Massachusetts Affiliate
Congratulations to the 2024 Massachusetts Affiliate High School and Educator Award recipients! And, a special thank you to the educators and family members for your ongoing support and encouragement of these talented and dedicated young women. (2019 award recipients pictured above)
Your Massachusetts AiC affiliate team will hold an Awards Ceremony at Microsoft Technology Center 5 Wayside Road in Burlington, MA on May 29th from 4:30 to 6:00pm. We will start with an opening and overview of NCWIT. The awardees will then have a breakout session while parents will stay behind to learn about how to support their daughters and their interest in computing. We will then reconvene for the awards ceremony and a light dinner ending at around 6pm.
About NCWIT AiC: The NCWIT Award for AiC honors 9th-12th grade women, genderqueer, and non-binary students for their computing-related achievements and interests, and encourages them to pursue their passions. Award recipients are selected based on their aptitude and aspirations in technology and computing, as demonstrated by their computing experience, computing-related activities, leadership experience, tenacity in the face of barriers to access, and plans for post-secondary education. Since 2007, more than 22,000 students have received an Award for AiC.
Preparing for AiC 2025: Most past AiC award recipients were explicitly encouraged to apply by an adult that they looked up to; Do you know a high school or college student who aspires to create technology to improve the world? If so, fill this form and NCWIT will let them know you think they are a great candidate for this award.
Applications for 2025 open September 1, 2024. Please send questions about the Award to [email protected].
About Massachusetts AiC
What we do: We empower women, genderqueer or non-binary students in Massachusetts to pursue their dreams of effecting change by harnessing the power of computing and tech. In doing so, we are helping grow a larger, more resilient, and more diverse pool of technical talent in the State. An affiliate of the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), we advance the NCWIT mission of increasing the meaningful participation of populations currently underrepresented in computing and tech through the Massachusetts Aspirations in Computing (AiC) Program.
Through AiC, we implement three initiatives, which increase learners’ persistence in computing by inspiring, encouraging, and advancing them at pivotal stages of their educational and professional development:
- AspireIT — awards AiC community members with Impact Awards for their efforts to spark early interest in computing by supporting K-12 computational-education programs
- AiC Awards — recognize and celebrate high school and collegiate students’ technical aspirations and abilities and the educators who support them, at both the national and local levels
- AiC Community — creates a sense of belonging and endless networking and leadership development opportunities for students
How you can help: Please consider if you or an organization you represent can help in any of the following ways:
- Spreading the word about AiC to communities and schools throughout Massachusetts, encouraging more applications, and broadcasting our successes;
- Rating applications and selecting recipients for the AiC Awards.
- Planning the 2023 AiC Award Ceremony
- Providing in-kind donations (e.g. printing services) or SWAG for the Ceremony.
- Hosting or facilitating K-12 educational programs (e.g., coding workshop, tour).
- Offering job shadowing and internship experiences.
- Becoming a financial sponsor.
Ready to Volunteer ?
Let us know your interest by filling the form here. For more information, email Deborah Boisvert, [email protected].
Local Supporters
