Women in Computer Science

WCS will be having officer elections on Monday the 23rd. All positions are up for re-elections. If you would like to run for a position, please email me with the position you would like to run for. Thanks!

President - Plans and runs meetings, delegates tasks, works with vice and treasurer to secure funding, oversees club activity

Vice President - works with vice and treasurer to secure funding, assists with event planning and other tasks as needed.

Secretary - responsible for record keeping (meeting minutes & attendance)

Treasurer - works with the president and vice president to secure funding. Responsible for filling out paperwork to spend USG funds.

Outreach coordinator - organizes outreach events with local high schools and other outreach activities (Engineering Open house demonstrations, Aspiration in Computing Award ceremony, etc)

Programming competition coordinator - runs problem selection team, secures prizes and judges for the competition, oversees the preparation for the competition and runs the event

Industry Relations - forms partnerships between WCS and industry. May assist with recruiting speakers for meetings and getting sponsors for events.

Webmaster - Maintains the WCS website and creates the online application portal for the CSE tutoring center

Hi Everyone,

There will be a WCS meeting this Monday at 6:30pm in BYENG 210. We will hear from engineers at Lockheed Martin who will discuss their professional experiences and talk about what it is like to work at one of the world’s leading global security and aerospace companies.

Hope to see you there!

This Monday, WCS is going bowling at Sparky’s Den!

Please RSVP by replying to this email so that we know how much Domino’s pizza to order. Feel free to reply with your favorite pizza topping.

Location: Sparky’s Den (MU Basement)
Date: Monday, April 9, 2012
Time: 6:30-8:30pm

Hey everyone,

Last Monday we met with Intel and they spoke to us about their company and what they do.

On the Monday of November 21st, we are going to have a dinner with WCS alumni who have recently graduated. Please RSVP to the email that was sent out on November 9th if you are planning to attend this event.

–Ariana

Hey everyone,

Last Monday meeting we had a successful game night and played various games such as Telestrations, Jenga: Donkey Kong Edition, Cranium, Contrario, Clue. We are planning to have more game nights like this in the future.

I also wanted to inform you that we have decided to hold our WCS meetings every two weeks, as opposed to every other week.

–Ariana

WCS has been selected to receive the NCWIT Student Seed Fund! Thanks to the generosity of the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) and Return Path, WCS will be able to afford some great events this year that will help us in fulfilling our mission. More details about these events will be discussed in upcoming meetings. For more information about NCWIT, visit
http://www.ncwit.org/about.factsheet.html.

Hey everyone,

For those of you who missed the meeting on August 29th, here’s what took place:

Introductions

This year’s officers-

President: Jenny Hastings

Vice President: Elissa Thomas

Secretary: Saswati Soumya

Programming Competition Coordinator: Kurt Landenberger, Daniel Gonzalez

Outreach Coordinator: Ryan Scott

Webmasters: Victor Trigueros, Ariana Naraghi

Treasurer: Nguyen Quach (newly elected)

Faculty Advisors: Mutsumi Nakamura, Faye Navabi

Activity- Introduce Yourself:

-Name
-Year in School
-Major
-Career Plans

Upcoming Events

Speakers from Axosoft, Intel, SecureComm

Tour and lunch Axosoft

Microsoft Imagine Cup presentations

Game Night- combined event with SoDA or WCS only

Outreach events to local high schools

Major event in the spring semester- WCS Annual Programming Competition

Other ideas?

WCS Funding Opportunity

Volunteering at the Engineering Career Fair

Wednesday, October 5th, from 1-6 PM

Volunteer times begin in the morning (see time slots below)

Benefits:

-T-shirt
-Meal card (with enough hours)
-Funding for WCS
-Reserved time to talk to employers (only for volunteers)

Pick time slots in which you want to volunteer:
o 7-8 PM on day of Career Fair
o Next day- 8 AM to Noon

E-mail  by September 14th if interested in volunteering

Election of Treasurer

Position open, elections held, new treasurer is:

Name: Nguyen Quach
E-mail: 

Next Meeting

Monday, September 12th, from 6:30-8 PM in BYENG 210

–Ariana

Hi everybody,

The WCS website is currently under construction, but that doesn’t mean that our meetings are! With that said, the next meeting will be on Monday 29th at 6:30pm in BYENG 210.

Thanks,
WCS