On Monday, March 13, 2023, WICS held a study night for members to study together. First and second-year members were grouped together, and third and fourth-year members were grouped together to discuss classes. Throughout the event, members were studying for finals, working on assignments, and collaborating on group projects. It
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On Friday, March 10, 2023, WICS’s lovely community outreach team hosted a second workshop of the Build Your Own Website Mentorship series! Members were introduced to the basics of HTML and CSS and afterward were given the opportunity to put those skills into action. Members were able to create and
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On Monday, March 6th, 2023, WICS hosted a movie night, where members were able to relax and watch the recent Puss in Boots movie, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. It was a pleasant break from the schoolwork, and as we near the end of the quarter, a great motivation
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On Friday, March 3, WICS hosted its quarterly crepe booth event in which committee members sell homemade crepes to raise funds for the organization. Students passing through Ring Road could buy and customize crepes from a variety of fillings and toppings. Thank you to the WICS Marketing Committee for planning
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On Friday, March 3rd, 2023 WICS hosted the first workshop for a 4-workshop series, Build Your Own Website (BYOW), focusing on Figma for our Mentorship families. Mentors and mentees worked together to learn how to use Figma to create a wireframe for their very own portfolio website.
During the winter quarter, WICS’ Outreach Committee worked with Cypress College and Magnolia High School students to embark on a 3-day boot camp filled with technical workshops, professional development, and team-building activities. The cohort of 11 girls learned a variety of skills deep-divided into topics that were completely new to
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On Monday, February 27th, 2023, WICS hosted an event for Taco Bell Company representatives who gave their pieces on how Taco Bell serves up innovation. The company combines in-store kitchen technology with the cloud. Some of the representatives were UC Irvine alumni and offered their career paths and the steps
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On Wednesday, February 22, 2023, WICS held an Informational Session & Women in Tech Panel with General Atomics Aeronautical System (GA). GA is a defense and diversified technologies company that is a world leader in creating Unmanned Aircraft Systems. These aircraft are remotely piloted and are useful for military, security,
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On Monday, February 13, the CoStar Group, one of WICS 2022-23 sponsors, gave tips and tricks about preparing for interviews. They talked about the different types of interviews, good follow-up practices, and held a Q&A session for any questions that students had. CoStar Group brought insightful knowledge about how to
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On February 6th, 2023, WICS collaborated with Cyber@UCI to present an introductory cybersecurity workshop. Students learned the basics of cybersecurity and were given some tips to get started. The workshop began with a follow-along demonstration, as everyone worked together to hack a website (with specific permission to do so!). Upon
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