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EWF WOMEN OF INFLUENCE AWARDS
Nominations have closed for the 2011 Women of Influence Awards.
Each year, Executive Women’s Forum members honor current and future thought leaders through the Women of Influence Awards. These awards recognize women in four categories:
- Public sector or academia
- Private solutions provider
- Corporate practitioner
- “One to Watch” – honoring an up-and-coming thought leader
Judges select the winners based upon a six-point set of criteria:
- A positive influence on the professional community
- The application of creativity or innovation in solving problems or overcoming challenges
- A demonstrated commitment to the highest ethical standards
- A history of designing and implementing effective solutions
- Sustained record of accomplishments in and contributions to the field
- Service as mentor or trusted advisor to colleagues, students and others
Award finalists are selected by a panel of judges from nominations submitted by the nominee's peers. View our past winners!
EWF FELLOWSHIPS
An important goal of the Executive Women’s Forum is to provide opportunities for women to develop their careers in the field of technology risk management in an environment that enriches their lives and the lives around them.
Toward that end, EWF has partnered with the Information Networking Institute (INI) and Carnegie Mellon CyLab to offer a full tuition scholarship for their Master of Science in Information Security Technology and Management (MSISTM) program. These scholarships will be offered each year to students from historically underrepresented populations in the area of information networking and security, including women.
For more information on the scholarship and to apply, visit the INI website.
About the INI
The Information Networking Institute (INI) was established by Carnegie Mellon University in 1989 as the nation's first research and education center devoted to information networking. As an integral department of the College of Engineering and a collaboration of the School of Computer Science, the Tepper School of Business, and the Heinz College, the INI's professional graduate degree programs represent an exceptional fusion of technologies, economics and policies of secure communication networks.
The INI also promotes safe and responsible online behavior to citizens at all levels and partners with like-minded organizations to extend cyberawareness educational and outreach programs to the broad audience of people using information networking as part of their daily lives.
Top students from around the world attend the INI, seeking the broadened perspective and enriched skill sets necessary to design solutions, manage teams and lead enterprises in today’s global networked information technology marketplace.