Women in Computing (acm-w), Cal State Long Beach Chapter

11/07/2015

ACM-W assists Dr. Monge with Processing workshop. ACM-W also held a Binary Workshop, where girls learned how to write their name in binary!

09/05/2015

Hi Everyone! Facebook will be on Campus on September 16th. The event will include a Tech Talk led by one of our CSULB Engineers at Facebook, and then will open up to a Q&A with their engineers and recruiting team. There will also be an informal mixer with refreshments for students to make connections with their team. The space is limited, so don't forget to RSVP at http://bit.ly/FBmixer asap to reserve the spot.

09/02/2015

Just a reminder, we will be in central quad today and tomorrow from 10- 2pm. Come check us out!

08/31/2015

Hello Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful first week and are ready to have an exciting semester. We will be having our very first meeting on Thursday, September 17th at 2 pm in ECS 304. We will also be at Week of Welcome on September 2nd and 3rd and Engineering Welcome Day on September 10th. Come check us out if you have any questions or want more information on upcoming events and activities. We are looking forward to meeting you all :)

04/14/2015

If you guys have the time, check out this event happening tomorrow at the CDC!

NEW GIRL IN A TECH WORLD
Breakout Session featuring Betsy Tong from Intel
April 15th @ 1:45 – 3:00pm
Location: Career Development Center, BH-250

03/21/2015

Today was such a great experience for everyone at Engineering Girls Day @ the Beach, especially for our ACM-W members! We got the opportunity to teach middle school girls how to make their own version of a flappy bird game. It was a blast!

Thanks to all the volunteers and people that made this event possible! Jessica Obrique Himadri Shah

03/16/2015

Engineering Girls @ the Beach is coming up again! Our members be going over a simple Flappy Bird game to teach some programming concepts! It's a perfect opportunity to expose girls to some of the things you can do with computer science.

http://studio.code.org/flappy/1

If you're interested in volunteering or have any questions, please email [email protected]

02/02/2015

Welcome back to the new semester! ACM-W will be having it's first meeting this Tuesday, Feb 3 @ 1:00 p.m. in ECS-304. Come learn about our club and meet some new people! We look forward to seeing you there.

11/20/2014

This Friday, She++, a computer science event will be taking place at Pasadena City College. There will be guest speakers, food, and fun. Some of our girls will be attending as well. We hope you can come out and join us!

She++ is an event designed to expose and encourage women to pursue a STEM degree, our main focus being Computer Science, as well as highlighting female role models in Computer Science.

11/14/2014

ACM-W hosts a Circuit Workshop at Lakewood High School! Taught the girls how to make a simple circuit on a breadboard to make LEDs flash.

11/14/2014

Here's a cool preview of what we'll be making for our Circuit Workshop tomorrow. Want to make one too? You can find the How To's on our PowerPoint here!

http://csulbwic.acm.org/circuit-workshop/

11/12/2014

Hello Everyone!
ACM-W is going out to Lakewood High School this Friday the 14th for an outreach event. We will be teaching a class of girls how to create a circuit. If you're interested in volunteering or curious about the event, send over an email to [email protected].

You can also check out our website for regular updates!
http://csulbwic.acm.org/

Thank you for your support!

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