September 15, 2008
The third annual STARS Alliance Celebration and STARS Leadership Corps (SLC) workshop was held from August 10-13 on the campus of Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.

The event celebrated the success of the second year of the Alliance and provided an energetic start to the third year of the organization's commitment to broadening participation in Computing and Information technology across the United States. The Celebration included STARS members and guests representing over 20 colleges and universities as well as members of the EL Alliance and the A4RC who joined efforts to provide a truly exceptional experience of training and professional camaraderie for all who participated.

Student participation included a judged poster competition highlighting leadership projects undertaken by their SLC programs. Each winning poster was awarded a $100 cash prize. See Poster Session Awards!

In addition, the conference offered numerous opportunities for training sessions, spanning such topics as Leadership, Technical Excellence, Web Development, and Community Outreach as well as workshops featuring Culturally Situated Design Tools, Mentoring Programs, and Assistive Technology, just to name a few.

The conference ended with the awarding of $1000 to NC State by Dr. Nate Thomas. Plan to attend next year's Celebration!
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Poster Session Awards!

Category: High School Outreach
Poster Title: Girls IT Club
Author(s): April Johnson, Monika Achury, Twanisha Gordon, Peter Guhl, Kristen Norena
School: FSU

Category: Middle School Outreach
Poster Title: SPARCS Middle School Outreach
Author(s): Joseph Grafsgaard, Christopher Assi, Samuel Jean-Phillip, Amanda Macick, Kristen Respers, Jennifer Robison
School: NCSU

Category: Retention and Recruitment (2 winners)
Poster Title: Unraveling a Paradox: Using Computing to Help
Author(s): Jill Dimond
School: GA Tech

Poster Title: GameCATS: Using Game Design to Improve Learning Experience
Author(s): Eve Powell
School: UNC Charlotte

Category: Research
Poster Title: Fostering Affective Experiences in Interactive Learning Environments
Poster Author(s): Jennifer Robison, Scott McQuiggan
School: NCSU

Category: Service Learning
Poster Title: Mapping Your Knowledge
Author(s): Emily Rosenthal, Andrew Bertino, Heather Franklin, Twanisha Gordon, Yaniv Levy

Each winning poster was awarded a $100 cash prize.

 

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