This Monday, December 4th, 2023, WICS hosted a Winter “WICS”erland to kick off the holiday season and to celebrate the end of the quarter. This festive event included gingerbread house making, delicious crepes, and some fun bonding time for mentorship families (and anyone else who wanted to get in the
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On Monday, November 27, 2023, WICS partnered with company Pacific Life and held a workshop focused on developing presentation and public speaking skills in professional settings. Representatives from Pacific Life gave insightful information on general speaking tips, using the PAR (Project, Action, Result) method, and exercising nonverbal communication. Attendees were
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On Monday, November 20, 2023, WICS and Data @ UCI hosted a speaker panel to showcase four accomplished women in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). The panelists — Kate Deyneka, Nadia Ahmed, Fulya Ozcan, and Shringar Sharan — captivated the audience through sharing their invaluable
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On Saturday, November 18th, 2023 of Fall 2023, WICS held an API workshop with Postman. Led by WICS members, Tiffany Cheung and Sophia Shaw, participants learned all about the basics of APIs and the world’s leading API platform, Postman. Upon arrival, participants enjoyed a breakfast buffet from IHOP before jumping
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On Monday, November 13th, 2023 WICS held Intern-taining Conversations where members could ask former interns questions about their experiences landing their internship and what they got out of it. For five rounds, members rotated through different interns to get varying perspectives on the internship process. Members walked away feeling more
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On November 11th and 12th, WICS Community Outreach hosted a Scratch-a-thon for 5th to 8th graders from OCEAA and El Sol Science and Arts Academy. On the first day, students got to learn the basics of Scratch, covering topics from motion and looks to control and sensors to operators and
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On November 6th, 2023, we hosted our amazing mentorship reveal! We first introduced this year’s mentorship fam theme, superheros! Then mentors and mentees played the handband game where we would ask 20 questions to find their superhero mentorship families! Once in their families, we did ice breakers and made a
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This Monday, October 30, 2023, WICS held a How To Network session with General Atomics! It started with information about General Atomics, what they do, and their internship program. General Atomics representatives also discussed talking with companies and tools that are often used by students to network with other companies.
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On Wednesday, October 26th, 2023, WICS organized a panel for students interested in joining the WICS Committee. It included one member from each of the committees: Marketing, Outreach, Internal, and External. They were there to listen and answer questions. The panel aimed to provide information about the various roles and
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On Tuesday, October 24, 2023, SHPE, WICS, and NSBE hosted a successful Networking Dinner Night from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at Donald Bren Hall (DBH) Room 6011. The event brought together 10 prominent companies, allowing attendees to network with potential recruiters. Participating companies such as TEC, Corelogic, Cordoba Corporation, and more
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