{"664538":{"#nid":"664538","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"\u2018InspiHER movement\u2019 helps Newton County female students see future in tech industry","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe InspiHer program created by Dr. Jennifer Williams has a mission that runs deep in Newton County.\u0026nbsp;In fact, it was an inspired Williams who piloted the program seven years ago for purpose of exposing females \u0026mdash; specifically minority females \u0026mdash; to coding and computer science at a young age.\u0026nbsp;That small, founding club has evolved into a county wide movement to inspire young females students throughout all Newton County schools to consider careers in coding and computer technology. Partnerships included\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ceismc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECEISMC\u003C\/a\u003E program (Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing) sending\u0026nbsp;five women to lead a session of the Earsketch program,\u0026nbsp;a branch of InspiHer where girls get to code music and create original songs. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ceismc.gatech.edu\/about\/staffdirectory\/dr-lizanne-destefano\u0022\u003ELizanne\u0026nbsp;DeStefano\u003C\/a\u003E is CEISMC\u0026#39;s executive director\u0026nbsp;and a professor in the School of Psychology.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-01-09 19:18:38","changed_gmt":"2023-01-09 19:18:38","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.covnews.com\/news\/education\/inspiher-movement-helps-newton-county-female-students-see-future-in-tech-industry\/","dateline":{"date":"2023-01-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-01-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"14836","name":"Center for Education Integrating Science"},{"id":"2748","name":"mathematics"},{"id":"54471","name":"and Computing"},{"id":"411","name":"CEISMC"},{"id":"139801","name":"Lizanne DeStefano"},{"id":"1051","name":"Computer Science"},{"id":"167258","name":"STEM"},{"id":"191853","name":"K-12 science"},{"id":"183166","name":"representation"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}