The Queen’s School of Computing is pleased to announce that Wendy Powley has been appointed as Chair of the ACM-W Celebrations of Women in Computing.
ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. ACM-W is ACM’s wing which supports, celebrates and advocates for Women in Computing.
Some excerpts from the announcement follow.
“Wendy Powley (Queens University) … will be taking over leadership of the Celebrations project. … Wendy has been a real stalwart champion of ACM-W and I am thrilled that she’s agreed to take on greater responsibility to continue the success and growth of ACM-W Celebrations.” Valerie Barr, ACM-W Chair
“I am pleased to welcome Wendy Powley (Queens University, Ontario, CA) to the role of ACM-W Celebrations chair. Wendy has been deeply involved with the project, having been a lead organizer of the Ontario Celebration (ONCWiC) for several years. Wendy was instrumental in the effort to combine previous regional Celebrations in Canada to create the All Canada Celebration (CAN-CWiC), which will be held for the first time in January 2016. Wendy also has been a part of the Celebrations committee during the 2014-2015 academic year as communications chair, a role she will now be seeking to fill (any interested readers?).” Jodi Tims, ACM-W Vice Chair
Congratulations Wendy on this recognition of your leadership and best wishes on this important new role!