MEDIA ADVISORY, May 13, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) --
WHAT: The Association for Women in Technology,
Southern California (AWT), a non-profit
organization dedicated to serving the advancement
of women and girls in all fields of technology,
will launch its next six-month Mentorship Program
with a kick-off meeting on Tuesday evening,
May 18, 2004.
The Mentorship event will feature guest speaker
Candace Rypisi, director of the Women's
Center at the California Institute of
Technology (CalTech). Rypisi will speak about
the importance of mentorship programs and
will share success stories from MentorNet,
a unique virtual one-on-one mentoring
program.
The AWT Mentorship Program is a six-month
commitment between interested AWT members and
seasoned professionals who wish to share their
expertise. The AWT Mentorship Committee will
match the skills of the mentor to the goals
of the protege. Participants agree to meet
a minimum of two hours per month for six
months in order to achieve mutually agreed upon
objectives. The relationship is designed to
promote the professional advancement
of the proteges in the areas of career advancement,
business development or personal development.
A qualified individual who is not a member of AWT
may participate as a mentor, but one must be an AWT
member in order to participate as a protege.
WHO: The Association for Women in Technology is non-
profit organization dedicated to the advancement
of women and girls in all fields of technology.
As a dynamic forum for networking and learning
opportunities, AWT hosts a variety of activities
and events including a Quarterly Women's Technology
Leadership Forums, Mentorship Program,
Entrepreneurs Luncheon Series, Girl Scouts
Program and Education Initiative.
To learn more about AWT, please visit
www.awtsocal.org.
WHEN: Tuesday, May 18, 2004
6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
WHERE: Sun Microsystems
2020 Main Street, Suite 1200
Irvine, CA 92614
(Attendance at this event and participation in
the AWT Mentorship Program is free for members.
Guests pay $25.00 online by May 18 at
http://www.awtsocal.org/mentor.shtml or $30.00,
cash or check, at the door)
CONTACT
DETAILS: For more information about AWT and its Mentorship
Program, please contact Christine Bock at
chrisbock@bockpr.com or Danielle Sweeney at
dsweeney@bock.com or by phone at 1-714-540-1030
ext. 11 or 16.