CSE Undergrad News

All CSE undergraduates are urged to attend our CSE Internship Panel Event this Thursday, January 10 from 5:30 to 6:30 pm in EEB 105!  Reservations are not required.

The internship panel will feature recent CSE grads from Amazon, Zillow, Google and Microsoft who will provide the insight you need to secure the best-fitting internships, prepare for those internships and know what to expect once you get there.

Additional insight from our expert panel will help you steer your future transition from student to professional in the most efficient and effective way possible.   No CSE undergraduate who wants to maximize their early career impact and jump immediately into the position they desire should miss this one.  Bring your questions!  We will look forward to seeing you next Thursday.

Please contact CSE Advisor Dave Rispoli (rispoli@cs) for additional information.

Welcome back from break!

Overview:
1/10: Google Office Hours
1/10: Internship Panel

Google Office Hours
1/10: 12:00 – 1:00pm; Atrium

Internship Panel
1/10: 5:30 – 6:30pm; EEB 105

Facebook invites you to join them for a fun poker night! Come meet professionals from different companies around the area and win some prizes. Food and swag will be provided.

Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Time: 6:30pm – 10:00pm
Location:  Facebook Seattle; 1730 Minor Ave Seattle, WA 98101

Please RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4689184477

Hi all,

We want to give you a heads-up that we are hosting a open house for middle and high school students this Saturday afternoon from 1pm-3pm (details below). We will be using the Atrium, breakout areas on each floor landing, and other labs and conference rooms in the building for this event, including 002. If you see any of our visitors looking lost, it would be great if you offered them your help in figuring out where to go.

Please be prepared for lots of noise and activity throughout the building during this time. Popular study areas will be in use, and you may want to consider this if you planned to be here. It could get hectic.  All should be quiet again after 3pm.

Thanks for your patience and understanding.

Megan

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Quick reminder that we are hosting a computing-focused open house for middle and high school kids this Saturday 1-3pm (https://www.cs.washington.edu/openhouse).

Speaker: On Lee, CTO of GDP Venture, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Company: GDP Venture is a strategic Internet investor focused on the Indonesian market. We invest in early and growth stage companies in the consumer-to-consumer and mobile industries. Some of our portfolio companies: Kaskus.co.id – The Largest Indonesian Community; Blibli.com – Ecommerce; Merah Putih Inc – Indonesia’s first tech and digital incubator.

Description: On Lee will talk about the Internet industry in Indonesia. He has just recently returned to Indonesia in 2011 due to personal reasons after living and working in the US for almost 30 years. He will share his experience working with people, processes and products after more than a year in Indonesia as the CTO of GDP Venture and a Mentor of The Founder Institute Jakarta.

Supported by:

Indo Cafe (http://www.myindocafe.com/)

T-Station (http://www.tstationseattle.com/)

Just a reminder that Fallfest is tonight! Be sure to join us for food, drinks*, and games. Come relax and have some fun before the end of the quarter.

When: November 30th; 5:30 – 8:30pm
Where: Atrium
Cost: Free for ACM chapter members*; $5 for non-members.

*Must be 21+ and have ID to consume alcohol. Non-alcoholic beverages also provided. 🙂
**Not an ACM member but want to join? No problem! Bring $8 to sign up for free admission to future events! 

Interested in technology?
Want to learn about being LGBT and out in Silicon Valley?

Apply for the Out for Undergraduate Tech Conference hosted this February 2nd and 3rd at Facebook’s Silicon Valley headquarters. Last year we had over 100+ students attend from across the country and 16+ sponsor companies including Facebook, Box, Yahoo!, Groupon, Adobe, and more.

Early deadline for discounted registration fee and to reserve your spot early is this Friday, November 30th, regular deadline is December 30th.

More information: http://www.outfortech.com
Questions? info@outfortech.com

Hear ye, hear ye!

ACM is proud to present our annual Fallfest this Friday, November 30th. Come join us for food, drinks*, and games! All CSE faculty, undergraduates, and graduate students are welcome!

When: November 30th; 5:30 – 8:30pm
Where: Atrium
Cost: Free for ACM chapter members*; $5 for non-members.

Want to help set up? Contact the ACM officers at acm-officers[at]cs…

*Must be 21+ and have ID to consume alcohol. Non-alcoholic beverages also provided. 🙂
**Not an ACM member but want to join? No problem! Bring $8 to sign up for free admission to future events! 

Speaker Bios:

1. Krista Davis — Krista graduated UW CSE department and later dropped out of grad school  to work for Google. She’s worked on Google Talk and Docs and contributes her 20% time to work on Google’s local philanthropy tools. She represented Google on Seattle’s Out & Equal council and spends way too much time (re)watching Star Trek and Buffy.
2. Marsha Botzer — Marsha has served the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and progressive communities for over 30 years, as a founding member of Equality Washington, the Seattle LGBT Center, and on boards of Pride Foundation, Safe Schools, Lambert House, Seattle Counseling Service and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.
3. While we await confirmation from the third speaker, we can tentatively say that he is an executive from a leading multi-national technology firm. Of his many accomplishments, he currently represents the STEM community as a global LGBT lead promoting equality in the workplace.

If you have any questions that you would like to ask the speakers, feel free to ask any questions in the Catalyst RSVP, or email them to me at this address (johngvh@uw.edu). Some example questions could be something like the following:

• “Have you found STEM companies generally accepting of people who identify as LGBTQ?”
• “A lot of my community involvement efforts have been with the LGBTQ community. Is it alright to put this on my resume?”
• “Did you wait to come out at work? If so, when did you choose to come out, and why?”
• “What is your general experience of being out at work?”
• “What are some resources I can use to find out how LGBTQ-friendly a company is?”

Looking forward to seeing you all there!