere and expose them to the possibilities open to them in engineering or IT majors in college. Along with in-depth exposure to life as a college student and UMBC as an institution, the students participate in an engineering or IT design competition (for prizes) and interact with current UMBC students, including staying overnight in a residence hall on campus and attending a college class with one of the CWIT students. More information & pictures can be found here: www.cwit.umbc.edu/hs/bits+bytes

In order for this event to be a success, we are in need of UMBC student volunteers. Please request permission to view this Google Doc if you can't view it already (https://docs.google.com/a/umbc.edu/document/d/1qKPII1Me3dK8YQMXqLhiHZn00Wv2LNjOlbfON2VxFkA/edit?hl=en_US), and sign up to help out. After you sign up, Angela Norton (Student Volunteer Coordinator for Bits & Bytes) will email you with more details. Email Angela (an7@umbc.edu) if you have any issues with signing up.