Two weeks ago, the New York Times featured Salt Lake City in an article. Have a guess at what the article highlighted. Not the mountains. Not the skiing. Not the salty lake. Not religion. It was all about Salt Lake’s technology industry. The Wasatch Front is now known as the Silicon Slopes, as it is one of…
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The Women Tech Council recently launched the Student Innovators program, also known as WTCSI, to increase the number of women in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM fields and careers. The goal of the Student Innovators program is to help more women complete STEM degrees by integrating students within the industry, provide visibility and…
More about this job >Women Tech Council Launches Student Innovators Program to Retain and Graduate Women Students in STEM
SALT LAKE CITY, October 3rd, 2017 – Women Tech Council today launched the Student Innovators program (WTCSI) to increase the number of women in STEM fields and careers by helping more women complete STEM degrees. To do this, WTCSI will integrate students with industry, provide visibility and leadership opportunities, facilitate mentoring experiences and increase access to workforce pathways.…
More about this job >Women Tech Council Launches Student Innovators Program to Retain and Graduate Women Students in STEM
State-wide collegiate program gives female students in STEM degrees mentoring, industry integration, leadership opportunities and workforce pathways SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Women Tech Council today launched the Student Innovators program (WTCSI) to increase the number of women in STEM fields and careers by helping more women complete STEM degrees. To do this, WTCSI will…
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SALT LAKE CITY — Big players in the Utah tech scene have committed to increasing the number of women in leadership positions by including at least one qualified female candidate in the interview process for every open position, vice president or above, according to a Silicon Slopes news release. Utah tech companies Qualtrics, Domo, Pluralsight…
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Salt Lake City—Here’s a statistic to chew on: looking at the current pipeline of students, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says that by 2020, an estimated one million computer programming jobs in the U.S. will not be filled. The tech talent shortage isn’t a Utah problem, it’s a national problem—and its roots are dug…
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Silicon Slopes and WTC partner for tech cultures The WTC, or the Women Tech Council, and Silicon Slopes announced they are working together to create an industry model to attract and retain more women in technology. This model, designed to change tech cultures, will expand successful diversity and inclusion programs created by WTC while also…
More about this job >Organizations to increase number of women working in technology by changing organizational cultures and creating industry model SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Women Tech Council (WTC) and Silicon Slopes today announced they are working together to create an industry model to attract and retain more women in technology. This model, designed to change tech cultures,…
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SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 5, 2017 — Women Tech Council (WTC) and Silicon Slopes today announced they are working together to create an industry model to attract and retain more women in technology. This model, designed to change tech cultures, will leverage and expand successful diversity and inclusion programs created by WTC while also engaging male executives…
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In June, Susan Ho and Leiti Hsu, the co-founders of Journy, spoke out about sexual harassment by a prominent Silicon Valley VC–an action that resulted in his resignation. It also spurred a series of women to come out publicly about sexism, many reporting similar harassment experiences, particularly in the technology segment where women are woefully underrepresented and…
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