Maureen Biggers leads IU’s Center of Excellence for Women in Technology

Congratulations to Maureen!

The Center of Excellence for Women in Technology (CEWiT) at Indiana University officially launched this month. TechTober, the month-long launch of CEWiT during October, culminates on Monday, October 28, with a keynote address by NPR’s Moira Gunn, followed by a special reception at the IU Auditorium.

CEWiT falls under the Office of the Provost umbrella and is dedicated to promoting success, retention, increased engagement, and promotion of IU women faculty, staff and students from multiple disciplines and career intentions who engage with computation and technology. Alliances have formed for each of these three advocacy groups. The focus hits very close to home for the School of Informatics and Computing (SoIC), given that the School has been named a Pacesetter by the National Center for Women in Information & Technology, which works to increase women’s participation in IT.

The connection between SoIC and the program is strengthened by SoIC’s Assistant Dean for Diversity and Education Maureen Bigger’s role as director of CEWiT. She has made a career out of promoting student retention, leadership, teams, diversity, and broadening participation in computing. Biggers came to the School in 2008 from Georgia Tech. During her tenure, undergraduate female enrollment has more than doubled.

via SoIC’s Biggers leads IU’s Center of Excellence for Women in Technology: News: What’s Going On?: Discover: School of Informatics and Computing: Indiana University Bloomington.