On Friday, February 3, 2023, of Week 4, WICS held a Mentorship Field Day in Aldrich Park. Mentors and mentees met up to play games and earn points for their mentorship families. The event started with Love My Neighbor, where mentors and mentees formed a circle and switched places with
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This Monday, January 30, 2023, WICS held a Conversations with CrowdStrike event, an AMA session to give general members the opportunity to ask industry professionals about their experience working at a cybersecurity company. Members met with five CrowdStrike employees over Zoom and discussed the transition to their company, work culture,
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On Wednesday, January 25, 2023, WICS held its Mock Technical Interviews event over Zoom. Employees — from companies Cisco, CrowdStrike, Expedia, Google, Northrop Grumman, Slalom, Taco Bell, and Uber — were invited to give students mock interviews. Attendees had the chance to practice their technical interview skills and interact 1-on-1
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This Monday, January 23, WICS and ACM hosted a collaborative event in which participants worked in groups with rotating proctors to practice solving technical interview problems together. Split into three 18-minute rounds, each round had the proctor at each table present a problem and give feedback as the participants discussed
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This Saturday, January 14 to Sunday, January 15, WICS hosted a retreat for committee members for the 2022-2023 school year. After all committee members arrived at the retreat, they participated in team bonding activities such as a huge game of telephone, Sardines, and more! Throughout the retreat, committee members also
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On Monday, January 9, 2023, WICS kicked off the Winter Quarter with the first general meeting of 2023. New and familiar faces learned more about the mission statement of WICS, the board, committee members, and upcoming events. After the presentation, members played a game to discover similarities and differences among
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On Monday, November 28 2022, the WICS community came together to celebrate WICSgiving and give thanks for the year that has gone by. Members brought a wide array of contributions to the potluck feast, which was made extra special by the revival of homemade WICS crepes. Everyone partook in activities
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On Monday, November 21, WICS held a Study Session for the fall quarter! Members got to come out and work at DBH 6011 in a great environment with their friends. It was a wonderful time of fun, food, friends and music. Everyone got work done while having fun!
On Saturday, November 19th, WICS held the Mentorship Bonfire at Corona Del Mar! It was an amazing night filled with cozy conversations by the fire, smores making, pizza munching, and volleyball session under the stars. Thank you to the WICS members who attended, we hope you had an amazing time
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This Monday, November 14, 2022, WICS hosted Slalom representatives who shared the inside scoop of their daily lives working at a management consulting company. Slalom started their presentation with their company overview, mission, and values, and we heard from representatives in a variety of positions and their impact at Slalom,
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