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Comments on: What message are the photos on your school’s website sending? https://www.iwitts.org/blog/2009/07/23/recruiting-strategies-101-what-message-are-the-photos-on-your-school%e2%80%99s-website-sending/ Helping Educators Close the Gender Gap for Women and Girls in Technology Thu, 02 Jun 2016 14:07:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.24 By: gmiklau https://www.iwitts.org/blog/2009/07/23/recruiting-strategies-101-what-message-are-the-photos-on-your-school%e2%80%99s-website-sending/#comment-23 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:05:06 +0000 http://www.iwitts.org/blog/?p=25#comment-23 I’m a faculty member on the committee that recently redesigned the UMass Computer Science website. The appeal of our discipline to females and other underrepresented populations was a significant priority of our re-design. While we are always looking for ways to improve, our site currently does include a number of female role models that you may have missed.

First, the pictures on the front page of our website change often, and do often include females — in fact they have already changed since your message was posted!

Second, you invite a comparison between our CS home page and the “CCSF CalWomenTech” page, which is tailored to a more specific purpose. There are a number of other pages on our website that are specifically oriented to outreach and diversity. The links below show some examples, including: (i) personal profiles of male and female undergraduates in our admissions materials; (ii) a description of our active CS Women’s group consisting of undergrads, grads, and faculty; and (iii) our various diversity outreach programs, including CAITE.

http://www.cs.umass.edu/admissions/undergrad-profiles
http://www.cs.umass.edu/people/cs-women
http://www.cs.umass.edu/outreach/outreach-programs
http://caite.cs.umass.edu/index.html

]]> By: mrasco https://www.iwitts.org/blog/2009/07/23/recruiting-strategies-101-what-message-are-the-photos-on-your-school%e2%80%99s-website-sending/#comment-12 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:19:32 +0000 http://www.iwitts.org/blog/?p=25#comment-12 Another question could be: what messages are our Professional Society Magazines sending? I liked the June 2009 InTech article by ISA’s Bridget Fitzpatrick. I also like the Dream Jobs Feb. 2009 IEEE Spectrum article.

]]> By: KathyL https://www.iwitts.org/blog/2009/07/23/recruiting-strategies-101-what-message-are-the-photos-on-your-school%e2%80%99s-website-sending/#comment-10 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:20:22 +0000 http://www.iwitts.org/blog/?p=25#comment-10 Good points…I find it surprising that UMASS hasn’t even tried to find a photo of a female student or faculty member. Their site does look very professional, though. :)

]]> By: maryj https://www.iwitts.org/blog/2009/07/23/recruiting-strategies-101-what-message-are-the-photos-on-your-school%e2%80%99s-website-sending/#comment-5 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:24:31 +0000 http://www.iwitts.org/blog/?p=25#comment-5 Pretty interesting stuff~ Keep the news flowing, Donna!

]]> By: daniellas https://www.iwitts.org/blog/2009/07/23/recruiting-strategies-101-what-message-are-the-photos-on-your-school%e2%80%99s-website-sending/#comment-2 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:37:28 +0000 http://www.iwitts.org/blog/?p=25#comment-2 Wow, what a difference a few female role models can make to a website!

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