Industry Sponsored Mobile App Now Available to Connect Teachers with Volunteers
The STEM Partners Foundation today announced the release of the STEM Mentor Exchange (STEM MX), a mobile app designed to connect teachers with industry volunteers and resources, and provide students with the learning experiences that will prepare them for the thousands of new STEM-skilled jobs being created every day. In Utah alone, it is predicted…
Read MoreWomen Tech Council Launches SheTech Internship Program for High School Girls
Salt Lake City—The Women Tech Council (WTC) today launched a technology internship program to provide high school girls the opportunity to interact with technology companies, meet and interact with women in technology and understand the impact they can have by pursuing STEM careers. Participants will tour tech companies across Silicon Slopes, including Vivint, Ancestry, Instructure,…
Read MoreWomen Tech Council launches SheTech Internship Program for high school girls
SALT LAKE CITY, June 13, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Women Tech Council (WTC) today launched a technology internship program to provide high school girls the opportunity to interact with technology companies, meet and interact with women in technology and understand the impact they can have by pursuing STEM careers. Participants will tour tech companies across Silicon Slopes, including…
Read MoreWomen Tech Council Unveils Best Companies in Silicon Slopes for Women in Technology
2017 Talent Innovation Summit Showcases Leading Companies, Best Practices to Attract and Retain Female Talent SANDY, Utah, May 18, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Women Tech Council (WTC) unveiled the Silicon Slopes companies with the most comprehensive best practices for attracting and retaining female talent at the conclusion of their 2017 Talent Innovation Summit last week. The Summit…
Read MoreWomen Tech Council Unveils Best Companies in Silicon Slopes for Women in Technology
SANDY, Utah, May 18, 2017 — The Women Tech Council (WTC) unveiled the Silicon Slopes companies with the most comprehensive best practices for attracting and retaining female talent at the conclusion of their 2017 Talent Innovation Summit last week. The Summit focused on inclusion and diversity in the workplace and the strategies and best practices needed…
Read MoreHigh School Girls Across Southern Utah Gather to Prepare for Future Tech Careers
SheTech expands across southern Utah to address state talent shortage by engaging and inspiring girls to pursue STEM careers CEDAR CITY, Utah, May 8, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Women Tech Council today launched their first STEM-activation event in southern Utah to provide high school girls across the region access to hands-on tech experiences and mentoring with industry experts to engage…
Read MoreDialogues, Advocates Key in Creating Diverse Company Culture
To create real workplace diversity and equality, dialogues and champions are key, said panelists at the Women’s Tech Council Talent Innovation Summit Tuesday. While there are many reasons for companies to strive for diversity in the workplace, one is something that virtually every business is always working towards: the bottom line. “We don’t think about…
Read MoreUtah tech companies take talent-first road to diversity
In these markets, where top companies are competing against each other to lure the top talent from a limited resource pool, the employment version of the “law of the wild” produces results that are simply more fair. “When companies recruit on a pure, talent-first basis, it creates the most high-performing team,” Tetro said. “It also…
Read MoreLeaders progress in propelling Utah women in tech forward, despite ranking No. 36 in U.S.
This Summit sought to further last year’s talking points on the subject of inclusion in the technology workplace. More than just talking though, the WTC and its business partners are also proactively driving awareness and action on more diversity in the tech industries. Cydni Tetro, co-founder/executive director, and fellow WTC members announced the recent launch…
Read MoreNow Accepting Nominations for Tech Awards
Nominations for the 10th Annual Women Tech Awards will be open May 1-31. We need your help nominating and recognizing all of the great talent in the tech industry. Nomination is really easy, we just need you to tell us, at a minimum, name, email, company and title. The Women Tech Awards has honored over…
Read MoreSTEM Activation Program Expands to Prepare Girls Across Silicon Slopes for Future Tech Careers
SheTech expands into rural areas to address talent shortage by engaging and inspiring girls to pursue STEM careers SANDY, Utah, March 31, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Women Tech Council today launched the first expansion event of their SheTech program to provide access to hands-on tech experiences and mentoring with industry experts to high school girls across the…
Read MoreAnnual SheTech Explorer Day Allows Girls to See Themselves in Tech
”The way you get inspired isn’t by looking. It’s by doing.” Those are the words of Cydni Tetro, president of the Women Tech Council, during the organization’s fourth annual SheTech Explorer Day, held at Utah Valley University. SheTech Explorer Day takes Tetro’s words and brings them to life. 1,200 Utah high school girls spent part…
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