WECE Newsletter: May 16, 2019

May 16, 2019

Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering

2019-20 WECE Board and Exec

Welcome our new board of directors and exec for the 2019-20 year!

President: Richa Vijayvergiya
Tresurer: Shannon Lin
IVP: Anusha Kandula
EVP: Akriti Jain & Pooja Kankani
Infrastructure: Eugenia Chen
Technical: Sarah Angelbeck & Pakhi Gupta
Academic: Saisita Maddirala
Social: Maram Safi
Mentorship: Kelly Dunleavy
Outreach: Elisa Krause
Marketing: Aditi Panwar


External Opportunities

6th Annual China-U.S. Young Maker Competition: Co-Making The Future!

Deadline: May 26

Hackster and The Chinese Ministry of Education present the 6th annual China-U.S. Young Maker Competition: Co-Making The Future!
Young makers (18-40 years old) are encouraged to submit their innovative projects with a focus on areas of community development, education, environmental protection, health & fitness, energy, transportation and other areas of sustainable development. These projects can be either focused on hardware or software, and all students are encouraged to participate.
$41,000+ in prizes! The top ten US projects (semi-finalists) will be selected to compete in the Finals in Beijing, China with an all expenses paid trip. The judging panel includes Adam Benzion, Founder and CEO of Hackster, Bill Luan, Senior Program Manager of the Google Corral team, and Aimin Zhu, University Relations Manager, Google China.


Scholarship Opportunities

Grace Hopper Conference Company Scohlarships

Grace Hopper Celebration is the world's largest gathering of women technologists. GHC'19 will be Oct. 1–4 in Orlando, FL. Keep an eye out for the different company scholarships here and apply before the deadline. Good luck!


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!


Alumni Database Form

If you are graduating this semester, please fill out this form to be added to the WECE alumni database! We would love to stay in contact with you and provide you with information about our alumni events and opportunities!

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