On February 6th, WICS members met up in preparation for everyone’s second least favorite time of the quarter, midterm season! Members studied in groups for their respective midterms while eating lots of study snacks. This event was a great way for members to bond and get ready for midterms together!
On January 30th, WICS mentors and mentees got together for some friendly competition and to destress from midterms at Battle of the Mentorships. After munching on yummy pizza, our 50 students were ready to split into teams of 6 and 7 to compete! Mentorship families tested their teamwork and inference
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On January 23rd 2019, WICS had the pleasure of meeting engineers and recruiters from VMWare at our VMWare info session. About 30 general members came, including many graduate students and students who have never been to a WICS event before! The event comprised of a presentation, which allowed us to
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On January 22, WICS teamed up with UCI Division of Career Pathways to host our annual Mock Technical Interviews! Many students came by during the day to get some interview experience from real industry professionals. Company representatives from Amazon, Originate, and eBay conducted technical interviews for attendees, asking real questions
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On January 16th, WICS hosted an Interview Prep Workshop in DBH 6011. There were about 40 students attending the event. Before the presentation, students were greeting each other, going over the questions that had been passed out, and eating pizza. WICS’ Internal Vice President Cheyenne Chavez and External Vice President
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On January 9th, WICS hosted the first general meeting of 2019 in DBH 6011! There were around 50 students who attended this event. Students were all happily chatting with each other and eating pizza before the presentation started. WICS’ Co-Presidents Princess Pancubit and Crystal Agerton welcomed all members and introduced
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On December 3rd, Monday of Week 10, WICS hosted their quarterly ICS Potluck. Members brought delicious food from cornbread to Panda Express to Filipino spaghetti. For dessert, members also brought cookies, 85ºC bread, and candy canes. Everyone sat together around a banquet-style table, meeting and catching up with friends and
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On Monday, November 26, WICS hosted its very own casino night! In order to relax after midterms, students gathered with food and drinks to play all kinds of fun games. The competition got heated in blackjack, Egyptian War, and especially Mario Kart, where players bet on who would be first!
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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 Thursday, November 15th, WICS hosted an information session with MSC Software. Our speakers, Stephanie and Juliana, shared their experiences in the job recruitment process, achieving graduate degrees and exposed attendees to different career opportunities for students in computer science. To get some insight on what kind of career path
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