receive NCWIT calculated at the University of Washington Women in Science Conference Award

The Eggleston the five female Wyoming high school students have been named as the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) one of the aspiring Prize winner.

Wyoming Union contest winners will be recognized during the University of Wyoming Women in Science Conference May 14 lunch.

The five winners, selected from across Wyoming, University of Wisconsin, and western Wyoming Community College, branch NCWIT awards. Winners were selected on the basis of computing-related achievements and interests, solid leadership ability, good academic history and post-secondary education programs.

"This award is very important to me, because it represents the beginning of a journey, Eggleston said:" Who is the family education by her parents in Laramie, a freshman. "I'm not super-computing and programming experience, but my dreams and aspirations. I am very interested in the calculation of a career, I would like to explore the art of programming and mathematics."

Eggleston, who is currently in India with her parents, who leave, the earliest introduction of programming a year and a half ago, she took a CS-101's online courses Coursera, a social start-up companies, and the world's top university partners provide online courses are free of charge to anyone. She Coursera courses Interactive Python programming. Eggleston use the program to create basic game, graphics, and other programs. She plans to participate in the AP Calculus next year.

NCWIT is a nonprofit community of more than 300 well-known companies, academic institutions, government agencies and non-profit organizations working to improve women's participation in technology and computing.

Interest to encourage young women to science and technology is critical, "said Lucy Sanders, CEO and co-founder of NCWIT.

The Wyoming Union winners of the competition, their high school and the home market, including:

- Rylee chestnuts, Cody High School Cody.

- Jingyu Lee,Michael.

- Blake Marquardt, High School, East Extension.

- 科里纳艾克, high school, located in Hulett Hulett.

Each winner of awards including trophies, stolen goods, bags and a 64 GB USB flash drive preloaded with software development environment, according to Allison Anderson, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science of the University of Washington.

Women in Science Conference is aimed at improving young women (grades 7-12) in the scientific interest and excitement, usually dominated by men, technology, mathematics and engineering (STEM) - occupational areas. Accomplished professional women to discuss their experience in these areas.

The meeting was chaired by the Wyoming NASA Space Grant Consortium, sponsored education and research in Wyoming, to support the goals of NASA. One of the goals of NASA and the UW, more women and minorities to participate in the education program.