29 PreSEED Participants Accepted

On 8 February, we accepted 29 PreSEED mentoring program participants
into the pilot program. The new participants are now creating their
15 name Mentor Wish Lists (due 19 February). About the New Participants:

Work Location:
* Central USA: 5  [ 17% ]
* China: 5  [ 17% ]
* Czech Republic: 1  [ 3% ]
* Eastern USA: 2  [ 7% ]
* France: 1  [ 3% ]
* India: 4  [ 13% ]
* United Kingdom: 1  [ 3% ]
* Western USA: 11  [ 37% ]
Division: 100% Sun's Software Group
Gender of Participants:
* female: 9  [ 31% ]
* male: 19  [ 66% ]
* decline to state: 1  [ 3% ]
7 Previously Applied to SEED, 24%
Countries of origin this term include: China, Czech Republic, France,
India, and the USA

PreSEED is a pilot of the SEED worldwide Engineering mentoring program.
More information on SEED is available at

http://research.sun.com/SEED/