programs, BlackGirlsCode introduces computer coding lessons to young girls from underrepresented communities in programming languages such as Scratch or Ruby on Rails. BlackGirlsCode has set out to prove to the world that girls of every color have the skills to become the programmers of tomorrow. By promoting classes and programs we hope to grow the number of women of color working in technology and give underprivileged girls a chance to

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become the masters of their technological worlds.

BlackGirlsCode is proud to say they have completed their first year as an organization, during which time they had the honor of bringing technology and entertainment to many wonderful young girls of color. By teaching the girls programming and game design, they hope to have started the lifelong process of developing in them a true love for technology and the self-confidence that comes from understanding the greatest tools of the 21st century.

For BGC, this is just the first step in seeking to bridge the digital divide. The

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San Francisco, CA—Black Girls Code (BGC) is devoted to showing the world that black girls can code, and do so much more.

By reaching out to the community through workshops and after school

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Earl A. Pace, Jr. NBDPA PRESIDENT Monique F. Berry NBDPA VICE PRESIDENT Dr. Craig Brown NBDPA VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE Loraine Stewart NBDPA VICE PRESIDENT NORTH REGION Frederick Smith, Jr. NBDPA VICE PRESIDENT SOUTH REGION Teresa Williams NBDPA VICE PRESIDENT STRATEGY & PLANNING Pamela Sexton NBDPA VICE PRESIDENTMEMBERSHIP MANAGEMENT Chad White NBDPA VICE PRESIDENT MEMBERSHIP SERVICES Allison Aheart Haymore OUTSIDE DIRECTORS William Flowers Jesse Mathews BDPA EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION R. Wayne Hicks Executive Director

2012 NBDPA Technology Conference | August 1 - 4 2012

BDPA, formerly known as Black Data Processing Associates, was founded in 1975 to promote professional growth and technical development to those in or entering information and communications technology (ICT) career fields and related industries. In its 37th year (Volume 37) National BDPA (NBDPA) Chapters publish quarterly or monthly newsletters. For newsletter or web portal advertising rates, publication schedules, online calendars, and e-newsletters, contact regional or local BDPA Chapters by visiting www.bdpa.org or by calling 301.584.3135 bdpatoday (ISSN 1946-1429) is published by participating Local Chapters of NBDPA with their respective chapter Communications Committees, mailed to BDPA members, BDPA corporate sponsors and electronically delivered to BDPA Chapters and Chapter Interest Groups (CIGs) as a benefit of membership. First Class and Periodicals postage paid at Washington, D.C. and additional regional mailing offices. Unless otherwise noted by own copyright, art and graphics ©NBDPA, ©BDPA-DC, ©Corbis, ©Getty Images, © ITSMF and ©JupiterImagesTM. Cover graphics, photos and logos: Black Girls Code and bdpatoday. bdpatoday is available for online publishing of ICT industry, chapter news, and community IT, Cyber, and STEM events. Forward advertisements, articles, calendar of events, or images with captions and credits to: info@bdpatoday.org. Readers may use NBDPA Groupsite calendars, enhanced by Groupsite.com to review local events or visit www.bdpatoday.org. Advertisements, announcements, OP-EDs, or following NBDPA on social media does not constitute an endorsement. Contributor opinions are not necessarily those of NBDPA.

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COVER STORY Black Girls Code America’s next steps in attracting talented Software Engineers, Systems Engineers, and preparing a stronger and more agile Cybersecurity Workforce (CSWF) is to bring industry directly to the doorsteps of tomorrow’s STEM pipelines. A new program in San Francisco, California introduces young girls to basic programming skills. @bdpatoday Twitter hash-tags: #SummerOfCode #techandmedia #AppDev

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ICT INDUSTRY NEWS NNSA's Sequoia supercomputer from IBM ranked as world's fastest The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced in June that a supercomputer called Sequoia at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) was ranked the world's most powerful computing system. Sequoia was built by IBM for NNSA.

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2012 Conference Call By virtue of the authority vested in me as National

President of NBDPA and in accordance with the mandates of Article IX, Section 3 of the National By-Laws of the NBDPA; it is my distinct pleasure to announce the call for assembly of the 2012 Annual Delegates Meeting and your 34th Annual National BDPA Technology Conference.

Our site for this year’s National BDPA Technology

Conference shall be Baltimore, Maryland—with BDPA Baltimore serving as our Host Chapter. The Hilton Baltimore is the official headquarters hotel for our assembly, Career Fair, Technology Expo, National High School Computer Competition (HSCC) scholarship round, National IT Showcase (ITSC) scholarship round, and Youth Technology Conference (YTC.)

Said National BDPA Technology Conference shall take place during the time

period August 1st through August 4th, 2012—with our formal Banquet and Gala on the evening of August 4th. Dr. Ernest L. McDuffie, who leads the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST,) will be our distinguished guest of honor and keynote speaker.

All BDPA Chapters, BDPA members, sponsors, and stakeholders are hereby

notified of the time and place for your 2012 National BDPA Technology Conference and Career Fair. Take full advantage of your annual member discounts and color sponsorships available for your organization in this year’s portfolio. All BDPA Chapters are directed to make appropriate plans to ensure their Executive Committees, Delegates, new members, student members, participating High School Computer Competition teams and IT Showcase teams have successfully pre-registered prior to next quarter.

I look forward to our reunion and industry meetings this August in Baltimore!

Monique F. Berry __________________ Monique F. Berry National President NBDPA

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digital divide, or the gap between those with regular, effective access to digital technology and those without, is becoming an increasingly critical problem in society. As more and more information becomes electronic, the inability to get online can leave entire communities at an extremely dangerous disadvantage.

Sadly, San Francisco’s digital divide falls along similar racial and social fault lines which characterize so many of society’s issues. White households are twice as likely to have home Internet access as African American houses. Bayview Hunters Point, Crocker Amazon, Chinatown, Visitacion Valley, and the Tenderloin communities have significantly lower rates of home technology use than the rest of the city. Sixty-six percent of Latinos report having a home computer, as opposed to 88 percent of Caucasians.

Through community outreach programs such as workshops and after school programs, BGC introduces underprivileged girls to basic programming skills in languages like Scratch and Ruby on Rails. Introducing young black girls to these skills gives them an introduction to today’s computer technology, an essential tool for surviving in the 21st century. The skills they acquire through the programs give these young women a chance at well-paying professions with prestigious companies, as well as the ability to enter into the field as an entrepreneurs and leaders of technology.

“Imagine. Build. Create.” has always been the motto at BlackGirlsCode. The digital divide is steadily eroding, but if all want to create truly universal access to technology, San Francisco needs to come together as a community. Imagine a world where everyone is given the tools to succeed, and then help us build ways for everyone to access information and create a new age of women of color in technology. bt

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Bowie State University Hosts BDPA Regional Summit and STEM Camps for Youth

Bowie, MD—Fifteen high school students are learning how to build robots and create mobile apps during the 4th annual CPU Computer Camp for African-American Boys at Bowie State University.

For the first time, the camp – started by Dr. Daryl Stone, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science – received a grant from the Mid-Atlantic Consortium-Center for Academic Excellence, which is providing $10,000 each year for five years to support the cost of BSU undergraduate

Dr. Daryl Stone, Bowie State University’s Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science is BDPA’s Washington, D.C. Chapter 2012 Corporate Champion of the Year.

and graduate students who work as camp counselors.

Eight more students are learning computer programming in a complementary “Girls Who Will” camp for girls, under the direction of Dr. Quincy Brown, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science. Students with the best projects were awarded Best Buy Gift Cards from BDPA-DC.

Dr. Stone said his work on his dissertation prompted him to start the CPU Camp. In an examination of “clogs” in the pipeline of African-American males entering science, technology, engineering, and technology (STEM) fields, he found that educators need to introduce African-American boys to STEM fields in middle and high school to make a significant difference.

Often, because African American students aren’t introduced to the possibilities in STEM careers until college, they may not have taken the most challenging math and science classes or taken their class seriously, which limits their opportunities in STEM careers, he said.

“What we try to let them know is that there’s a big gap in the number of jobs available in STEM and the number of people who are majoring in STEM,” Dr. Stone said.

Not only do the male campers learn about STEM fields, they also participate in lessons twice a week on what it means to be a man, like a recent session on managing a household budget.

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The camp has yielded positive outcomes. Three past participants are in college now, and two are studying in STEM fields, Dr. Stone said. Last year, 26 out of 30 participants said in post-camp surveys that they would consider applying to Bowie State. The BSU camp counselors are also getting a lot out of the experience. Kourtney Ramseur, a BSU senior in computer technology, said one of her favorite lessons was when a Microsoft-certified professional showed them how to create an app that notifies the user of a new post on a blog. “Really, this is all new to me. I’m learning right along with them,” she said.

Justin Edwards, BSU senior in computer technology, also sees the impact of the camp on the high school participants. “It sparks something inside of them. As camp counselors, we’re telling them about the experiences we faced in college and giving them the idea that you need to be focused when you get here.” bt

Join Dr. Richard Lucas, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Bowie State University, and other HBCU Roundtable panelists during the 2012 National BDPA Technology Conference in Baltimore, July 31, 2012. Visit www.bdpa.org for details.

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Columbus, OH—Ten elementary school teams participated in Techieloka, a

technology competition for students in TECH CORPS’ TECHie Club program. “Loka” is the Sanskrit word for “world; therefore, “techieloka” means techie world.

Held at Tech Columbus, it was an exciting and competitive event where students presented their projects on different computing and engineering topics to a cadre of technology savvy judges.

This year’s winning team, Miss Waters, consisted of three girls from the South High Branch Library TECHie Club. Dionnie Harris (5th grade), Heidi Kondrath (3rd grade), and Piper Hoyt (3rd grade) represented their club proudly with their environmentally friendly, robotic trash collector.

Winning team members received approximately $1000 worth of prizes for their achievement.

In addition to the elementary school teams, three high school teams from the TECH CORPS/NSBE Jr. Chapter also displayed their programmable logic controller (PLC) projects that students programmed, tested, and debugged. bt

Columbia, SC—High school students recently demonstrated their STEM skills at the Greater Columbia 2012 BDPA Southeast Regional High School Computer Competition (HSCC) and IT Showcase Competition. The competition was held Saturday, June 23rd, at IT-oLogy, a local sponsor of the event. BDPA Greater Columbia chapter co-hosted the event, with participants arriving in South Carolina from as far away as Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh/Durham and Washington, DC. The regional competition is a warm-up for the National HSCC and IT Showcase championships which will be held from August 1-4, 2012 during the National BDPA Technology Conference and Career Expo in Baltimore, MD. See Southeast, page 12

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BDPA (formerly, Black Data Processing Associates) is an internationally recognized organization of IT professionals whose goals include preparing young people who are interested in becoming the next generation of ‘Information Technology Thought Leaders’ in academia and corporate America. The regional and national HSCC championships are part of the BDPA science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) pipeline summarized in its motto, ‘From the Classroom to the Boardroom’.

At the national level, NBDPA hosts computer competitions at annual conferences and each chapter is invited to bring a five-member team to compete. Winners at the national level are rewarded with scholarships and sponsor-donated items, up to and including desktop or notebook computers. bt _____________________

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About XSEDE12 | July 16-20 Chicago, IL – Much as XSEDE replaces and extends TeraGrid as the largest NSF-funded provider of advanced cyberinfrastructure services for the U.S. open research community, XSEDE12 builds on the successful series of TeraGrid conferences. XSEDE Principal Investigator John Towns said, "This conference series has evolved into an important meeting focused on the needs of the community supported by XSEDE, and it will cover a breadth of scientific, technical, and social aspects of cyberinfrastructure."

BDPA’s IT Showcase students have regularly attended above mentioned TeraGrid conferences. Dr. Jesse Bemley, lead executive of Washington-based JEF (Joint Educational Facilities,) encourages more student member participation from BDPA Chapters and CS-STEM affiliates.

The XSEDE12 conference includes the most successful and popular aspects of the previous TeraGrid conferences:

• tutorials on the first day of the conference

• excellent keynote and plenary speakers from within and beyond the computational science community

• special aspects of the program for students and Campus Champions

• a visualization showcase, poster sessions, and excellent technical sessions.

XSEDE12 also plans to include new features:

• technical sessions focused on software, including software vendors discussing their products relative to the XSEDE environment, software engineering for XSEDE, and challenges of delivering and using commercial software in the XSEDE environment

• a cybercafe near the conference area, so participants can get online easily during breaks

• a social calendar which includes events for students, a conference reception, and at least one free evening to enjoy Chicago.

Craig Stewart, executive director of the Indiana University Pervasive Technology Institute, is the general chair of XSEDE12, and Warren Froelich, director of communications at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, is deputy chair. Stewart noted that IU was involved in the TeraGrid conference for many years and "IU's biggest contribution to the history of this event may have been in 2006, when it hosted the first TeraGrid conference in Indianapolis." Source: XSEDE.org bt

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ICT INDUSTRY NEWS JEF Establishes First Inner-City

Supercomputing Facility for Youth

Washington, DC—JEF (Joint Educational Facilities) has a fully operational super-computing center in the Nation’s capital. Under the direction of Dr. Jesse Bemley, BDPA college and high school student members use the JEF Computing Center to conduct research, work on approved projects, publish White Papers and develop presentations for regional and national IT Showcase (ITSC) competitions. The JEF Lab, features HP BladeSystem servers and large-format (plotter) HP Designjet printer used for BDPA IT Showcase projects and poster presentations respectively.

Dr. Paul Gray, above left, visiting Associate Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Northern Iowa, introduces “Little Fe”, the portable cluster for computational science education to JEF students. JEF recently upgraded to a 1Gbps (1GigE) connection to the District of Columbia Community Access Network (DC-CAN) – managed by the DC-Net Program from the District’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO). bt

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Washington, D.C. –The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced last month that a supercomputer called Sequoia at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is ranked the world's most powerful computing system.

Clocking in at 16.32 sustained petaflops (quadrillion floating point operations per second), Sequoia earned the No. 1 ranking on the industry standard Top500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers released Monday, June 18, at the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC12) in Hamburg, Germany. Sequoia was built for NNSA by IBM.

A 96-rack IBM Blue Gene/Q system, Sequoia will enable simulations that explore phenomena at a level of detail never before possible. Sequoia is dedicated to NNSA's Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) program for stewardship of the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile, a joint effort from LLNL, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories.

"Computing platforms like Sequoia help the United States keep its nuclear stockpile safe, secure and effective without the need for underground testing," NNSA Administrator Thomas D'Agostino said. "While Sequoia may be the fastest, the underlying computing capabilities it provides give us increased confidence in the nation's nuclear deterrent as the weapons stockpile changes under treaty agreements, a critical part of President Obama's nuclear security agenda. Sequoia also represents continued American leadership in high performance computing, key to the technology innovation that drives high-quality jobs and economic prosperity."

"Sequoia will provide a more complete understanding of weapons performance, notably hydrodynamics and properties of materials at extreme pressures and temperatures. In particular, the system will enable suites of highly resolved uncertainty quantification calculations to support the effort to extend the life of aging weapons systems; what we call a life extension program (LEP)," said Bob Meisner, NNSA director of the ASC program.

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Uncertainty quantification, or "UQ," is the quantitative characterization and reduction of uncertainty in computer applications through running very large suites of calculations to characterize the effects of minor differences in the systems. Sources of uncertainty are rife in the natural sciences and engineering fields. UQ uses statistical methods to determine likely outcomes.

The machine will be an important tool used to support stockpile life extension programs, including the B61 and the W78. By reducing the time required for these studies, total costs also are reduced. In addition, the machine is expected to enhance NNSA's ability to sustain the stockpile by resolving any significant findings in weapons systems, bringing greater power to the annual assessment of the stockpile, and anticipating and avoiding future problems that inevitably result from aging. All of this helps to ensure that the nation will never have to return to nuclear testing.

Supercomputers such as Sequoia have allowed the United States to have confidence in its nuclear weapons stockpile over the 20 years since nuclear testing ended in 1992. The insight that comes from supercomputing simulations also is vital to addressing nonproliferation and counterterrorism issues as well as informing other national security decisions such as nuclear weapon policy and treaty agreements. "Sequoia is an exciting achievement for the POWER architecture, not just for its speed and energy efficiency, but also for the important and complex work it can support to safeguard the nation's nuclear stockpile," said Colin Parris, general manager IBM Power Systems. "With supercomputers capable of 16 sustained petaflops, our ability to affect strategic change in areas like life sciences, public safety, energy and transportation that make our world smarter is greater than ever. The improvements in affordability, performance, efficiency and size that Sequoia delivers will also enable a broader set of commercial customers to implement HPC for their competitive advantage."

The NNSA/LLNL/IBM partnership has produced six HPC systems that have been ranked among the world's most powerful computers including: The Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI) Blue Pacific; ASCI White; the Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) Purple; Blue Gene/L; Blue Gene/P; and Blue Gene/Q, Sequoia. ASCI White, Blue Gene/L and now Sequoia all attained a No. 1 ranking on the Top500 list. Sequoia is primarily water cooled and consists of 96 racks; 98,304 compute nodes; 1.6 million cores; and 1.6 petabytes of memory. Though orders of magnitude more powerful than such predecessor systems as ASC Purple and Blue Gene/L, Sequoia will roughly be 90 times more power efficient than Purple and about eight times more than BG/L relative to the peak speeds of these systems. Source: LLNL.gov bt Established by Congress in 2000, NNSA is a semi-autonomous agency within the U.S. Department of Energy responsible for enhancing national security through the military application of nuclear science. NNSA maintains and enhances the safety, security, reliability and performance of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile without nuclear testing; works to reduce global danger from weapons of mass destruction; provides the U.S. Navy with safe and effective nuclear propulsion; and responds to nuclear and radiological emergencies in CONUS and abroad.

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Upcoming BDPA and ICT Events Information & Communication Technology

► BDPA GC: Monthly Program Meeting

July 10, 2012

Columbia, SC | BDPA Greater Columbia

► XSEDE 12 Conference (formerly TeraGrid)

Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment July 16-20, 2012

Chicago, IL | XSEDE + BDPA Chicago

► Annual Defense & Security Mobile Technologies Symposium

July 20, 2012

Washington, D.C. | AFCEA

► BDPA LA: Cloud Evolutions

July 26, 2012

Los Angeles, CA | BDPA Los Angeles

► National BDPA Technology Conference

Career Expo, IT Showcase, HSCC Championships HBCU Roundtable, Youth Technology Conference August 1-4, 2012 ► July Pre-Registrations/Room Reservations

Baltimore, MD | Host Chapter: BDPA Baltimore

► AUVSI | Unmanned Systems North America

August 6-9, 2012,

Las Vegas, NV | AUVSI + BDPA Western Region

► People, Policy, and IT: Federal Fiscal Year (FY13) Kick-Off

September 14, 2012

Washington, D.C. | AFFIRM + BDPA DC/BDPA NoVA

► MED Week 2012 | Minority Enterprise Development Week

September 25-26

Washington, D.C. | MBDA (see page 19)

► 2012 Women of Color STEM Conference

October 11 -1 3, 2012

Dallas , TX | CCG + WOC STEM + BDPA South Region

► SC12 | Supercomputing 2012

November 10-16, 2012,

Salt Lake City, UT | SC12 + JEF + BDPA Western Region

Visit bdpa.org Groupsites for more events… Source: NBDPA and BETF

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2012 Women of Color STEM Conference A MULTICULTURAL EVENT | Dallas, TX ● October 11-13, 2012

Dallas, TX—This year’s Women of Color STEM Conference is hosted by Northrop Grumman Corporation and Women of Color Magazine, published by Career Communications Group, Inc. Professionals find training, networking, role models, mentors, and inspiring awards events.

Students and Interns

BDPA student members, HSCC Alumni, and Interns are invited to attend annual career fairs to meet top employers, take advantage of onsite resources designed to enhance international job searching, to enrich their academic career experiences, as well as to harvest tools for successful STEM careers. Students also are afforded opportunities to network with industry mentors.

Event Spotlight

Easily the most memorable event is the "Women to Women: Up Close and Personal” workshop where women from industry’s executive ranks mentor up-and-coming women in candid discussions on topics that are only discussed in a hush around the water cooler. This workshop has changed the way many women view their role(s) in the workplace and has helped many to create a healthy balance between work and their personal lives.

Sponsors and Exhibitors

Industry has opportunities to enhance their visibility within our nation’s STEM communities and attract new hires. Contact Career Communications Group (CCG) this month to reserve your

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Minority Business Development Agency

The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. MBDA is the only federal agency created specifically to foster the establishment and growth of minority-owned businesses in America.

MBDA is an entrepreneurially focused organization committed to wealth creation in minority communities to foster the growth and global competitiveness of U.S. businesses that are minority-owned.

MBDA actively coordinates and leverages public and private-sector resources that facilitate strategic alliances in support of its mission. MBDA’s vision is economic prosperity for all American business enterprises.

MBDA Helps Grow Minority Businesses

MBDA provides funding for a network of Minority business centers located throughout the Nation. The Centers

provide minority entrepreneurs with one-on-one assistance in writing business plans, marketing, management and technical assistance and financial planning to assure adequate financing for business ventures.

The Centers are staffed by business specialists who have the knowledge and practical experience needed to run successful and profitable businesses. Business referral services are provided free of charge. However, the network generally charges nominal fees for specific management and technical assistance services.

MBDA Has Over 40 Business Development Centers

The Centers are located in areas with the largest concentration of minority populations and the largest number of minority businesses. bt Source: http://www.mbda.gov

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BDPA Internship/Co-Op Forecast* | Calendar Year 2013

Organization/Agency STEM Focus Projected Deadlines *Established BDPA Relationships

Allstate All Majors Winter 2013 National BDPA Platinum Sponsor BDPA Chicago

Amtrak Engineering, Mechanical, and Transportation Fall 2012/Winter 2013

BDPA-DC & BDPA Philadelphia – Student members with 3.0 GPA or higher

Army Corps of Engineers Most STEM majors Winter 2013 BDPA Baltimore, BDPA Huntsville

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Analytical, Language, and STEM

October 15, 2012 BDPA-DC, BDPA Northern Virginia

CSC Analytical, Computer Science, STEM-IC Fall 2012/Winter 2013 BDPA Cincinnati, BDPA-DC, BDPA

Northern Virginia, BDPA Hartford

Freddie Mac Finance & Accounting, Instructional Design, HR

April 2013 BDPA-DC, BDPA Northern Virginia – Grad Student members with 3.3 GPA or higher

HBCU/MI Project Office CS-STEM or STEM-IC; able to obtain clearances November 2012 BDPA Atlanta, BDPA-DC,

BDPA Houston, BDPA Huntsville

HP CS-STEM Winter 2013 National BDPA Platinum SponsorBDPA-DC, BDPA NoVA with 3.2 GPA

IBM CS-STEM | “Extreme Blue” Fall, Spring, & Summer BDPA-DC, BDPA Greater Columbia, BDPA Southern Minnesota, BDPA Triangle (RTP)

Johnson & Johnson All Majors Winter/Spring 2013 National BDPA Platinum SponsorSpeak with J&J rep at NBDPA Conference

NASA STEM October 11, 2012 BDPA Cleveland, BDPA-DC, BDPA Hampton Roads, BDPA Huntsville

National Security Agency (NSA) Analytical, (CSIP) Computer Science, SIGINT, STEM-IC

November 15, 2012 BDPA Baltimore and BDPA-DC Chapter STEM-IC (Intell & Cyber) SIGs

Northrop Grumman C4ISR, Engineering, Health IT, Manufacturing, STEM-IC Fall, Spring, & Summer BDPA-DC & BDPA Northern Virginia;

Interns must have strong GPAs

Department of the Navy All Majors Fall 2012 NBDPA CONUS or NROTC

Raytheon C4ISR, STEM-IC, Systems Engineering, Communications Fall, Spring, & Summer BDPA Huntsville, BDPA-LA, BDPA Mass-

Metro West (Boston)

SiriusXM Satellite Radio Communications, CS-STEM, Multimedia, SATCOM

Fall & Spring BDPA-DC & BDPA-NY

TASC Analytical, Computer Science, STEM-IC Spring 2013 BDPA-DC & BDPA Northern Virginia

United States Air Force All Majors Fall 2012 NBDPA CONUS or AFROTC

College graduate and undergraduate STEM majors with cumulative GPAs greater than 3.2 are invited to establish broader professional STEM, Cyber, and ICT Industry networks by joining BDPA and actively participating in National BDPA Technology Conferences and Career Fairs. Join us August 1-4, 2012, in Baltimore, Maryland at the Hilton Baltimore. Your next internship is one step closer by visiting www.bdpa.org bt

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