Academics

Technical and Non Traditional Careers for Women Club

What We Offer:

Professional development and working opportunities for all skill levels
Educational Guidance
Empowerment
Networking Opportunities
Mentoring
Recognition
Forums
Learning
Interaction
Connections

To Join:
Please send the following information to one of the listed advisors

Name
Address
E-mail
Phone
Webct ID (if you have one)

Advisors:

Professor Sharon Brooks
Office: 651-2653
Fax: 651-2620
sharon.brooks@csn.edu

Professor Christine Privott
Office: 651-5582
Fax: 651-5506
christine.privott@csn.edu

Retention Specialist Mary Gale
Office: 651-3115
Fax: 651-3090
mary.gale@csn.edu

Meetings:

When: First Monday each Month
Where: Room 2756 CSN Cheyenne Campus (3200 E. Cheyenne Ave. NLV, NV 89030)
Telecommunications Building
Time: 4:30-5:30 pm
Who: All Are Welcome

Webct Site:

You can visit our Webct Sites at

Location: http://webcampus.csn.edu
Login: guest (case sensitive)
Password: guest (case sensitive)
Click on: TNT Club

TNT Facts:

Women who are employed in non-traditional jobs earn a higher wage than women employed in traditional female occupations
The number of women in Information Technology is the lowest since the 1970s
Grace Hopper invented the computer language APT
Young women age 16 to 34 make up only 1% of automobile mechanics, 4% of airline pilots and navigators, and 10% of electronic technicians compared to young men in the same categories
About one-half of young women work in jobs that pay an average wage
Over the past twenty years women's representation in engineering, physics, and chemistry has steadily increased yet computer science degrees have dropped by nearly one third.