[wics-announce] WiCS Undergraduate Events (Sept/Oct)

[Women in Computer Science Announcements]

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
   <https://www.facebook.com/events/866577033443659/>.

   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
   <https://www.facebook.com/events/1164651946927674/>.

   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/ <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
   <https://www.facebook.com/events/304163109960420/>.

   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
   <https://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=57+Erb+St+W,+Waterloo,+ON,+ca>)
   Find out more about the event and panelists here
   <https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Waterloo/events/234067640/>.*


Like our Facebook page <https://www.facebook.com/wicsuw/> 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
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