On Monday, January 6th, WICS held its General Meeting – the very first meeting of the Winter quarter. 105 people RSVP’d to the meeting and over 150 people were in attendance. After grabbing a slice of fresh Costco pizza and soft drinks, WICS Co-Presidents Cheyenne Chavez and Sharon Hsu went
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On Monday, November 25th, WICS hosted a Friendsgiving Potluck where over 38 people attended. Attendees were asked to bring food, snacks, or drinks for everyone to feast on. Everyone ate and had a good time participating in festive activities such as a pin the tail on the turkey contest, a
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On Monday, November 20th, WICS hosted a movie night social where over 25 people attended. The event started off with some socializing where all the attendees settled in and just talked to one another while the movie was being set up. Once everyone got their pizza and popcorn, the movie
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On Monday, November 4th, WICS hosted its annual Mentorship Reveal where over 80 mentors and mentees were grouped into their Mentorship Families! Attendees played a version of the game Headbandz, during which, we asked “Yes or No” questions to identify the item on our cards. Categories ranged from Boba Shops
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On Monday, October 28th, representatives from Facebook came to give a presentation on various internship and job opportunities for university students. Recruiter Roby introduced Facebook University, a program designed for 1st and 2nd year students which teaches iOS development. He also explained Facebook’s Bootcamp program, in which participants can pick
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On Monday, Oct 21th, company representatives from Honey hosted an information session about their company and opportunities available this upcoming summer. Many of the representatives graduated from UCI, including WICS alumni Brooke Ly. They emphasized how they focus on work life balance, diversity, and the mentorship and growth of their
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On Friday, Oct 18, reps from Zillow Group came to DBH to host a Zillow Interview Workshop! After everyone grabbed pizza and swag, Monique, a recruiter, and Usha, a software engineer, led a presentation about the kind of work that Zillow does and how to approach technical interviews. Attendees asked
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On October 15, 2019, WICS hosted its annual event “WICS Games!” Company representatives from Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Raytheon, Twilio, and Paciolian joined WICS members in a night of networking and solving puzzles. Before the games started, participants got to enjoy some delicious food from Stone Fire Grill while networking with
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On Friday, October 11, 2019 WICS hosted an informal social for general members that were interested in applying to WICS Committee. All 12 of our board members and a few of our current WICS committee members gathered at University Town Center to meet interested applicants. We broke off into groups
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On Monday, October 9th, WICS hosted a mentorship mixer, the first of many mentorship events to come! Over 160 applied for mentorship, and over 110 attended! As the event commenced, attendees were given bingo cards, which encouraged everyone to mingle and find others with common interests or classes while more
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