Belarusian student Katsyaryna Makarava gets Google’s scholarship

A student of the radiophysics and electronics department of BSU  Katsyaryna Makarava has become one of the 12 people who got The Google Europe Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship 2007. Katsyryna will receive 5000 euro from the European affiliate as a reward for her scientific and civil activities and excellent study merits. The special thing about The Google Europe Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship is the fact that it can be given only to females. They should be studying or working in the technical field.

The scholarship was founded in remembrance of Dr. Anita Borg (1949-2003) – the founder of Institute for Women and Technology. Mrs. Borg spent all her life struggling to overcome the barriers preventing women from working in the field of high tech.