On May 9, 2024 WICS members had the amazing opportunity to tour part of the Dreamworks office in Glendale! The tour included photo ops with Po and Shrek, a presentation on how tech is involved in the animation process, a panel with Dreamworks TECHwomen, and a networking session.
On Monday, May 6, 2024, during Week 6,WICS had the privilege of teaming up with Commit the Change (CTC) at UCI to organize a React workshop. This workshop centered on introducing students to the fundamentals of web development using the React framework, guiding them through the creation of a user
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On Wednesday, May 1st, 2024, WICS hosted an information session about the Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) and our GHC scholarship application. We began with an overview of the event logistics and application process, followed by an insightful Q&A session with a panel of four individuals who attended GHC in 2023.
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On Monday, April 29th, 2024 of Week 5, WICS featured the Outreach Committee and the work they have been doing for this past year. Everything from NetWics, to a WebDev bootcamps, to a Scratch-a-Thon, Outreach reached 65 participants consisting of middle and high schoolers across 4 different events. Once the
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This Monday, April 22, 2024 at 6:30PM in DBH 6011, WICS held their first ever collaboration with Manifest, an entrepreneur club here at UCI. During this meeting, we learned more about some of the members of Manifest’s journey in entrepreneurship as well as their advice on how to get into
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In Week 3, WICS hosted an event titled “Girl Boss and Girl Budget,” focusing on financial literacy and empowerment. The event covered Budgeting Basics, including topics such as debt management, savings strategies, and the 50/30/20 Rule for budgeting. Participants also learned about managing loans, credit cards, and the differences between
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On Saturday, April 13, 2024, WICS organized a career-centered event for high school girls interested in computer science field to come together and meet each other as well as UCI undergraduates. After 2 ice breakers and an introduction, attendees were divided into 5 teams to participate in the shark tank
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On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, of Week 2, WICS hosted a Study Session, Deloitte Talk, and Puzzle Relay Mentorship event. WICS members spent the first section of the event studying while enjoying catered Mendocino Farms. Next, representatives from Deloitte shared a presentation outlining one of their software engineering projects: accelerating
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On Monday, April 8, 2023, WICS held WiT Coffee Chats, a collaboration event with WiT (Women in Technology). Members and WiT representatives teamed up in groups of 2-4 to play a quick icebreaker of Wiki search where each group started at the C++ Wiki page and had to get to
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On Monday, April 1, we had the first general meeting of Spring Quarter, where frequent WICS-goers mingled with plenty of newcomers. At the first meeting of each quarter, we always try to provide attendees an overview of the WICS: who we are, what we do, and, of course, what the
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