Albany Technical College’s Women in Technology forum
ALBANY, Ga. – Albany Technical College (ATC) hosted a special event centered around empowering women and technology.
The tech talk forum, hosted by Albany Tech’s Computer Information Systems program, featured three dynamic women leaders in technology who shared their experiences and insights.
“I appreciate opportunities like today because it allows us an opportunity to say there should be advocacy for different perspectives, and those perspectives come from the inclusion of different genders, of course, different races. Some could put us in a box and say, you know, we’re women, so we’re wives and we’re mothers and many of us are. But, we want to have a career. We want to be able to contribute to society and to do so in an innovative way and that’s where technology comes into play,” said Marcia Poulos, Albany Tech Director of Distance Learning.
The forum covered key topics, including advancing women in technology through business and public engagement, expanding K-12 technology technology opportunities, and the evolving role of technology in higher education.
“I would suggest that young women find what you like and love to do and start networking. Dougherty County School System always are looking for people to employ, whether it be male or female. I’m so excited about the different options that women have today that they didn’t have many years ago. There are so many jobs in different facets in technology. I myself work in software, but you don’t have to just work in software. Everything you touch is technology. Enterprise jobs, applications jobs, I just think networking is where it’s at. Go find what you love to do, go get educated for it and network,” said Lois Stevenson, Dougherty County School System, IT Data Support Administrator.
Events like this one are essential in highlighting opportunities for women in tech and promoting greater inclusion in the industry.
“I definitely hope to see additional representation and hopefully we will get to a place where we don’t have to call out that it’s women in technology, that we are just equal playing field, equal grounding with our male counterparts. Gender shouldn’t matter. It does. It still does today. We acknowledge it, we respect it, we honor it because there’s still so many firsts to yet to be seen. So, hopefully we’ll get to a place, hopefully within my lifetime, that it just becomes professionals in technology,” said Deona Carter, PhD, Technical College System of Georgia, eCampus Director.
De’Andra Jacobs reporting.
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