A Collaborative Plan for Apprenticeships By: Lonnie Emard, IT-oLogy President A great example of what can happen when multiple organizations get together to focus on an objective or an outcome and creative, functional ideas get implemented. In South Carolina, Apprenticeship Carolina, an organization that is part of the SC Technical…
The following blog post was written by IT-oLogy President, Lonnie Emard. Thanksgiving has passed and we thank all of our partners for their belief, support, engagement and financial contribution. With the holidays upon us, we want to wish everyone a joyous and happy season. It is the time of year for…
Charlotte Mecklenburg graduating seniors have the opportunity to apply for three scholarships offered by IT-oLogy Charlotte. WISE will award the 10th WISE Girl $2000 scholarship which is available to a graduating female with a minimum 3.0/ 4.0 GPA, accepted by a college/ university where she plans to study in the…
The following blog post was written by IT-oLogy Charlotte Executive Director, Kay Read. The Women and IT Science and Engineering (WISE) held their annual holiday LeadHERship luncheon with a panel discussion on the topic ‘Mentor Me in IT’. Attendees included professional women and men and special guests, students from Charlotte…
The following blog post was written by IT-oLogy Charlotte Executive Director, Kay Read. There is much excitement around the planning for the Blue Diamond IT Awards celebration. Seventy-four nominations have been submitted for eight awards. “This is a record breaking number of nominations. We were surprised to learn the nominations…
The following guest blog post was written by IT-oLogy Charlotte Executive Director, Kay Read. Analysts Discuss Key Issues Facing the IT Industry During Gartner Symposium/ITxpo: “By 2015, 4.4 million IT jobs globally will be created to support big data, generating 1.9 million IT jobs in the United States,” said Peter…
The following post was written by IT-oLogy Charlotte Executive Director, Kay Read. On Saturday, September 13th, Cyber Saturday offered the student track at the annual Blend Conference, a national user experience, design, front and back-end development conference. Over 80 Grade 6-12 students joined more than 400 IT professionals at the…
The following post was written by IT-oLogy Charlotte Executive Director, Kay Read. Applications are now open for the National Center for Women and IT (NCWIT) annual Award for Aspirations in Computing. NCWIT offers both a national and local award competition to generate support and visibility for young women’s participation in computing around…
The Hummingbird Robotics Kit is a spin-off product of Carnegie Mellon’s CREATE lab. Hummingbird is designed to enable engineering and robotics activities for ages 13 and up (10 with adult supervision) that involve the making of robots, kinetic sculptures, and animatronics built out of a combination of kit parts and crafting materials….
Computing-related occupations are projected to be the fifth fastest growing segment of the professional workforce through 2022, and computing has the second highest median annual wage of all occupational categories. Yet in 2013, women held only 26% of computing occupations although they held 57% of all US workforce professional occupations….
