Gwics March 2018

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GWiCS Host & Toast + Selling Sweaters!
by Guelph Women in Computer Science 28 Mar '18

28 Mar '18

Hi friends 👋🏻 Square, a major software company, is hosting GWiCS at their Kitchener/Waterloo office for a fun-filled, social evening which includes an office tour and dinner! The event will take place next Thursday April 5th. We will be departing campus at 5:00pm, and returning at 9:30pm. Transportation to the event will be provided. Due to the nature of an off-campus event, we will only be able to take 30 students, and it will be on a first-come-first-serve basis. Sign up now, we look forward to seeing you! RSVP Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0Fje3GzSTXxi20VzdQut3fNmFGBWFBiS… Also! We are selling sweaters and crewnecks! GWiCS is donating 50% of profits to Canada Learning Code<https://www.canadalearningcode.ca/>, a charity which supports coding education for underrepresented groups! Deadline to order is THIS FRIDAY March 30th! Order form is attached feel free to spread the word! Let us know if you have any questions! Maddie Gabriel Co-Founder & Leader, GWiCS mgabri02(a)uogeulph.ca<mailto:mgabri02@uogeulph.ca> Dema Abu Adas Co-Founder & Leader, GWiCS dabuadas(a)uoguelph.ca<mailto:dabuadas@uoguelph.ca>

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Women in Development Panel this Thursday!
by Guelph Women in Computer Science 19 Mar '18

19 Mar '18

Hi GWiCS, Happy Monday 😎 Reminder - our Women in Development Panel is THIS THURSDAY 🎉🎉🎉 Please spread the word! * When: Thursday March 22nd, 6:00-8:30PM * Where: Summerlee Science Complex, Room 1511 * Details: Event will include refreshments (wraps, drinks and desserts) from hospitality. Please come prepared with any questions you have for the panelists, and feel free to include questions in advance in your RSVP! * Please RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7Py-KzgDpXRoXEzIDQtEXj3-hwwDiqG8… * Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/186672005278080/ * Our Awesome Panelists! * Cecille Freeman - Sr Software Engineer @ Google * Stephanie Wilson - Software Engineer @ Google * Erica Pisani - Software Engineer @ Wave * Cressa Price - Engineering Director @ D2L * Kate Wilhelm - Manager, Product Design (UX) @ D2L * Ania Halliop - Sr Development Manager @ Freshbooks * Maddie Page - Mobile Developer @ Freshbooks * Tobi Kral - Software Engineer @ Square * Aashni Shah - Software Engineer @ Square Also, congratulations to our new First Year Rep: Natalie Pirch! Year Reps, stay tuned for communications See you all Thursday! Maddie Gabriel Co-Founder & Leader, GWiCS mgabri02(a)uogeulph.ca<mailto:mgabri02@uogeulph.ca> Dema Abu Adas Co-Founder & Leader, GWiCS dabuadas(a)uoguelph.ca<mailto:dabuadas@uoguelph.ca>

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GWiCS Panel Event RSVP + Other Updates! 🎉
by Guelph Women in Computer Science 12 Mar '18

12 Mar '18

Hi everyone! Lots of updates today 🎉 * GWiCS Women in Development Panel is next week! * Please RSVP by this Thursday March 15th so we know how many people to expect! * What: GWiCS is happy to be hosting Guelph's first Women in Development Panel! Female developers from Google, Freshbooks, Square, D2L and Wave are coming to campus to answer your questions about working in the tech industry. This panel-style event is a great way to connect with people from industry, learn about developers' experiences and see where your degree can take you! * Our Awesome Panelists! * Cecille Freeman - Sr Software Engineer @ Google * Stephanie Wilson - Software Engineer @ Google * Erica Pisani - Software Engineer @ Wave * Cressa Price - Engineering Director @ d2L * Kate Wilhelm - Software Engineer @ d2L * Ania Halliop - Sr Development Manager @ Freshbooks * Maddie Page - Mobile Developer @ Freshbooks * Tobi Kral - Software Engineer @ Square * Aashni Shah - Software Engineer @ Square * When: Thursday March 22nd, 6:00-8:30PM * Where: Summerlee Science Complex, Room 1511 * Details: Event will include refreshments from hospitality. Please come prepared with any questions you have for the developers, and feel free to include questions in advance in your RSVP. * RSVP here by Thursday: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7Py-KzgDpXRoXEzIDQtEXj3-hwwDiqG8… * Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/186672005278080/ * Year Reps * The votes are in! Thanks to everyone for running and congratulations to our new GWiCS Year Reps! * 4th/5th Year: Reem Razak * 3rd Year: Kassidy Marsh * 2nd Year: Jovana Kusic * 1st Year: there is a tie! * First Years, please vote again by this Friday to break the tie: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScRiHPR3W3Z8J0aD8ycxOFbzvhGhnPk6qx… * New Logo * There was a tie between 2 logos, so the designer merged them into a new hybrid logo! * Thanks to Aysu Gundogan for designing this: [cid:daf391a6-a429-46a3-a226-22f5d28da3e0] * Social Media Manager: Aysu Gundogan is our new GWiCS Social Media Manager! * If you volunteered to do a student profile, you will be hearing form Aysu soon :) * Next Year: If you are interested in running GWiCS next year, please email gwics(a)uoguelph.ca<mailto:gwics@uoguelph.ca> and we will set up a time to meet. Thanks for reading - have a great week! Maddie Gabriel Co-Founder & Leader, GWiCS mgabri02(a)uogeulph.ca<mailto:mgabri02@uogeulph.ca> Dema Abu Adas Co-Founder & Leader, GWiCS dabuadas(a)uoguelph.ca<mailto:dabuadas@uoguelph.ca>

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GWiCS Voting Polls!
by Guelph Women in Computer Science 08 Mar '18

08 Mar '18

Hi everyone! In case you're not on the Facebook group - here are the polls to vote for Year Rep and our new logo Logo: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPsuDSs7R-NrVJx90UYcNOXAX70pLIzDO… Year Reps: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVF5yr5rpF3JPkf11ETsKGkwiPhEzROob… We will leave voting open until Sunday night! Have a great weekend, Maddie Gabriel Co-Founder & Leader, GWiCS mgabri02(a)uogeulph.ca<mailto:mgabri02@uogeulph.ca> Dema Abu Adas Co-Founder & Leader, GWiCS dabuadas(a)uoguelph.ca<mailto:dabuadas@uoguelph.ca>

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GWiCS Meeting #2 + Voting
by Guelph Women in Computer Science 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

Hi GWiCS! Thanks for coming out to our meeting on Wednesday 🎉🎉🎉 In case you missed it - attached is what we went over in the meeting! Along with the first meeting slides if you didn't see those. Details and sign-up forms for our 2 events are coming soon! 😎👍 Important: we will be voting for Year Reps and a new logo on Monday! We will send out Google forms via email/Facebook, so look out for those. * Have a GWiCS logo design idea? Please submit your design to gwics(a)uoguelph.ca<mailto:gwics@uoguelph.ca> by Sunday night * Want to be a Year Rep? Please submit your pitch to gwics(a)uoguelph.ca<mailto:gwics@uoguelph.ca> by Sunday night * If you already applied, but would like to resubmit a new pitch to go in the poll, just re-send and we will use the most recent one Let us know if you have any questions 😊 Maddie Gabriel Co-Founder & Leader, GWiCS mgabri02(a)uogeulph.ca<mailto:mgabri02@uogeulph.ca> Dema Abu Adas Co-Founder & Leader, GWiCS dabuadas(a)uoguelph.ca<mailto:dabuadas@uoguelph.ca>

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