Ada Lovelace Day event Tuesday evening at SOU

[Priscilla Oppenheimer]

Hello Rogue Hack Lab and Soggy folks. 

I would like to invite you to the first ever local celebration of International Ada Lovelace Day. 

Historian, Victoria Law, will give a talk about Ada Lovelace, considered the first computer programmer by many. Then I will lead a panel discussion on Increasing Diversity in STEM. There will be refreshments. 

• Ada Lovelace Day

• Tuesday, October 14th, 2014

• 7-9 pm

• Meese Room

• Hannon Library

• Southern Oregon University

There’s a flyer and more info here:

http://www.priscilla.com/adalovelace.pdf

Ada Lovelace Day started in England but is celebrated around the world and on the Internet. More about it here:

http://findingada.com

There is an article about the event in the Ashland Daily Tidings today!

http://www.dailytidings.com/article/20141012/NEWS/141019965

Please share this email or print and post the flyer at your workplace, favorite coffee shop, etc. I think you will find it interesting and it would be great to see some friendly faces in the audience. 

Thank you very much.  

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Priscilla Oppenheimer

http://www.priscilla.com