Hi everyone!

Welcome to the fall 2016 term! We are excited to meet you guys and hope you can come out to our events. 

Here are some upcoming events:

  1. WiCS Tea Party Fall 2016: Thursday, September 15
    About: Meet the current WiCS committee and other WiCS members in Waterloo this term! Tea and snacks will be provided. Please try to bring your own mugs. Note: Our Tea Party is a Big CSters event is and is thus women-only (http://wics.uwaterloo.ca/faq/)

    When: 5:30-6:30 PM (drop by anytime)
    Where: DC 3336 

    Find out more at our Facebook event.

  2. Greenhouse Panel: Monday, September 19
    About: Come out for a talk from Female Social Innovators who work in technology. The panelists include women from both GreenHouse and Velocity! The goal of this event is to raise awareness about women in tech and inspire you to become an entrepreneur in the tech industry. St. Paul's GreenHouse is the first and only live-in campus-linked accelerator in Canada focused on social innovation and entrepreneurship. They provide their students with a dedicated space that fosters creativity and collaboration, peer-to-peer support and much more.

    When: 5:00-7:00 PM
    Where: QNC 1506

    Find out more at our Facebook event.

  3. Lunch with Microsoft: Tuesday, September 27
    About: Come join Microsoft for lunch and meet current full-times! Note: This is a women only event. Find out more here: http://wics.uwaterloo.ca/faq/

    Bios (full bios available on the Facebook event):
    - Sage Franch is a Tech Evangelist at Microsoft, motivational speaker, and founder of TrendyTechie.ca. Known internationally as "the Trendy Techie," she has been recognized for her work inspiring young women to explore careers in technology. Prior to becoming a Tech Evangelist, Sage was an educator at Microsoft Learning Experiences, where she created highly technical online training courses for Windows 10 app development. 
    - Kyle Olive graduated from Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo in 2015 and now works as a Program Manager on Windows in the Internet of Things.

    When: 12:30-1:30 PM (drop by anytime) 
    Where: M3 3103

    Find out more at our Facebook event.

  4. Women Who Code Career Panel @ Shopify Waterloo: Monday, October 3
    About: Career Panel: Exploring the Individual Contributor and Management.
    Join Women Who Code in a panel where they'll discuss what an individual contributor is, what a technical manager is, and what to expect from those roles. Panelists include Rachel Zhao, Engineering Manager at Yelp and Emma Kotzer, Software Developer at Shopify. Light dinner will be served.

    When: 6:30-9:00 PM
    Where: Shopify, 57 Erb St W, Waterloo, ON (map)

    Find out more about the event and panelists here.

Like our Facebook page for more updates. 

Hope to see you soon!

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Jenny Sun
WiCS Undergraduate Committee
Cheriton School of Computer Science
University of Waterloo