WICS: We in Computer Science - Portland State

04/07/2021

Thank you to all the alumni who have led WiCS into who we are today, from members to leaders.
Thank you to our partners that provide wisdom, from finishing a Hackathon submission to polishing our resumes.
Thank you to our members who show up for each other, even when the weight of the world is on their shoulders.
Thank you to those who take a stand for our communities and fight every day to make this world a better place.

Lastly, thank you for supporting WiCS this at https://psudayofgiving.org/wics

We'll see you at our future events! We couldn't have done this without you.

with ♥️,
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04/07/2021

Throughout the pandemic, WiCS has sent 62 care packages to students with materials including:
📚 An O'Reilly textbook on design patterns
😷 Face masks, designed for our fellow glass-wearers
📓 Notebooks, for keeping track of what day of quarantine we are in.
🍫 Snacks, to lift our spirits!

This , give back to the community! Find out more at https://psudayofgiving.org/wics

04/06/2021

"We rise by lifting others" - Robert Ingersoll

This , lift the students in your community! Find out how donating to WiCS can help at https://psudayofgiving.org/wics

04/06/2021

With the pandemic came closed doors, and our beloved Fishbowl in 4th Ave. has been off limits. That's why We in Computer Science started the 'Virtual Fishbowls': to promote togetherness in the era of social distancing.

Using Gather, a 2D video platform, we've made an interactive space for our community to hangout and keep in touch. This is just one of many things WiCS has done to promote community in our department.

Find out more about our Virtual Fishbowls at wics.cs.pdx.edu and donate this Day of Giving at psudayofgiving.org/wics

04/06/2021

A few years ago We in Computer Science, formerly known as Women in Computer Science, updated the name to show our commitment in fighting discrimination and bias against people based on gender identity, sexual identity, race, and/or disability status.

Find out more about WiCS at wics.cs.pdx.edu/about and share this post or donate this Day of Giving at https://psudayofgiving.org/wics

04/06/2021

Today is Portland State's Day of Giving! Join us today in making a gift to support We in Computer Science. https://psudayofgiving.org/wics

Throughout the day, keep an eye out for posts from WiCS! If you can donate, please go to the link above and share these posts with your friends, family, and coworkers :)

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03/31/2021

The Annual WiCS Spring Hackathon RSVP is OPEN!

We welcome ALL students to join us in “hacking” together with APIs (application programming interfaces). Not familiar? We’ll have workshops and mentors to get you from 0 to 60 and make a project to be proud of! Already worked with APIs? Come combine forces with a team to make a project worthy of a Github Page.

This year’s Hackathon will be hosted entirely on Discord on Friday, April 16 [5 PM - 6 PM], Saturday April 17th [10 AM - 6 PM], and Sunday April 18th [10 AM - 6 PM]. (Note: you won’t have to be available the whole times listed.)

RSVP at https://bit.ly/3sztDdF or visit wics.cs.pdx.edu/hackathon for more information & links!

03/31/2021

Join us Friday 12 - 1:30 PM for our April Town Hall: a watch party on Coded Bias! We’ll be watching as a group at https://pdx.zoom.us/j/8369214908.

Modern society sits at the intersection of two crucial questions: What does it mean when artificial intelligence increasingly governs our liberties? And what are the consequences for the people AI is biased against? When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that many facial recognition technologies do not accurately detect darker-skinned faces or classify the faces of women, she delves into an investigation of widespread bias in algorithms. As it turns out, artificial intelligence is not neutral, and women are leading the charge to ensure our civil rights are protected.

03/04/2021

Yes, this is the same Ada that our favorite linux server is named after!

Although Ada Lovelace earned little public recognition during her lifetime, she is now considered a pioneer and prophet of the computer age. Although many men of the time feared “the very great tension of mind which [sophisticated mathematics] requires is beyond a woman’s physical power,” Lovelace viewed things differently, writing: “Nothing but a very close and intense application to subjects of a scientific nature now seems at all to keep my imagination from running wild, or to stop the voice which seems to be left in my mind.” bit.ly/3rrwWCU

02/12/2021

CONGRATULATIONS!! To Mechanical Engineering students for Leslie Baker Lyon and Catie Spivey receiving the Brooke Owens Fellowship.

The Brooke Owens Fellowship Program is a nationally-acclaimed nonprofit organization recognizing exceptional undergraduate women and other gender minorities with space and aviation internships, senior mentorship, and a lifelong professional network.

The Class of 2021 is the fifth class of “Brookie” Fellows. This year, more than 800 undergraduate students applied from 339 universities in 14 countries. Forty-four Fellows were selected through a competitive application process. The selected Fellows have demonstrated their desire to pursue a career in aerospace, a record of leadership, a commitment to their communities, and their inexhaustible creativity.

Read more visit link in bio. 🚀

01/27/2021

Join WiCS Wednesday February 3rd, 1-2pm for the monthly town hall zoom meeting! (https://pdx.zoom.us/j/8369214908)

This week we are going to have a guest speaker, Alexander Joy!

Here's a little bit about our guest:

Alexander Joy holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He currently works as a curriculum editor for Canonical USA (the distributor of the Ubuntu operating system). He is a member of the newly-formed Inclusive Naming Initiative, a cooperative effort among tech industry professionals to promote ethical language usage. Before joining Canonical, Lex taught classes in literature, philosophy, aesthetics, film, and composition at UMass, the University of New Hampshire, and Smith College.

We'll see you there!

01/21/2021

Join WiCS on January 28 at our virtual Career in Tech Workshop! We’ll be discussing a range of topics about your career in the industry! Make sure to RSVP by using the link in our bio!