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CAITE receives Google RISE Award for Career Day and Middle School Outreach

Mon January 30, 2012

The UMass Amherst Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education (CAITE) and the College of Engineering are the receipients of a 2012 Google RISE (Roots in Science and Engineering) award. They are one of 26 organizationa awarded this year, with over 400 applications. The team will expand a recruiting activity for high school girls and will develop outreach activities for middle school students from western Massachusetts high-need districts. They will also organize a Women in Engineering & Computing Career Day. More on RISE awards.