Women in Computing Newsletter

Play Dough Circuits: A Session at Women In Computing Day — By Rob Szewczyk

Wrapping up Women in Computing Day 2018, in Virginia

On March 10th from 10–3PM, Next Century and partners hosted the 8th annual Women in Computing Day. The purpose of this event is to bootstrap the next generation of women engineers and to excite young ladies about all of the potential in…

We have a NEW WEBSITE!

I am very happy to announce that we have a new website. For some time we have been debating on whether or not it would be a good idea to put forth efforts. But since we have our 7th annual Women in Computing Day coming up in just over a month, it was time to celebrate by rolling out a new…

Women in Computing Day 2017

We are pleased to announce Women in Computing Day 2017. The event will be hosted on June 3rd from 10:30–3:00PM at Next Century’s Virginia Office, located at 3120 Fairview Park Drive, Suite #700, Falls Church, VA 22042, there will be 30 girls aged 9–13 attending a special day of…

Beyond The Technology

Teaching Girls To Think Computationally To Solve Problems

Problem Solving with Tower of Hanoi

Tower of Hanoi is a fun puzzle that can challenge the way you think about solving problems. Even…

Next Century Women in Computing Day

Notes of a Programming Session Lead

Computer Science to UX and Back: An Interview with Aubrey Quick

Aubrey Quick came to work with me at Virginia Tech as an undergraduate research assistant and fell in love with user experience. After graduating she came to Virginia Tech to complete a Masters in Human Factors…