On 15 June, we selected the 86 participants in the Sun Engineering Enrichment
and Development (SEED) program for the 2006-2007 terms in both the Recent
Hire and the Established staff groups. There were 267 applications. As
usual, women and non-US staff took advantage of the SEED program at a consistently higher rate than their representation in Engineering overall.
Over half of the new participants work outside of the U.S. Close to a third
of the new SEEDs are female.
Since the 15 June announcements, participants have been putting together
their Mentor Wish Lists (due two days from now). Before Sun’s summer break
last week, I spent about half of my time talking with managers of
applicants who were not accepted. Direct managers who want feedback on
specific selection decisions about their staff are welcome to call me.
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