The Internet2 Inclusivity Initiative Scholarship partners with community institutions and organizations to provide funding for the purpose of increasing the meaningful participation of women information technology professionals in research and education. Internet2 recently profiled four scholarship recipients. Read their profiles!

The Internet2 Inclusivity Initiative also works closely with the NSF-funded Women in Networking at SC (WINS) program to provide opportunities for WINS participants to gain critical presentation and networking skills at Internet2 events. Since 2000, the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) and Internet2 have worked with universities, network service providers, and industry and government agencies in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Pacific Islands, the Middle East, Latin America, and the Caribbean to provide support to research and education communities in countries underserved by the current research and education networking infrastructure.

2024 Community Exchange Scholarship Recipients:

• Sonal Jha, graduate researcher and HPC consultant at Virginia Tech
• Tina Oware, information security and risk compliance analyst at the Rochester Institute of Technology
• Kristen Weimar, administrative manager at the Ohio Academic Resources Network
• Ivy Wells, systems administrator manager at the University of Montana
• Torin White, lead data scientist at the University of Illinois Chicago

2023 Technology Exchange Scholarship Recipients:

• Shweta Chauhan, faculty support specialist, San Diego State University
• Emily Kasbohm, senior web developer, Brown University
• Becca Kingery, education IT manager, Nebraska Office of the CIO and Network Nebraska
• Jessica Krause, IT reporting analyst, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Ayat Mohammed, computational scientist in advanced research computing, Virginia Tech
• Veronica Ramirez, vulnerability and risk analyst, Chapman University

2023 Community Exchange Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients:

• Amy Fouts, security analyst for the Information Security Office at Northern Arizona University (NAU)
• Irene Lobos,  senior network engineer at the University of California, Berkeley
• Yamini Lakshmi Narasimhan, master’s student in computer science at New York University (NYU)
• Stephania Oates, unified communications manager in the Network Infrastructure unit at Fayetteville State University (FSU)
• Stacie Pretty On Top, the information technology operations manager at Salish Kootenai College (SKC), a tribal college situated on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Pablo, Mont. 
• Anna Liza Smith, network management system administrator in the Network Integration and Monitoring Services group, a division of the University of California, San Diego’s IT Services
• Sapana Paritosh Soni, n HPC user services consultant at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL), California

2022 Technology Exchange Scholarship Recipients:

• Emily Chahar, IT project manager at the University of Delaware
• Allison (Ally) Hepp, systems engineer at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Steffanie Johnson, IT security risk analyst, and team lead with the Office of Cybersecurity at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
• Nicole Klueber, systems integration engineer for the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University

2020 Global Summit Recipients (event canceled, these recipients will attend a future Internet2 event).

2019 Technology Exchange Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients:

• Soledad Antelada Toledano, NERSC, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, WINS participant
• Angela Asmus, Colorado State University, WINS participant
• Jacqueline Knight-Barber, OSHEAN, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Bridget Bartell, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Julie Locke, Los Alamos National Laboratory, WINS participant
• Deshon Miguel, Tohono O’odham Community College, NSRC-Internet2 Fellowship Recipient
• Shashwitha Puttaswamy, The George Washington University, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Jessica Shaffer, Georgia Institute of Technology, WINS participant
• Joy Thompson, Dine College, NSRC-Internet2 Fellowship recipient

2019 Global Summit Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients:

• Rachael Collard, Connecticut Education Network, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Kaitlin Helfter, Purdue University, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Rajan Parajuli, Nepal Research and Education Network, NSRC-Internet2 Fellowship recipient
• Erin Plese, Northern Arizona University, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Katelyn Russell, University of Texas at Austin, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Khamphanh Sithavong, National University of Laos, NSRC-Internet2 Fellowship recipient
• Nuyun Zhang, The Georgia Institute of Technology, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient

2018 Technology Exchange Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients:

• Renuka Arya, University of Chicago, WINS participant
• Soledad Antelada Toledano, NERSC, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, WINS participant
• Tomomi Imamura, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Inclusivity Scholarship in Recognition of Carrie Regenstein recipient
• Antonio Lobo, University of Santander, NSRC-Internet2 Fellowship Recipient
• Iris Niestas, University of Texas at El Paso, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient

2018 Global Summit Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients:

• Gladys Andino, Purdue University, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Lisa Barry, East Carolina University, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Stephanie Collins, Virginia Tech, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Manisha Kanodia, University of California San Diego, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Magreth Mushi, Tanzania Education and Research Network, NSRC-Internet2 Fellowship recipient
• Nosiku Sililo, Zambia Research and Education Network, NSRC-Internet2 Fellowship Recipient

2017 Technology Exchange Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients:

• Sarvani Chadalapaka, University of California-Merced, Inclusivity Scholarship in Recognition of Carrie Regenstein recipient
• Forough Ghahramani, Rutgers Discovery Informatics Institute, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Gabriella Perez, University of Iowa, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Kayla Pierson, University of Montana, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Jessica Shaffer, The Georgia Institute of Technology, WINS participant
• Julia Staats, CENIC, WINS participant

2017 Global Summit Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients:

• Courtney Fell, University of Colorado, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Jieyu Gao, Purdue University, Inclusivity Scholarship Recipient
• Kerry Havens, University of Colorado, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Kanchana Kanchanasut, Asian Institute of Technology, NSRC-Internet2 Fellowship recipient
• Sarah Kiden, Uganda Christian University, NSRC-Internet2 Fellowship recipient
• Meloney Linder, University of Wisconsin, inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Zeynep Ondin, Virginia Tech, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Claire Stirm, Purdue University, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient

2016 Technology Exchange Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients:

• Natalie Hidalgo, New York University, Inclusivity Scholarship in Recognition of Carrie Regenstein recipient
• Colleen Morrissey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Tiny Norris, MCNC, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Joanna Zwack, Colorado State University, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient

2016 Global Summit Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients:

• Amber Rasche, North Dakota State University, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Torey (Semi) Battelle, Colorado School of Mines, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Joyce Landreth, Virginia Tech, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• MaRita Ward, Indiana University, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient

2015 Technology Exchange Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients:

• Sarah Bailey, Case Western Reserve University, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Chris Collins, University of Cincinnati, Inclusivity Scholarship in recognition of Carrie Regenstein recipient
• Gourija Menon, Vanderbilt University, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Heather (Heath) Davis, University of Iowa, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient

2015 Global Summit Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients:

• Angel Male, Rochester Institute of Technology, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Deidre Mitchell, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient
• Jackie Stampalia, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient

2014 Technology Exchange Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients:

• Jamie McCue, Colorado State University, Inclusivity Scholarship in recognition of Carrie Regenstein recipient
• Jill Casey, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Inclusivity Scholarship recipient