News & Announcements feed.ashx?channel=10001 News & Announcements 10 10001 News & Announcements AITES Congratulations Dr. Barbara Ellen Smith! http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10554 News & Announcements Digi-Girlz Day Event http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10552 News & Announcements WVSU Extension Agents Visit AITES Exhibit http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10553 News & Announcements Kiwanis Members Learn about AITES Project http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10550 News & Announcements Beckley-Stratton Middle School CCT's Hold Third AITES Event http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10548 News & Announcements "Got IT?" Lunch and Learn in Elizabethton, TN http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10546 News & Announcements The "Shady Ladies" of Shady Sp[ring Women's Club Hear AITES Message http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10547 News & Announcements "IT Chicks" in North Carolina http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10543 News & Announcements Damascus Middle School Parent/Student College/Career Night http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10539 News & Announcements AITES Trainer/Consultant Deborah Owens Speaks at Regoinal Meeting of Women's Resource Centers http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10540 News & Announcements "What About IT?" at Beckley-Stratton Middle School http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10541 News & Announcements Beckley Area Public Libraries Hear AITES Message http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10542 News & Announcements Knott County CCT's Present to School Board and Chamber of Commerce http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10535 News & Announcements AITES Trainer Consultant Speaks to Rotary Club http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10536 News & Announcements 4-H Agents Present at NC 4-H Volunteer Leaders' Conference http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10537 News & Announcements CCT Members Stacy Kestner and Amy Caywood Present AITES CPP To VA Highlands Community College TRIO and High School Personnel http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10530 News & Announcements CCT Members Present AITES to Top Businesses and Industries http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10531 News & Announcements Beckley-Stratton Faculty Introduced to AITES http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10532 News & Announcements Girls, Inc. & Eastman IT Women Team Up to Promote Girls in IT http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10526 News & Announcements Tennessee Partner Board Member Shirlene Booker Presents AITES Message at Kingsport Tomorrow Luncheon http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10521 News & Announcements Sullivan County CCT's Present to Girls, Inc. http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10520 News & Announcements AITES CCT Member Connie Tackett Wins Award! http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10518 News & Announcements Kentucky CCT's Present to Pike County Rotary Club http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10519 News & Announcements AITES Wishes You a Happy New Year! http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10516 News & Announcements National Public Radio Story on the IT Talent Crisis http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10515 News & Announcements Tennessee Year 3 Workshop http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10513 News & Announcements AITES Hosts NSF Research on Gender and Engineering Program Retreat http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10514 News & Announcements Kentucky Year 3 Workshop http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10509 News & Announcements Virginia Year 4 Workshop http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10510 News & Announcements West Virginia Year 1 Workshop http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10511 News & Announcements North Carolina Year 2 Workshop http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10512 News & Announcements AITES Remembers Steve Jobs http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10508 News & Announcements 2011 State Partners Board Meetings and Workshops http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10505 News & Announcements Eastman Chemical Company: Tennessee IT Women Promote IT at Happy Valley High On April 12th, Eastman Chemical Company IT (Information Technology) employees: Victoria Welch, Ana Maria Johnson, Jamie Carder, Polly Tjader and Kapunza Kinunda http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10500 News & Announcements AITES Tennessee CCT members reach out at the Sullivan County 4-H Clover Bowl On April 28th and 29th, TN CCTs Vickie Clark and Walter Malone (Sullivan County Extension Agents) presented the AITES message at Northeast State College in conjunction with the Sullivan County 4-H Clover Bowl http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10501 News & Announcements Making IT Click at Pike Central High School On May 16, 2011, Math and Science teachers at Pike Central High School in Pike County Kentucky attended an informational activity about the Appalachian Information Technology Extension Service (AITES) Grant. http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10502 News & Announcements KY Secondary Stoker Reaches Out to Parents with the AITES Messages Secondary “stoker” Misti Johnson, a public community librarian in Pike County attended an earlier session about the Appalachian Information Technology Extension Services (AITES) Grant http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10504 News & Announcements 10 Powerful Women Cracking the Glass Ceiling in Technology The numbers are still disappointing when looking at women in technology. While there are a lot of women in top positions outside of technology, such as at eBay, Kraft and PepsiCo, it's a smaller club within technology. While there are a number of CEOs, including Yahoo's Carol Bartz and Xerox's... http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10485 News & Announcements AITES Community Cohort member Cristy Honaker shares AITES Power of Partner Messages with Pike County Community Librarians On March 16th Pike County Family Consumer Science Agent Cristy Honaker facilitated an outreach activity to inform all fifteen Pike County Public Community Librarians about the AITES project. http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10483 News & Announcements Secondary Stokers Get AITES messages to Belfry High School Senior Girls with a Pink Party AITES CCT members train audience members through outreach activities to be ‘stokers.’ Stokers are important adults in female students’ day-to-day lives who influence the imagined possibilities, lives, jobs or careers these students’ see for themselves. AITES audience members who in turn actively go... http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10484 News & Announcements Pike County Kentucky CCT members host a ‘Power of Partners’ East Ridge Girls Basketball Game Pike County - February 4, 2011: Kentucky Community Cohort Team (CCT) members, Connie Tackett, Krista Bell, and Kathi Fletcher hosted an East Ridge High School ‘Power of Partners’ Girls basketball game. http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10475 News & Announcements The 2011 Year 1 NC AITES Workshop The 2011 Year 1 NC AITES Workshop was held on February 16 and 17 at the Surry Community College Pilot Center in Pilot Mountain NC. We had a great workshop! http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10474 News & Announcements NYT: April 2010 - Out of the Loop in Silicon Valley - the under-representation on Women in IT CANDACE FLEMING’S résumé boasts a double major in industrial engineering and English from Stanford, an M.B.A. from Harvard, a management position at Hewlett-Packard and experience as president of a small software company. But when she was raising money for Crimson Hexagon, a start-up company she... http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10472 News & Announcements Sullivan County TN CCT Members reach out to Parents at the 14th annual Farm Expo Sullivan County CCT members, Vickie Clark and Walter Malone reached out to Parents of 4-H Youth. http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10469 News & Announcements The AITES team welcomes Mary Jac Brennan, AITES North Carolina Trainer/Consultant Mary Jac joins the AITES team with over 10 years of experience in public education. http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10470 News & Announcements Congratulations to Amy Caywood, Washington County VA CCT Member Congratulations to Mrs. Amy Caywood for being selected as the Washington County Teacher of the Year and the Middle School Teacher of the Year. http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10468 News & Announcements The AITES team welcomes Krystal Smith, Chair of the AITES West Virginia Partners Board The AITES team is pleased to announce that the chair of the WV AITES State Partners Board is Krystal Smith. Ms. Krystal Smith is the Program Leader for Family and Consumer Science at the Gus R. Doulass Institute at West Virginia State University. http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10467 News & Announcements The 2010 Year 2 TN AITES Workshop The 2010 Year 2 TN AITES workshop was held on October 14th and 15th at the Sullivan County Department of Education building in Blountville, TN. http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10466 News & Announcements The 2010 Year 3 VA AITES Workshop/Board Meeting The September 30th 2010 Year 3 VA AITES Workshop/Board meeting at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center was a great success! http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10465 News & Announcements The 2010 Year 2 KY AITES Workshop We had a wonderful September workshop in Prestonsburg Kentucky! http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10464 News & Announcements The AITES team welcomes Deborah Owens, AITES Tennessee Trainer/Consultant Deborah joins the AITES team with 31 years of experience in public education. http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10462 News & Announcements Associated Press: Business group marketing Appalachia as high-tech SOMERSET, Ky. --A group of Appalachian computer and information technology companies joined forces Monday to tell businesses in the region they don't have to look elsewhere for high-tech help - it's available right in their back yard. http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10460 News & Announcements Microsoft data center to locate in southeast Virginia Earlier this year, Montgomery County officials confirmed that a company was considering a large data center project for the Falling Branch Corporate Park in Christiansburg. According to economic development documents released by Virginia in early June, the possible Montgomery County data center... http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10461 News & Announcements AITES reaches out to community groups http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10457 News & Announcements Chamber of Commerce groups in Virginia and Kentucky learn about the AITES Grant and how they can become "stokers." http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10441 News & Announcements KY & VA Community Cohort Members make a difference in their local counties. http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10442 News & Announcements Appalachian News-Express: Females in the driver's seat thanks to an AITES grant http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10447 News & Announcements Upcoming 2010 AITES State Partners Board Meetings http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10439 News & Announcements AITES Pioneer Partner Board Member Mary Miller inducted into the Academy of Engineers http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10438 News & Announcements CNN: The 25 best-paying jobs for women http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10437 News & Announcements Dr. Lorraine Turner, Superintendent, Russell County Virginia http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10434 News & Announcements The AITES team welcomes Dr. Patricia M. Sobrero, Chair of the AITES North Carolina Partners Board http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10435 News & Announcements WSJ: Silicon Valley Warriors and a hot new job title - ninja http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10432 News & Announcements Revenge of the Nerds: How Barbie Got Her Geek On http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10433 News & Announcements March 2010: AITES E-Update http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10425 News & Announcements Recent AITES press releases http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10424 News & Announcements AITES press release: Virginia Tech News http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10417 News & Announcements The 2010 Year 1 TN AITES Workshop http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10408 News & Announcements Virginia and Kentucky: AITES Trainer/Consultant (T/C) and Community Cohort Team (CCT) members present the AITES Project to District Superintendents, Supervisors, and Principals http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10407 News & Announcements Upcoming VA Year 2 Mini-grant Activities http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10405 News & Announcements January 22 meeting in Lexington, Kentucky http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10403 News & Announcements The AITES team welcomes Jennifer I. Nelson, AITES Tennessee Trainer/Consultant http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10404 News & Announcements VA Governor's STEM Conference http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10394 News & Announcements Upcoming 2010 AITES workshops http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10392 News & Announcements The AITES team welcomes the Tennessee CCT members in year 2 http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10393 News & Announcements The 2009 Year 2 VA AITES Workshop http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10391 News & Announcements The 2009 Year 1 KY AITES Workshop http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10390 News & Announcements Where we are so far: The AITES project starts year two http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10385 News & Announcements KUDOS! The Virginia CCT members complete year 1 mini-grant activities http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10387 News & Announcements The AITES team welcomes the Kentucky CCT members in year 2 http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10388 News & Announcements The 2009 AITES workshop in Abingdon Virginia 2009 AITES VA workshop and workshop pictures. The 2009 AITES workshop was held on January 21-23 at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon, VA. And was a great success! http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10360 News & Announcements The AITES team welcomes Dr. Ann Vail, Chair of the AITES Kentucky Partners Board. Dr. Ann Vail is Director of the School of Human Environmental Sciences and Assistant Director of Family and Consumer Sciences Extension at the University of Kentucky. http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10006 News & Announcements The AITES team welcomes Judy Compton, AITES Virginia Trainer/Consultant. Judy Compton — a resident of Dickenson County, Virginia, Judy is a VT alumni and joins the AITES Team with 32 years of experience in public school education as a teacher, principal, managing a NSF grant, and lastly as the Superintendent of Schools in Dickenson County. http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10007 News & Announcements 2009 AITES Workshop The 2009 AITES workshop will be held January 21-23 at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center. http://www.aites5.org/content.aspx?contentid=10008