WECE Newsletter: February 4-10, 2019

February 4-10, 2019

Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering

HTML + CSS Workshop

February 4, 7pm

ECEB 2013

Be sure to attend this HTML + CSS workshop to gain some experience in web development, learn skills to make a personal website, and enhance your resume! No previous experience required :) Insomnia cookies provided!

Outreach EOH Meeting

February 4, 6pm

ECEB 3034

Interested in getting involved with Engineering Open House? Come out to see what Outreach has planned for an interactive project - no previous experience is necessary, and everyone is welcome to join. Please contact Shannon Lin at the link below for more information :)

Women In Tech Day

February 5

In partnership with Pulse and WCS, the 2nd annual Women In Tech Day at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign is here! It is a celebration of accomplishments and contributions of women to the technology industry. This day-long event is an advocation for a strong community of support among the women in technology.

LeetCode Session

February 6, 7pm

ECEB 3034

This session will help you with questions asked on technical interviews by most top companies! You will gain worthy coding experience as we will be going over these questions and discussing the concepts and algorithms behind them. Insomnia cookies provided!

Foodie Fridays

February 8, 1-3pm

ECEB (room tbd)

Last semester's WECE Wednesdays are back in the form of Foodie Fridays! This week, join us for some chips and dip to ring in the new semester! Stop by and hang out with friends, do homework, and of course, grab some food ;) Whether it's for ten minutes or two hours, drop on by!

WECE Office Hours

February 4, 5pm for 120

ECEB 2022

February 7, 3pm for 220

ECEB 3081

WECE is holding office hours for ECE 120 and 220 starting this week with a CA (Gauri Konanoor)!

Grad Liaison Chair Opening, Mentorship Committee

Mentorship Committee is looking for a Grad Liaison. Your responsibilities would include contacting graduate students in ECE and holding events such as coffee chats, presentations, and panels. Please contact Richa Vijayvergiya for an interview below.

GHC Sponsorship Application

Grace Hopper Celebration is the world's largest gathering of women technologists. Any WECE member can apply and more than likely, if it’s done early enough, can get approved for up to $500 in support from the ECE department to travel to the Grace Hopper Conference.


External Opportunities

AI Symposium

February 15, 10am-3pm

NCSA Auditorium

See what is going on in the AI space! Companies including Google, John Deere, Synchrony and more will be presenting. Network with company representatives as well! This event is free and open to any student. Please register at the link below!

Illinois Programming League

Mondays, 5-7pm

Siebel 0224

Come practice your programming skills through a series of algorithmic programming contests organized by ACM SIG-ICPC. Beginners welcome! Not to forget, we provide FREE PIZZA and $1200 prize pool for top 5 contestants in each division!

HackIllinois

February 22-24

HackIllinois 2019 is just one month away! Apply now at hackillinois.org for your chance to contribute to open source projects like NPM, Node.js, and Rust with amazing mentors. Hope to see you there!




Sign up for committees!

Sign up for the committees you would like to join here.


Tune into CodeNewbie Podcast

CodeNewbie has joined up with Vaidehi Joshi to turn her blog series into an awesome podcast, the Basecs Podcast. They cover binary, hexes, algorithms, and more. Join them here for Season 3.


Join our WECE Slack Workspace

WECE uses Slack as a way to streamline communication between WECE members and committees, as well as a place for important announcements and upcoming events! Join our general channel here.


Resume Book

Career fair season is here again! If you're still looking for internships or full-time opportunities, submit your resume to the WECE Resume Book here to have your resume sent out to companies!

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