Champaign-Urbana 2008 Award-winners: L to R: Faye Cheng; Robin Nicole Johnson; Sharika Pongubala; Lucy Sanders, NCWIT; Meril Thornton, Bank of America; Kitt Vanderwater; Brianna Connolly; Katy Malinowski; Hannah Seidenberg. Click image to enlarge.

Click the links below to view past award winners: November 2007 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 May 2008 award-winners!
Seven young women from the greater Champaign-Urbana, Ill. area are recipients of the May 2008 NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing.  Each young woman received a $500 award and an engraved, crystal plaque for her and for her school's trophy case, and we celebrated them personally at our May 2008 Meetings at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.  Check out the group photo and the award video, at right!

Congratulations to our national award-winners!
NCWIT and Bank of America have 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.