9 New Universities Join the STARS Alliance Nine new Universities have joined the STARS Alliance, creating an even greater stronger partnership of research universities, minority and women's universities & colleges, K-12 educators, industry, professional organizations, and community groups who are committed to “Broadening participation in computing through recruiting, bridging and retention� Join us in welcoming our newest STARS: Georgia Southern University (Research University) College of Information Technology; http://cit.georgiasouthern.edu Contact: Kera Bell Watkins, kzbell@georgiasouthern.edu Hampton University (private HBCU) Department of Computer Science; www.hamptonu.edu Contact: Jean Muhammad, jean.muhammad@hamptonu.edu North Carolina A&T (Research University) Electronics, Computer and Information Technology; www.ncat.edu Contact: Gina Bullock, glbulloc@ncat.edu Saint Augustine's College (private HBCU) Computer Science Department; www.st-aug.edu Contact: Joseph Austin, jhaustin@st-aug.edu Shaw University (private HBCU) Department of Computer & Information Sciences; www.shawu.edu Contact: Deva Sharma, dsharma@shawu.edu University of New Orleans (Research University) Department of Computer Science; www.cs.uno.edu Contact: Golden G. Richard, golden@cs.uno.edu University of South Carolina (Research University) College of Engineering and Computing; www.engr.sc.edu Contact: Caroline Eastman, eastman@cse.sc.edu University of Tennessee at Knoxville (Research University) Department of Computer Science; Contact: David Straight, straight@cs.utk.edu Virginia Tech (Research University) Computer Science Department; www.cs.vt.edu Contact: Scott McCrickard, dmccrick@cs.vt.edu