WICS - Women in Information and Computer Sciences

News

4 December 2008

Are you interested in the gaming industry? Do you enjoy gaming? Microsoft is having a launch event for their game "Gears of War 2." Come learn about Microsoft XNA, the Imagine Cup XNA Challenge and play the newly released Gears of War 2 video game.
Check out our events page for more information or join the event on Facebook
To find the room select the appropriate map: Map to the building or Directions to the UCI Campus
Assited by WICS

20 November 2008

Come learn about programming opportunities at Blizzard-including duties and what it's like to be in the field. Blizzard will be collecting resumes at this event.
Check out our events page for more information or join the event on Facebook
To find the room select the appropriate map: Map to the building or Directions to the UCI Campus

29 April 2008

ACM, WICS and INSA are proud to present the very first annual ICS Day held on May 20th!!!
Check out our events page for more information

7 December 2007

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL! WICS welcomes our returning and new members to the 2007/2008 Academic Year!
Join WICS this year for events, job opportunities, and a chance to meet and socialize with your fellow ICS and Engineering majors!
Incoming freshmen and transfer students - Join WICS this year for a chance to learn about how to be successful in your majors, and to have a group of people who are dedicated to helping you!

13 May 2007

Thank you to everyone who participated in the WICS 2nd annual Outreach Roadshow with Girls Inc!
This particular event would not have been possible without the help of the Dean of the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences - Dean Debra J. Richardson, the ICS Student Affairs Office, the ICS External Affairs, the University Club, Suzanne K. Schaefer, Professor Bill Tomlinson and his research students, Professor Joerg Meyer, CalIt2 and the HIperWall, an anonymous donor, and the Girls Inc. elementary school coordinator, Kimberly Harnish.

19 April 2007

04 December 2006

The ICS website profiled our Vice-President, Gabriela Marcu, as a "trailblazer" for Computer Science and Informatics students. Congratulations, Gabi!
Read about it here.

15 September 2006

The OC Register recently published an article on Dean Debra Richardson and her innovative attempts to make Computer Science more appealing to women.
Includes comments from our President, Della Halim, and our Publicist, Katy Nguyen.
Read about it here.

22 May 2006

WICS received the Most Outstanding New Program Award for our Elementary School Outreach Roadshow from the Dean of Students on May 18th, 2006 at UCI's Student Organizations Recognition Night. This award shows how the faculty members, professors, graduate students, and undergraduate students of the Donald Bren School of ICS work together to reach out to the community to further educate young children.
Thank you to everyone who have helped with our mission: to help and encourage women to pursue a college degree and a successful career in the Computer Science fields. This particular event would not have been possible without the help of the Dean of the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences - Dean Debra J. Richardson, the ICS Student Affairs Office, the ICS External Affairs, the University Club, Suzanne K. Schaefer, Daniel Massaguer and the Rescue Team, Professor Bill Tomlinson and the EcoRaft Team, Professor Dan Frost, Professor Eric Mjolsness, an anonymous donor, and the Girls Inc. elementary school coordinator, Kimberly Harnish.