Sharon Martinez named
"IT Woman of the Year 2008"!

At the AWC Awards Breakfast on May 29th, Sharon Martinez, Director of Web Services at the University of Rochester Medical Center, was announced as the winner of the IT Woman of the Year Award for 2008.

For more on Sharon and the other talented nominees, read their candidate bios...

2008 Annual Event in Review

The 2008 AWC Annual Awards breakfast was a great success!
See more photos from the event here...

The 2008 IT Woman of the Year Nominees

AWC Supports a Bright Idea!

On February 5th, 2008, members of the AWC board attended Digital Rochester's A Bright Idea! Contest to award one lucky student with a $750 scholarship. Their student winner was Sunwoo Lee - an RIT sophmore who did his presentation on Piezoelectricity.

AWC President, Renee Davias, summed up the decision -

"[We] were impressed with Sunwoo’s passion and genuine desire to use this technology to help the world reduce its dependence on fossil fuels. As you read in his description, this technology is used today in watches. Why not use it to harness the energy created by people walking on sidewalks? Could NYC capture enough electricity to power its streetlights by replacing one section of sidewalk on each block with a piezoelectric platform? The simplicity of his idea and the fact that it is realistic made the decision easy for us."

More details can be found at Digital Rochester's site ...

AWC Team Makes Strides Against Breast Cancer

The 2007 Walk for the Cure was a great success!

More info ...

Winners of the AWC Logo Contest!

The winning AWC logos have been selected. Congratulations to the winners, who received gift certificates to Amazon.com, year memberships to the AWC, and were entered in the national logo competition. Thanks to all who participated!

First Place Entry: Michael Rodriguez
Second Place Entry: Beth Turof	Third Place Entry: Brian Daggett

Women in IT Round Table

Pictures from this great event...