Original Cybergrrl to speak at UAA

Web pioneer Aliza Sherman Risdahl will visit UAA on March 30 to share her experiences and insights as the first woman to start a full service Internet company in the 1990s. Her presentation is free and open to the public and will be followed by an open floor discussion and book signing. The event will take place at the UAA/APU Consortium Library, room 307 at 5:30 p.m.

In 1995, Sherman founded Cybergrrl, Inc. in New York City's Silicon Alley. She also started the first women's Internet organization, Webgrrls International, and developed the first searchable directory of female friendly sites, Femina.com. Her efforts to educate women around the globe about the Internet has earned awards and recognition including being named by Newsweek magazine as one of the "Top 50 People Who Matter Most on the Internet." Sherman is also the author of seven books including "The Everything Blogging Book," "Cybergrrl: A Woman's Guide to the World Wide Web" and "Power Tools for Women in Business." She relocated to Alaska from Wyoming in 2005 with her husband Greg, a wildlife biologist.

For more information call (907) 360.1989 or e-mail ayprssa@uaa.alaska.edu