OCTOBER 16 - OCTOBER 23 EVENTS OUTREACH COMMITTEE MEETING Come join us for our Outreach Committee meeting as we discuss any outreach event ideas that committee members might have and would like WECE to do this semester. This would be a great opportunity for all those who want to volunteer! Where: ECEB 2015 When: Monday, October 16th, 5PM-6PM WECE OCTOBER GENERAL MEETING Join us for our October GM! We've got an exciting one coming at you. You will meet our new faculty advisor, check out this year's Women in ECE @ Illinois shirts, and learn about the new membership point system (and perks). As always, all are welcome to join us and dinner will be catered. RSVP to the Facebook event here. See you there! Where: ECEB 3013 When: Wednesday, October 18th, 6PM-7PM TASTY THURSDAY Come hang out with WECE in an informal setting. Do your homework, paint your nails, build a robot… the possibilities are endless. Snacks will be provided! Where: ECEB RSO Office (1016) When: Thursday, October 19th, 3PM-5PM OCTOBER LEAN IN Come to our first Lean In meeting to meet new people, have great discussions about important topics, and build a community of support among the women in tech. Food will be provided. Where: TBD When: Wednesday, October 25th, 6PM-7PM WECE x WCS HALLOWEEN PARTY Come out for an unBOOlievable evening with and WECE and WCS! There will be pumpkin painting, face painting, and a photobooth! There will also be a bunch of spook-tacular foods so definitely come to Trick or Treat yo' self!! (Also, sorry you can't skele-run from our skele-puns!) Where: TBD When: Tuesday, October 31st, 6PM-8PM EXTERNAL EVENTS THINKCHICAGO ROADSHOW The ThinkChicago Roadshow is coming to campus! At this event, you will have the opportunity to meet with 30 tech companies from Chicago that are looking to speak with our students about the Innovation Ecosystem in the city. There will also be student demos and a panel discussion. This will all be taking place October 24th, from 3-7pm, in Grainger Auditorium in the ECE Building. Learn more about the ThinkChicago here. RSVP on Handshake and make sure you don't miss out on this awesome event! Where: ECEB 1002 When: Tuesday, October 24th, 3PM-7PM OCTOBER SOCIALFUSE Our October SocialFuse is coming up! If you weren't aware, SocialFuse is a pitching and networking event meant to bring together students with new venture ideas and those that have the skills to help make these ideas a reality. If you have a startup idea that you would like to pitch, apply here by October 19th. SocialFuse will be taking place October 26th from 6-8pm in the Ikenberry SDRP, 2025A Scott Multipurpose Room. Learn more about SocialFuse here. Where: ECEB 1002 When: Tuesday, October 24th, 3PM-7PM NCWIT $10,000 COLLEGIATE AWARD APPLICATIONS The National Center for Women in Information and Technology (NCWIT) $10,000 Collegiate Award applications are open until Oct. 30! The prize is for an individual woman undergraduate or graduate student in CS or related degree. Please note that all UIUC students automatically meet the criteria of being a member “of the NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Community” because the university is an institutional member. To learn more about and apply for the award, visit this link. If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Wang. 9TH POWER AND ENERGY CONFERENCE AT ILLINOIS (PECI) The Power and Energy Systems group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign cordially invites you to attend and present at the 9th Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI) which will be held in the I-Hotel at UIUC on February 22-23, 2018. Graduate student-organized and led, PECI fosters discourse broadly across the electric power and energy disciplines which include, but are not limited to: Power Electronics, Electric Power Systems, Energy Markets, Renewable Energy Technologies, Electric Machines and Drives, System Reliability and Control. Undergraduates who are involved in research are welcomed to present their work. Deadline for poster abstract submission is Nov 30, 2017. Registration for conference participation will be opened soon. More detailed information is available at http://peci.ece.illinois.edu or contact peci-publicity@illinois.edu. Where: I-Hotel When: February 22nd-23rd