UTCS El Alliance Kickoff

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• UTCS El Alliance Kickoff
• February 5, 2008

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El Alliance - Nationwide Benefits
2007 Tapia Conference
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Network!!!

• The Empowering Leadership Alliance invites
  underrepresented minority students at majority
  institutions to engage in the EL Alliance
  nationwide network and broker their potential to
  pursue positions of leadership in computing
  disciplines.
• Leadership Institutions
• Rice University (Lead Institution)
• Boston University
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of Colorado, Boulder
• University of Illinois
• University of Texas, Austin

Dr. Richard Tapia El Alliance Founder
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Join the EL Alliance!

• https//my.rice.edu/survey/entry.jsp?id1200495045
  973
• Meet leaders in your field from across the
  country
• Connect with a diverse supportive community of
  computing peers and mentors
• Attend conferences in your discipline where you
  can give presentations and meet colleagues?
• Participate in research programs with some of
  the most experienced and successful computing
  researchers in the country.
• Attend online seminars focused on issues such as
  attending graduate school, networking, career
  opportunities, and more?
• Intern at leading universities and laboratories?
• Learn about resources available to assist with
  your research and career interests?
• Engage in mentoring programs, including peer
  mentoring, mentoring from national leaders, and
  mentoring in which you provide insights to senior
  faculty and university administrators about how
  to improve their campus environments and
  programs?

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EL Alliance Facebook Group

• To join email Cynthia Lanius, clanius_at_bellsouth.n
  et, and she will send you an invitation to join.

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El Alliance - at UT ?????

• Get involved in EL Alliance - UT Campus as part
  of the leadership team
• Attend conferences and tele-conferences
• Plan networking opportunities
• Get involved in community outreaches

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Whats Next?

• Trip to Rice University in Houston April 11-12
• Join us on the bus! Well leave Austin around
  noon on Friday