CSE Undergrad News

Hey, CSE undergrads! Our final Winter talk on on Life, Career, and Happiness After the Allen School is tomorrow!

Join outstanding alumni, tech professionals, and Allen School community members Kim Nguyen and Kasey Champion for their expert advice on succeeding in your first few professional years. Learn how to navigate common pitfalls, which skills from college will actually matter, expectation setting, and how to get to a job that you care about.  

Tues March 5, 5:30pm:
What You Really Need to Know in the First 5 Years of Your Career
Presenters:
Kasey Champion, UW alum, tech professional, and Allen School lecturer
Kim Nguyen, CSE and EE alum, tech professional, and current Allen School Career Advisor 
Johnson 102. 

Please be sure to check the undergrad calendar for more information on upcoming events: https://www.cs.washington.edu/academics/ugrad/advising_calendar

Monday, March 4^th, 2:00-4:00 p.m. – CSE1 Atrium

Disney office hours

Join us for Disney office hours with Ashleigh Ranero – tech recruiter, Disney Professional Internships! Stop by to learn more about tech internships at Disney, get resume advice, and grab some Mickey rice crispy treats!

Tuesday, March 5^th, 5:30-6:30 p.m. – Johnson 102

Winter Speaker Series: Life, Career & Happiness after the Allen School

TOPIC: What You Really Need to Know in the First 5 Years of Your Career Speaker: Kasey Champion and Kim Nguyen

Tuesday, March 5^th, 6:00 p.m. – ECE105

Disney tech talk: Cloud Migrations at Disney

SPEAKER: Rebecca Lotus

Join us for Disney Tech Talk @ UW featuring Rebecca Lotus- Software Engineer from Disney’s Seattle office! When: Tuesday, March 5th Time: 6:00 – 7:00pm Where: ECE105 Rebecca will be giving a talk about cloud migration, so stop by for an awesome conversation, grab some food, and get your internship questions answered! Cloud Migrations at Disney: As we move toward cloud based applications and services, what are the impacts and demands for those entering the Disney Cast; what skills are needed, and what new opportunities has this industry wide shift made? Rebecca Lotus- Software Engineer at Disney’s Direct-to-Consumer & International business will be answering those questions and offering her insight into how to prepare your own skill set for cloud-based tech.

Wednesday, March 6^th, 11:00 a.m.- 12:00 noon – CSE1 Atrium

Open Venture Office Hours
Joe Wallin (startup lawyer) of Carney Badley Spellman, and Randall Lucas (venture investor) of Voyager Capital, will resume their open venture office hour first Wednesdays at 11 am in the CSE atrium. Any school affiliates with an interest in starting or joining a startup company are welcome to join to discuss things like what it takes to form a corporation, how to raise investor capital, what kind of roles there are for CSE grads in startups, etc.

The event by popular demand is finally here! ACM-W is holding a workshop for everyone to learn about what makes a great resume and LinkedIn profile. We will go over key tips that make a resume stand out, and will also have time to take a nice new headshot for your LinkedIn profile. Snacks and profile pictures are provided. As always, all CSE students are welcome!

Note: There will be an interactive portion to the workshop, so please make sure you have some way of accessing your resume during the event (you can either print it out or pull it up on your computer). You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with other students in CSE and peer-review resumes and profiles. If you would like to have your resume peer-reviewed, feel free to print a copy and bring it with you!

When: March 7th (Thurs) 4pm – 5:30pm

Where: CSE 403

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1087243884794739/

RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/kGNfcUg0bG0E42xo2

The Allen School is hiring peer advisers for the 2019-20 school year! We hope you will consider applying, or encourage friends to apply (you can nominate someone here!).

Peer Advisers are an important part of the Allen School community. They assist with quick questions and student appointments, give presentations, help staff our front desk, and represent our school at events across campus. Peer Advisers help students with course planning, academic exploration, admissions, the career search, and more! They also create resources for students and offer the professional advising staff and faculty an important perspective. It is a fun job that can make a big impact.

Apply Here!

Applications are due Friday March 22nd. We encourage students of all years and backgrounds to apply!

Start Date: Formally Autumn Quarter (some training will take place during Spring Quarter)

Weekly workload: 5 – 12 hours a week (Varies depending on special events and time of the quarter). Hours are flexible depending on your course schedule.

Questions? Email Jenifer <jenifer@cs.uw.edu>

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Job Duties

-Speak with prospective students and their parents (via phone, email and in-person) about the field of computing, the Allen School, and the University of Washington.

-Advise UW students who are pre-majors on course planning, academic exploration, admissions, and opportunities outside of the classroom.

-Advise Allen School students on a variety of topics dependent on your year in school and relevant experiences

-Present at information sessions and represent the Allen School at academic fairs and recruitment events

-Help students, prospective students, and parents who come to the CSE reception desk with undergraduate-related questions.

-Work on various projects based on your strengths and interests!

Required Qualities & Experiences

-Empathy and compassion towards students and families of all backgrounds

-Trustworthy with confidential student information

-Good conversation and presentation skills

-Ability to work well on a team and independently

-Ability to have difficult conversations in a compassionate and approachable way

-Making satisfactory progress towards a CS or CE degree (you don’t need to be a perfect student!)

-Demonstrated involvement outside of the classroom at UW. Prior involvement within the Allen School is helpful but not required.

-Willingness to learn and speak about other tech-related majors and opportunities at UW

-Ability to represent the Allen School and the UW in a professional manner

-Willingness to provide and receive feedback

We’re really at a loss on how to solve the problem of students hoarding courses.  I know that some of you have very good reasons – you’re not the ones we’re referencing.

I just ran the statistics again, and this winter 3 students took 4 CSE courses and 157 took 3 CSE courses (out of over 1300 total students – most take only 1 or 2).  Right now for spring, 21 students are registered for 4 CSE courses and 252 are registered for 3.  That means we have at least 100 spaces in courses that are likely not actually going to be used by the people who are registered.

If at all possible, please try to make up your mind on courses you don’t plan to take. Your fellow students will thank you.

In more positive news we are working hard to adjust course limits for 446 and several 300 level courses, so stay tuned for more openings.

Feel free to write to ugrad-adviser@cs with suggestions on how you think we could fairly remedy this conundrum. 

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From: Ed Lazowska lazowska@cs.washington.edu
Date: Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 5:15 PM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Two more notes about Thursday
To: Researchers researchers@cs.washington.edu, Staff cs-staff@cs.washington.edu, Cs-Ugrads cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu

Please don’t enter the lower floor of the building between 11:00 and 2:00 – the hallway outside the auditorium and classrooms, and the stairs up to the first floor. (The robotics lab is fine for those with access.)

AND: There will be screens in the Allen Center atrium and in the Gates Center atrium for those who would like to watch the program, which takes place from 1:30-2:15.

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From: Ed Lazowska lazowska@cs.washington.edu
Date: Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 12:43 PM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Please read! – Thursday’s Gates Center dedication

There will be some inconveniences on Thursday related to the dedication ceremonies for the Gates Center. Apologies in advance.

• The Research Commons will be dedicated to event attendees from noon-4. (The 1st floor kitchen will be available for your use.)
• The elevators will be dedicated to event attendees from noon-4. (Please use the stairs rather than the elevators.)
• The 4th floor will be dedicated to event attendees. (Check out the 4th floor during the Open House on Friday!)

To be clear, we want our guests to see the building in action! Please use the Gates Center as you normally would, except for the above. And please be friendly to those who wander into your spaces.

Do remember my previous “watch your valuables” email. All cardkey doors will be unlocked on Thursday, and many will be unlocked on Friday. Don’t leave stuff lying around – there will be lots of people wandering around with open access.

Thanks!!

Ed Lazowska

Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering

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Hey, CSE undergrads! We have two more talks to help you prepare for Life, Career, and Happiness After the Allen School! 

Tonight: Feb 27, 5:30-6:30pm:
Being Your Own Advocate in the Professional World.
Room change: CSE 305
Kasey Champion, UW Alum, tech professional, and Allen School lecturer.
Come learn from from Kasey how to advance professionally and get what you want out of your career by effectively advocating for yourself. This is a crucial skill for anyone — from seniors preparing for full-time jobs, or new students learning to navigate the UW.

March 5: What You Really Need to Know in the First 5 Years of Your Career
Kasey Champion, UW alum, tech professional, and Allen School lecturer, and Kim Nguyen, Allen School Career Advisor
Johnson 102. 

Hello, undergrads! We’re hiring new Allen School Ambassadors for our K-12 outreach team. Ambassadors lead a variety of activities for pre-college students, such as designing and delivering 1-day workshops, leading Allen School tours, and representing the school at large events like school STEM nights and career fairs.

Apply here!

Applications will close at 03.06.19 at 11:59pm. This Ambassador role lasts from Spring 2019 through Spring 2020.

Hello Allen School Students,

The ACM team is excited to announce that Snack Overflow 2.0 is coming tomorrow! We will have an opening event at 1:00pm tomorrow to showcase the new system!

Why the change?

Snack Overflow has had a couple of issues in the past. The check-out system was confusing to use and has periodically crashed. We also had issues with students accumulating too much debt, which means we didn’t have enough money for the following order. Snack Overflow is a student run store. It is not funded by the Allen School, and we depend on the honor system to keep going. We hope that this new system will solve our previous issues and keep Snack Overflow consistently stocked!

What’s different?

We’re going cashless

We are using a new checkout system (Square) that will accept all major credit and debit cards.

New self-checkout system

We’re replacing the old PC with a tablet. Please remember that this is an honor-based system and we rely on you paying for the snacks you take to keep SO stocked! Also, please respect the tablet and avoid damaging it (spills/scratches/drops) as we won’t be replacing it and may have to discontinue SO.

No more debt

We will phase out the Snack Overflow account system. You will not be able to add money to your account and/or accumulate debt with this new system. Instead, just pay as you go. If you have an existing Snack Overflow account with a balance, look for a separate email about your refund (or payment).

Bigger snacks

Since the new Square system requires a $1 minimum purchase, we will be upgrading some of our existing products (example: switching from soda cans to bottles) and also offer bundling options.

If you have any comments or suggestions for Snack Overflow, feel free to email us at acm-officers@cs.washington.edu