On May 8th, 2023, WICS hosted a resume workshop with Northrop Grumman. Lexie Huffman, a university recruiter from Northrop, gave a detailed presentation over Zoom about creating a stand-out resume. WICS members gained lots of valuable tips and insight into the different components that make up a good resume. For
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On May 6th and 7th, WICS’ Community Outreach hosted, in collaboration with PCWOC, a 2-day hackathon for beginner hackers. 13 UCI, community college, and high school students came to the UCI campus to work together to build a project from scratch. The participants attended a short workshop series introducing fundamental
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On Monday, May 1, 2023, WICS members gathered for a picnic-style social. Members laid blankets on the floor or sat in chairs around the room to make crafts. They created beaded bracelets and keychains, as well as cards for friends, professors, or just for fun. Some people flexed their crafting
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Three very special guests visited WICS on April 24th, 2023. They were WICS alumni returning as panelists for the Internship Investigation with WICS! That night, general members got the opportunity to learn all about internships. From applying to internships to converting an internship into a full-time job, the panelists gave
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This spring quarter, the WICS Community Outreach Committee hosted our first-ever NetWICS, a conference aimed at introducing computer science career paths to high school girls. We had over 15 participants join our conference, where they learned about various topics such as web development and UI/UX. We invited members of WICS
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On the weekend of April 15-16, 2023, WICS Outreach Committee hosted a 2-day Scratch event in collaboration with El Sol Academy’s elementary and middle school girls. On the first day, our Outreach members taught our Scratch curriculum filled with interactive demos and code-alongs, and all our students and everyone were
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On Monday, April 17th, WICS hosted the www.coffeechats event in collaboration with Women in Cybersecurity (WiCys) and Women in Technology (WiT). Members could chat with Ph.D. and graduate students studying cybersecurity and various UCI faculty members. Discussions focused on everyone’s career path so far as well as future goals.
On Friday, April 14, 2023, WICS held its third Build Your Own Website (BYOW) workshop. This session was focused on the use of Git and GitHub. Attendees were taught what git what and the basics of git. After, they were given the opportunity to do it on their own with
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On Monday, April 10, 2023, WICS held its first-ever cookie decorating contest with over 50 participants. Members were split into groups and assigned companies from WICS’s 2022-2023 sponsors, where they learned more about the company’s culture and shared creative ways how to represent that on a cookie. With all the
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On Monday, April 3, 2023, WICS held a general meeting to start off the spring quarter. Members were able to learn more about WICS and the different opportunities and events happening throughout the quarter. Then, all the members played Never Ending Story where each person said a word one at
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