Google is Too Cool for School
I am lucky enough to have 2 remarkable daughters. Ally just graduated with honors from James Madison University in Virginia (very good school if you are looking), my other daughter Jill graduated with honors from Springfield High School (in this part of the world we need to say – Montgomery County, PA – not to be confused with the other Springfield in Delaware County, PA), and she will be attending Penn State University main campus – go Lions!
To get on with the story – Jill has a friend named Kara Vogelbacker whom I have gotten to know through soccer mainly. Kara is set on attending Pitt in the Spring, but before she heads off to Pantherville, she has an incredible opportunity with Google this summer and I felt this was something to share with you all.
Kara has been selected to participate in Google’s Computer Science Summer Institute. Once she graduates on June 16, off to Mountain View, CA she goes.
Over 1,000 students with an interest in computer science applied and only 35 were chosen for this opportunity (Kara being one of the 35 chosen). The program runs for 3 weeks and she will get to work at Google – contributing to actual projects and have time to network with Google employees and other computer science folks.
Photo above courtesy of Bob Raines who is a staff photographer for Montgomery Newspapers and shows Kara with her computer science teacher, Tammy Pirmann, who pushed Kara to apply for the program.
How cool is that? From having an interest in computers to working at Google headquarters for 3 weeks – nice way to start a career – even before attending college.
Very Cool Kara and Very Cool Google!
Rick Simmons is a principal at Dinkum Interactive, a firm specializing in online marketing solutions for small and medium sized businesses around the globe. With more than 25 years of experience in advertising and marketing, Simmons has spent the last four years focused on search engine optimization, and other Internet marketing strategies. Reach him at 267-626-9094 or [email protected]
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