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Aspirations in Computing – 2025 Award Celebration

On April 22, 2025, 140 high school students and 5 educators were recognized and honored at the Connecticut Aspirations in Computing Award Celebration held at Goodwin University in East Hartford.  The program included congratulatory messages from Connecticut's Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz, the NCWIT professional staff, Society for Information Management President Fariba Marvasti, and Elizabeth Rowe, Leadership Coach, Artist and Advocate.  Tracey Cournoyer, VP and CIO of Travelers Bond and Specialty Insurance moderated a panel with Noor Majid, a Software Engineer at Travelers, Kristin Shumway, an AVP at Travelers and Sarah Olson, a 2025 graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Their discussion inspired both the students and their parents.  Congratulations to all of the 2025 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Award recipients!  We are extremely proud of the 140 Connecticut high school students and 5 educators who were recognized. We can't wait to see what they can accomplish!

SIM 2025 Scholarship Recipient

Jayden DeWitt-Smith
Great Path Academy

Jaydn DeWitt-Smith is an honors student at Great Path Academy and her interest in technology started as she listened to her father discuss how technology was instrumental in solving business problems, improving systems and helping people around the world.  She demonstrates a strong work-ethic, a positive attitude and she embraces the challenges and opportunities of learning complex topics.  Jaydn will attend North Carolina A & T to study Computer Engineering.

Vanity Laracuente
Weaver High School

Vanity Laracuente is an honors student at Weaver High School who has challenged herself with many advanced placement and dual-enrollment college courses throughout her high school career.  She is very active in her school and community and impresses people with her intellect, curiosity, conscientiousness and leadership.  Vanity will attend the University of Connecticut to major in Biomedical Engineering, Physiology and Neurobiology.

Info-Tech Partnership and Membership Benefits

To provide additional resources for our members, we have formed a new Partnership with Info-Tech Research Group. Through this relationship, Info-Tech is offering our community complimentary access to specific research and services across a wide range of topics as an additional benefit to members across our community. Info-Tech Research Group produces unbiased and highly relevant research to help CIOs and IT leaders make strategic, timely, and well-informed decisions. Partnering closely with your IT teams, they provide everything from actionable tools to analyst guidance.


SIM CT members now have access to the following:

  • Select Research Blueprints –Released Monthly
  • One Business Vision Diagnostic –Annually
  • Access to Info-Tech Webinars
  • Purchasing Incentives on Info-Tech Memberships

If you have not yet signed up for these benefits, explore these new complimentary resources for your team here.


Emerging Leader Development
Announcing SIM’s newest leadership development offering … the Emerging Leader Development (ELD) training program for first-time leaders in our Chapter members’ companies.  This new program is 100% online and 100% self-paced, providing a baseline foundation/orientation of leadership-related skills.  Learn more and register now at the ELD website!