On Monday, November 4th, WICS put on a collab event with Deisng@UCI centered around ideation and student experiences at UCI. Participants were placed in groups with one person role-playing as a “stakeholder.” Groups asked this member questions to reveal pain points about a given student experience, and everyone worked in
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This Monday, October 28th, 2024, WICS hosted an interactive SheTech workshop, giving members a glimpse into the world of software careers. The event started with introductions and icebreakers, followed by career advice from CoreLogic industry professionals. The highlight was an Agile-inspired Retrospective activity, where attendees used color-coded sticky notes to
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This Thursday, October 24, 2024, WICS hosted the first Mentorship Social of the year in Aldrich Park. Mentorship families and pairings came out to enjoy the afternoon weather while painting, creating bracelets, and playing board games. It was a great time for mentors and mentees to get to know one
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On Monday, October 21st, 2024, WICS hosting our annual mentorship reveal! Members participating in mentorship played a reveal game where they mingled with other members, asking 20 Questions-styled questions to find the other members of their family. Afterwards, there was a little scavenger hunt for families to make Tiktoks, take
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On Wednesday of Week 3, WICS hosted a mentorship event blended with a study session. The event kicked off with introductions, giving mentors and mentees a chance to share a bit about themselves and their journeys in tech. After the introductions, the group dove into the study session, with mentors
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On Monday, October 14, 2024, during Week 3, WICS had the privilege of inviting twelve company representatives to participate in WICS Games with our members! Each representative was assigned to a team who collaborated to solve three rounds of questions to the best of their abilities: Computer Science trivia, logical
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This Monday, October 7, 2024, WICS welcomed a stunning 130 participants to our annual Mentorship Mixer! Our room was teaming with eager potential mentors and mentees, some returning from previous years of mentorship and many hoping to join for the first time. The mentorship theme of the year, Disney Channel
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Welcome to our new students and welcome back to everyone else! This past Monday, we kicked off the school year with WICS’ first general meeting, where over 100 students joined us to learn about the organization and our various committees. With a fun and interactive bingo game, photobooth, and raffle,
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On June 3, 2024 we ended the year with WICS banquet! Members got together to eat delicious egg rolls and noodles, award the top three mentorship families, take photos, celebrate our graduating seniors, and receive silly awards. Congratulations to Powerpuff, Super Why, and Danny Phantom! Google Drive: https://photos.app.goo.gl/89nFpNpu3rmJJNfk7
On Friday, May 31 2024, WICS hosted a General Retreat at Corona Del Mar as an end-of-the-year celebration welcoming general members to enjoy s’mores, play volleyball, and more! Several WICS mentorship families attended to enjoy a picnic at the beach, play games, and meet new friends. This was a great
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