Drexel Women in Computing Society

The Drexel University Women in Computing Society exists to support, recruit, and retain women pursuing a degree in the broad field of computing.

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Drexel WiCS at GHC 2018!  We all had a great time.  Huge thanks to Drexel CCI and Vanguard for making it possible for us to go. :) 

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Our members had the awesome opportunity to attend PHICWIC 2018 which is the ACM Philadelphia Region Celebration of Women in Computing Conference!   

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Today a couple of our members visited Comcast Headquarters in Center City Philadelphia. They had a chance to meet and network with their TECHwomen chapter!

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Thanks to some of our mentorship participants that came out today for the mentorship mixer! 

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Our WiCS members attended GHC 2017 in Orlando, Florida.  

18000 women technologists - bigger than ever!

GHC 2017 - Keynote by Melinda Gates

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Our Events Coordinator - Jen Bondarchuk welcoming incoming students at CCI college day. Stay tuned for all the exciting events we have planned for Fall!

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Our WiCS members enjoyed a dinner at Cozara as a part of our mentorship program!

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WiCS March mentorship dinner at Slainte.  Our members had a blast!

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We finally got a picture with all the WiCS Officers 2016-2017: - President: Tamine Mokdissi - Vice President: Amira Kinlaw - Treasurer: Safa Aman - Events Coordinator: Jennifer Bondarchuk - Secretary: Aldercy Laijin Wang - Graduate Liaison: Tess DiStefano 

Thanks for dedicating your time to making this organization great!

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February mentorship dinner at Baby Blues BBQ!  Our mentorship family for the month of January each received an Arduino Uno!   

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"Grassroots Surveillance Resistance at Your Local Library" Talk with founders of #torproject and #LibraryFreedomProject. Check out the streaming and slides in our previous post

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WiCS January Mentorship Dinner at Landmark Americana! 

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We were in the CCI news for our mentorship program!  Check out this article by Drexel CCI: http://drexel.edu/cci/news-events/news/2017/June/drexel-women-in-computing-society-mentorship-program-soars-to-success/

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More photos from GHC 2016.

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Photos from GHC (Grace Hopper Celebration) 2016.  WiCS also visited the NASA Space Center in Houston, TX!  

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We are proud to announce that two of our WiCS officers will be working full-time at Microsoft after they graduate! WiCS Graduate Liaison, Tess DiStefano, will be working as a Software Development Engineer in the Technical Evangelism and Development Team. WiCS Events Coordinator, Tamine Mokdissi will be a Program Manager in the Office suite. Congrats ladies!

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WiCS Welcome Back Ice Cream Social Fall 2016 was a success!  Thanks everyone for coming!