Women in Computer Sciences
University of Texas at Austin
News and Past Events
Do you want to inspire the next generation of female leaders?
Girlstart is looking for female students from WICS to provide mentoring and computer programming assistance for high school girls during their after-school Project IT Girl meetings! You will work one-on-one with the girls and commit to at least five hours of service over the spring semester, including one orientation session.Connecting the Project IT Girls with female mentors is an essential element of the Project IT Girl philosophy.
Won't you join the Project IT Girl volunteer team?
Volunteers for this position must:
Be passionate about helping girls see a future for themselves in technology
Have solid programming experience
Attend one orientation meeting
Commit to volunteering off campus at least twice during the spring semester. Volunteer times are:
Tuesdays 6:00 - 7:30 North Austin location; 5:30 - 7:00 South location
Wednesdays 5:30 - 7:00 North Austin or South Austin location
If you're interested in volunteering, or would like more information, please contact Zakiyyah Kareem at Zakiyyah@girlstart.org.
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Bull Session Review
Don't forget to register for classes! The event was a blast.Avanade DinnerNovember 7
Join us for a company dinner with Avande. Don't forget your resume!6:30pm-8pm
Location coming soon
PWC DinnerTBA
Join us for a company dinner with PWC. Don't forget your resume!6:30pm-8pm
Location coming soon
WICS Bull Session October 23
Wednesday @ 6:30 PM - TAY 3.128
Everyone is welcome to this Event!
October BowlingOctober 24
Thursday @ 7:00PM - TX Union Underground
WiCS Members Only Event!
2007 WICS-admin Team
Meet our new WiCS-admin team:Sarah Chandler, President
Felicia Hopperstad, Treasuer
Mariah Jaeger, Logistics Coordinator
Lauren Reppy, Corporate Liaison
Alian Rodriguez, Lunches Committee Coordinator
Franzi Roesner, Roadshow Team Leader
Priscilla Ribeiro, Publications Coordinator
Sarah Imboden, Mentor Coordinator
Come to the retreat to learn more about us!!
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Events
- Grace Hopper10/17/07 - 10/20/2007
- Avande Dinner 11/7/2007
- PWC Dinner TBA
The New and Improved WICS!
Starting this fall every female computer science/pre-computer science major at the University of Texas is a member of our chapter of WICS. Automatically. No dues, no forms, no kidding! So come check out what you've gotton yourself into. You're a WICS chick now, and we have a t-shirt just for you.
Gotta love WICS Chicks!
