Increasing Women in Information Technology (IWIT)

Applying to IWIT | IWIT staff

Students participating in the program will receive annual scholarships up to $10,000 in addition to mentoring and assistance in pursuing graduate study or employment within the field.

Mission

The College of St. Scholastica seeks to increase the number of women graduating in the field of Computer Science/Computer Information Systems (CIS) and to better prepare these graduates for the next step in their careers.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the IWIT scholarship program, you must meet the following requirements:

Major in CIS
Maintain a GPA of 3.0
Receive Federal financial aid
Be enrolled at St. Scholastica full-time
Be a U.S. citizen, national of the U.S., or permanent resident

Services

Students participating in the program will have the following services available to them:

Workshops on resume development, interviewing skills, job and internship searching, business etiquette, choosing a graduate program, writing personal statements, and GRE preparation.
Mentoring lunches four times a year during the junior and senior years with a women technology professional trained as a mentor.
Financial assistance supporting travel to national and regional conferences in computing, job fairs and field trips to graduate schools and employers.
Opportunity to be trained as a peer mentor and work with potential and current scholars.
Cohort gatherings for scholars to increase socialization and networking.
One-on-one tutoring to maintain a 3.0+ GPA.
Trained peer mentors.

The Increasing Women in Technology: Attract, Mentor, Engage and Retain scholarship program is funded by the National Science Foundation (DUE-0965948).

Applying to IWIT

Application Deadline: April 15th

Shinjini Kar's poster at the MinneWIC conference 2010 To apply, submit the following items to the IWIT Program Director:

a signed and completed application form (DOC, PDF)
one page essay addressing why you wish to pursue a degree in computing and technology
transcripts (high school official transcript or unofficial CSS transcript)
2 recommendation forms, at least one of which should be from an instructor (DOC, PDF)

Electronic copies may be mailed to jrosato@css.edu. Paper copies can be sent to:

Jen Rosato, IWIT Program Director

1200 Kenwood Ave.
Duluth, MN 55811

IWIT Staff

Jennifer Rosato, Program Director

jrosato@css.edu
(218) 723-6152
Tower Hall 3407

Diana Johnson, Mentor Coordinator

djohnson@css.edu
(218) 723-5917
Tower Hall 3415

Arshia Khan, Women in CIS Exploratory Course Professor

akhan@css.edu
(218) 723-6714
Tower Hall 3401

Tom Gibbons, CIS Open House Coordinator

tgibbons@css.edu
(218) 723-6294
Tower Hall 3111/p>