On Saturday, April 13, 2024, WICS organized a career-centered event for high school girls interested in computer science field to come together and meet each other as well as UCI undergraduates. After 2 ice breakers and an introduction, attendees were divided into 5 teams to participate in the shark tank
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On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, of Week 2, WICS hosted a Study Session, Deloitte Talk, and Puzzle Relay Mentorship event. WICS members spent the first section of the event studying while enjoying catered Mendocino Farms. Next, representatives from Deloitte shared a presentation outlining one of their software engineering projects: accelerating
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On Monday, April 8, 2023, WICS held WiT Coffee Chats, a collaboration event with WiT (Women in Technology). Members and WiT representatives teamed up in groups of 2-4 to play a quick icebreaker of Wiki search where each group started at the C++ Wiki page and had to get to
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On Monday, April 1, we had the first general meeting of Spring Quarter, where frequent WICS-goers mingled with plenty of newcomers. At the first meeting of each quarter, we always try to provide attendees an overview of the WICS: who we are, what we do, and, of course, what the
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On Monday, March 11, 2024, WICS held a board game social, offering members a relaxed atmosphere to unwind and connect over some friendly board game competition. Members were able to enjoy the ambiance of a spring-themed indoor picnic, complete with DIY ice cream sandwiches. The event also offered the unique
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On Friday, March 8, 2024, WICS brought together mentorship families and members for a delightful Mentorship Hide-and-Go Seek event! The event kicked off with an explanation of the rules, and soon after, teams scattered throughout Aldrich Park, strategically hiding and seeking their way to victory. After the excitement of the
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On Wednesday, March 6th, 2024, WICS organized an exciting mentorship event centered around a mystery and puzzle-solving challenge! The event revolved around the mysterious disappearance of the WICS key, tasking members with uncovering the details of the incident. To solve the mystery, members formed teams to deduce the “Who,” “Where,”
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On Monday, March 4, 2024, WICS collaborated with CoStar Group and held a presentation on how to recognize personal strengths and apply them as a woman in the tech industry. Members were challenged to evaluate their own technical and problem solving skills, and they were encouraged with tips on how
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This Tuesday, February 27, 2024, WICS held a Crepe Boothing event from 11:00am-2pm on the outer Ring Road to help fundraise for the club and to promote what WICS is. People can get 1 crepe for $3 or get a bang for their buck and get 2 for $5. Customers
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On Monday, February 26, 2024, of Week 8, WICS collaborated with GDSC to teach their members how recommendation systems are made. GDSC’s members introduced the mathematics behind finding a user’s interests based on their current preferences. They then showed how the math is implemented into code to streamline the grunt-work
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