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1605 Hello World and the eBay Lady

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Michigan Student Honored

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Christina Li a senior at Utica Community Schools was  among nine people from across the country recognized Tuesday in Washington, D.C. as “White House Champions of Change for Computer Science Education.” She was nominated by Debbie Taylor, assistant director of the engineering school and director of Women in Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan, for the weeklong computer science camp she hosted last summer. The camp, called Hello World, taught 30 middle school girls how to code websites, games, apps and robots.

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Christina was our guest exactly one year ago when she was leading a group of fellow high school students on a robotics team named the Thunder Chickens.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]DonnalogoshirtDonna MacMurray Klein was crowned the “eBay Lady” when she first visited our …


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Podcast 1507 2/7/2015: Pipeline Fellowship, Code Day Detroit & Thunderchickens

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In Search of Detroit’s Female Answer to Mark Cuban

Monica Wheat is a 14+ veteran of the digital strategy & product management communities and the Detroit lead for Pipeline Fellowship Detroit which is an angel investing bootcamp for women that includes three main components:education, mentoring, and practice.

The Ultimate Guide for Female Tech Entrepreneurs by Amanda Lewan

 

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Code Day Detroit and Thunderchickens

 

Christina Li created a winning website during last year’s Michigan Council of Women in Technology (MCWT) contest and was our guest along with some of the other winners on Dec. 6, 2014 .  Christina is back to talk about Code Day Detroit and her favorite, Thunderchickens!

 

 

 

Christina will be accompanied by her mentor, Aaron Willcock,  a junior at Wayne State University, pursuing his bachelor’s and master’s degree in computer science.  Aaron’s also the programming mentor of her robotics team Thunderchickens 217.

 

 

 

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Michigan Connects TM is an interactive map of the state of Michigan that shows where there is broadband coverage and …


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