November 2007 Aspirations Award-Winners Front row; center: Lenda Nguyen. Middle row; From left to right: Melinda Mudd, Nicole Mina Askarian, Kayleigha Holten, Kaitlin McKinnon, Amy Li, Manpreet Kaur. Back row; From left to right: Nicole Torcolini; Ed Lazowska, Chair of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington; Lucy Sanders, NCWIT CEO and Co-founder. Click image to enlarge.

Click the links below to view past award winners: May 2007 Winners

Sponsored by Bank of America, the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing recognizes young women at the high-school level for their computing-related achievements and interests. By generating visibility for these young women in their local communities, the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing encourages their continued interest in computing, attracts the attention and support of educational and corporate institutions, and emphasizes at a personal level the importance of women's participation.

Nominations for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing are made in conjunction with local school educators and administrators, and nominees are selected for their demonstrated, outstanding aptitude and interest in information technology/computing; solid leadership ability; good academic history; and plans for post-secondary education.

Congratulations to our award-winners!

NCWIT and Bank of America have just selected 28 students from the metro Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, and New York City areas as winners of the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing.

Each of these students will receive:

• $500 in cash.
• A laptop computer, provided by Bank of America.
• An expenses-paid trip, provided by Bank of America, for each awardee and a parent/legal guardian, to attend the Bank of America Celebrating Stars of the Future Technology Showcase and Awards Ceremony, August 1-3, 2008, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
• An engraved award for both the student and the student's school.
• Inclusion in a video that highlights her accomplishments in computing, her future aspirations, and her participation in the Award events in Charlotte, North Carolina, as well as a copy of the final Award video.
• For awardees who will be high school seniors in the Fall of 2008, an expenses-paid trip for the awardee and an accompanying parent/legal guardian to attend NCWIT's national workshop on Women and IT at the University of California at Irvine, November 5-6, 2008.