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 Monday, October 16, 2023, WICS teamed up with Design at UCI to hold a beginner-friendly Figma Workshop for members to explore UI/UX design! Members were provided with a Figma file and led through an extensive live tutorial on how to create mid-fidelity wireframes of Facebook. Closing off the night,
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On Monday, November 16th, 2020 of Week 7, WICS hosted a web development workshop introducing the basics of HTML and CSS to general members. To enhance the learning experience, we went over the steps for creating and styling a personalized homepage, coding its elements and seeing the results in real
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On Thursday, October 29th, 2020 of Week 3, Amazon hosted an “Ace Your Interview” workshop. Kenny Huynh, a software development engineer at Amazon (and also UC Irvine alumni!) spoke to us about what the online assessment and interview process was like at Amazon. We were able to learn more about
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On Monday, November 19, WICS hosted an Academic Planning Workshop to help students with their class schedules and four year plans. With the enrollment window coming up, this was the perfect opportunity to recommend classes and tools to help with the upcoming registration. Some of the tools recommended to students
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On March 12, the WICS president, Angela Liu presented to a group of prospective high school female computer science majors. She answered questions about what its like to be in computer science, why they should do computer science and what they can do with computer science. About 25 people attended
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WICS & VGDC Resume Workshop by Michelle Tjoa On Monday, the 21st day of October in the Donald Bren of ICS building, WICS and VGDC had a joint Resume workshop. Around 50+ people came to either help others or be helped. What was amazing about the event was the great
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iOS Beginner Workshop by Gurveen On Monday October 13th, Phillippe Navarro and kendrick parks taught a beginner workshop on iOS development. Phillippe taught the basics of Swift, and he has taught a Full-Stack Development class in Irvine and was previously an instructor for General Assembly. The student turnout for this
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[AFG_gallery id=’34’] WICS members got the opportunity to attend the Celebration of Women in Computing in Southern California (CWIC-SoCal) Conference held on April 5th and 6th. WICS provided attendees reimbursement for signup fees as well as free transportation! The event kicked off with a welcoming ceremony that consisted of talks
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Monday, Mar. 3rd, WICS hosted a series of mock interviews. Around 20 people signed up for this great opportunity! Representatives from participating companies such as 21st Century Fox and Northrop Grumman held one-to-one mock interviews with students. They allowed students to practice their interviewing skills and receive feedback on how
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