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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On Tuesday, February 21, 2024, brought 28 WICS members and 22 company interviewers together for the WICS Mock Technical Interviews! From 9:00 am to 5:00 pm members attended one-on-one 45-minute virtual sessions with company recruiters, simulating the technical interview environment. Each of the 40+ interviews with software engineering, product management,
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On Wednesday, February 14, 2024, during Week 6, WICS hosted a lovely mentorship event in celebration of Valentine’s Day! Participants immersed themselves in various creative activities to ignite the spirit of affection. From exploring watercolor painting to crafting clever pick-up lines for their valentines/galentines, and enjoying delicious snacks and refreshing
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This Monday, February 12, 2024, WICS hosted a Valentines-themed social in collaboration with the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). Members sat in chairs around the room to make cards and goodie bags for their favorite people. Some people used ribbons and googly eyes to creatively decorate their cards, and others
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On Monday, February 5, 2024, WICS held a mock technical interview prep event in collaboration with ACM. In this competition styled event, members worked in groups to solve coding questions similar to those asked in technical interviews. There were 3 rounds, and each round tackled different coding concepts. In the
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On Monday, January 29, 2024, WICS collaborated with Video Game Design Club (VGDC) to host a fun competition where teams would work together to pitch an idea for a new game. To make things more interesting, members were to fill in provided MadLibs templates, without knowing what their new game
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