March 25, 2024On March 21, 2024, Break Through Tech Mason hosted "A Day in the Life: Tech Jobs Unveiled," a panel event featuring Jamie Bowers, Site Reliability Engineer at Microsoft; Veeraj Modi, Security Analyst at Microsoft; and Cassandra Rothrauff, Senior Computer Engineer at Booz Allen Hamilton. Each panelist discussed their path in the tech industry as well as advice they would offer students just starting out.
December 14, 2023Computer science major Shruti Sekar was this year's Winter Commencement student speaker. These are the remarks she gave at the ceremony.
August 28, 2023New students heard from accomplished speakers, practiced skills in workshops, and connected with both academic advisors and peer mentors at the Your Path to Tech event on August 18. Event organizers aimed to welcome women interested in tech and set them up for success in coming years.
February 13, 2023During winter break, fifty-three George Mason students participated in three-week micro-internships via Break Through Tech DCs Sprinternship program.
October 6, 2022Break Through Tech George Mason sent a group to the Grace Hopper conference from September 20 to September 23. Students learned, networked, and even secured interviews for internships and jobs.
July 20, 2022The 2022 Break Through Tech DC summer Guild program at George Mason took place in June. Students from underrepresented backgrounds had a chance to do a deeper dive into their computing education and career paths through Guild.
June 13, 2022Britney Aiken, recent information technology grad, says joining the Break Through Tech program at George Mason allowed her to be surrounded by like -minded people who are just as interested in engineering as she is.
May 27, 2022Brenda Henriquez, a brand-new computer science graduate as of May, says she always had 91做厙 on her radar. She reflects on her time in Break Through Tech and the accomplishments made along the way.
March 10, 2022Break Through Tech at 91做厙 will be accepting applications starting Friday for its Guild program, which runs from June 6 to June 10.
February 14, 202291做厙 students used their winter break as a chance to gain valuable professional experience through the Break Through Tech Sprinternship program.
