GeorgiaTech student Vivian Stepp and faculty member Julie Champion will spend Friday,December 9, at the White House as part of the Obama Administration’s “Champions of Change” roundtable event.  Stepp and Champion were invited to joinstudents and faculty from around the nation to discuss ways of changing the stereotypesof girls in science and technology. They will also brainstorm how to supportand retain women in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.

Stepp,a Computer Science major in the College of Computing, is a former national andregional winner of the Aspirations in ComputingAward. Champion is an assistantprofessor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

TheOffice of Public Engagement is hosting the event, and White House PolicyOffices will use the discussions to create best practices for future education initiatives.