CSE Undergrad News

Hey CSE,

Lots is going on for the next couple of weeks!  Remember you can add http://www.cs.washington.edu/affiliates/studentoutreach.html to your Google calendar to stay in the loop!

Tech Talks: remember all will include some sort of swag, food, and internship/career information.

1.) Madrona Info Session

Tuesday October 19th, 530-730pm, CSE Atrium

A collection of venture-backed start up companies, click event calendar link for more details!

2.) Palantir Info Session

Wednesday October 20th, 600-730pm, CSE Atrium

Analysts, large data sets, Taco Del Mar, and iPad drawing?!

3.) Cisco Info Session

Tuesday, October 26th, 600-700pm, EE 125

“Welcome to the Human Network, Cisco is more than just routers.” There will be a FLIP Video Raffle.

4.) CSE Industrial Affiliates Recruiting Fair

Thursday, October 28th, 9am-3pm, CSE Atrium

Mark your calendars.  This is hands down the largest recruitment event of the year!  More than 30 companies will be present! Check them out here:

http://www.cs.washington.edu/affiliates/meetings/recruit-co-1011.html

You will NOT want to miss this if you are remotely thinking about an internship  or full time employment.  Bring lots of resumes to hand out. Come looking sharp and eager to learn about who’s who in the tech world. It will be a very exciting day!

In the distant future…

5.) ACM Fall Fest

Friday November 5th, 500-900pm, CSE Atrium

“Remember, remember, the 5th of November…”  Mark your calendar.  This is ACMs major social event of Fall Quarter.  Look for posters to go up and more details to come.  There will be food, games, music, and socializing.

6.) ACM Research Night

Wednesday, November 10th, 430-700pm, CSE Atrium

A fun night to see what exciting research projects undergraduates are working on in the department.  There will be a short talk, Q&A panel, poster session, refreshments, and opportunities to get involved in research for the following quarter.  This is a great opportunity to take part in a serious project long before summer comes around.

That’s all folks!  (for now) I apologize in advance if my overuse of exclamation marks, !!!!!’s, bothers you!

Chris Raastad

ACM Internal Relations

It was great to see so many of you at our tech talk last week! We have extended the deadline to submit your resume for full-time software engineering opportunities. Please submit your resumes and unofficial copies of your transcripts by October 25th. You can view the full time opportunities at www.google.com/students/eng.

You can also check out our internship opportunities at www.google.com/students/intern.

Thanks!

Jessica Einfeld
University Programs



from Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu> date Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 11:49 AM subject KING 5 News story on the market for UW CSE grads

I normally don’t email our news posts, but this KING 5 video is really terrific!

http://news.cs.washington.edu/2010/10/16/uw-tech-students-in-high-demand/

I hope the quarter is going super well for everyone. However, if you’re stuck in a class that is a bit of a challenge, remember that we have limited tutoring available for CSE 300- and 400-level classes. If you’d like to join a study group, please send me an email today!

Groups are composed of 2-3 undergrads and one grad student tutor, and meet one hour per week. Tutoring is a commitment; only request to join a group if you are sure you will attend every week. I will match tutoring groups on Monday morning, so email me before then.

– Raven

Hey CSE!

I’m sure you are enjoying all the fabulous events this week.  Tomorrow is the first Smoothie Day of the quarter!

Smoothie Day, CSE Atrium, 3:20-4:30 pm

Come hang out with fellow majors and random Atrium bystanders for a smooth chill session of cheap fruity goodness!  Stop by any time, don’t forget to bring 2$!!!

Chris Raastad

!@#$#%$$% (title)

University Scholarship Program for the 2011-2012 School Year
http://www.microsoft.com/university/scholarships

Program Overview
Microsoft College scholarships are designed to encourage students to pursue studies in computer science and related technical disciplines. Students will be awarded scholarships in recognition of their passion for software, academic excellence, and ability to make a difference in the software industry.
Microsoft is excited to be offering scholarships for the 2011–2012 academic year. Applications must be postmarked by February 1, 2011.

At Microsoft, we want to encourage students from groups currently under-represented in the field of computer science to pursue technical degrees. While all candidates who meet the criteria for eligibility described below may apply, a large majority of our scholarships will be awarded to female students, under-represented minority students or students with disabilities. Minority applicants must be a member of one of the following groups under-represented in the software field: African American, Hispanic or Native American. Microsoft will review all applications and select final candidates on the basis of eligibility, quality of application, displayed interest in the software industry, commitment to leadership and financial need. We will target announcing scholarship recipients by March 18, 2011.

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**Please note this is for UW study abroad programs. We’ll have an info session on the CSE study abroad programs (ETH, KTH, and Saarland) this January.**

Explore study abroad options from Cape Town to Cairo from Copenhagen to Canberra at the Study Abroad Fair on Wednesday, October 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Mary Gates Hall Commons.  More than 100 exhibitors and program alums will be present to speak with you about options for taking your UW education across borders.  Staff from International Programs and Exchanges will also be available to answer any questions you may have about scholarships, travel resources, and finding the program that is the right match for you.

We are excited to welcome visitors from our exchange partner universities in Asia, Europe and Africa and hope that you will visit the fair to learn more about these unique and affordable study abroad opportunities.  More than 20 UW academic departments will also be present to showcase their UW faculty-led programs.

Concurrent workshops will be held in Mary Gates Hall 258:

11 a.m.  Study Abroad 101
Noon     Study, Work and Scholarship Opportunities in Japan
1 p.m.    Funding your Study Abroad

We look forward to seeing you on the 27th!  Shannon

Shannon Koller
Regional Team Lead for Africa/Middle East/Americas
Study Abroad Advisor
International Programs and Exchanges – University of Washington
459 Schmitz, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
206.221.3794
www.ipe.washington.edu
Advising: M 2-4, W 12-2, F 10-12

The 2011 Pride Foundation/GSBA Scholarship Application will be available on October 15 at www.PrideFoundationScholar.org

This year, $500,000 is available in scholarships to support education and leadership development for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer students of any age; students who have an LGBT parent; and students who are straight allies and are committed to civil rights for the LGBTQ community. Since 1990, more than $3 million in scholarships have been awarded. Pride Foundation and the GSBA Scholarship Fund would like to encourage you to share this excellent opportunity for students of any age or sexual orientation from Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Washington who are pursuing any post-secondary education (including community college, public or private colleges & universities, trade apprenticeships, or certificate programs)! There are fifty different types of scholarships with awards up to $10,000 – but only one web-based application to complete!

Applications can be completed online at www.PrideFoundationScholar.org and are due by 5:00 p.m. PST on Friday, January 31, 2011.

It is incredibly important you share this scholarship announcement with all students! LGBTQ students often do not have access to traditional means of support from families making it more compelling for organizations and schools to work together to reach these students. Our scholarships have the power to make a huge financial and emotional impact on their lives! Please post the enclosed posters prominently and announce these scholarships in your bulletin, newsletter, or student newspaper. Some LGBT students may not be “out” to others and straight ally students are often unaware that our scholarships are available to them as well. We rely on them seeing our scholarship posters or hearing the announcement to know that our scholarships exist.

To further assist students applying for these scholarships, we will hold Scholarship Application Workshops throughout the Pacific Northwest this fall – for specific times and locations or to request a workshop, please email scholarships@pridefoundation.org or call 800-735-7287 x110.
If you would like to learn more about this history and mission of our organizations, please visit www.pridefoundation.org or www.thegsba.org. We look forward to receiving applications from your students and thank you for your help spreading the word and supporting tomorrow’s leaders today!

With Pride,

_____________________________
Anthony Papini
Director of Scholarship Programs
Pride Foundation
Giving Together. Building Community.

The Ugrad Advisors are hosting a small information session for high school students on Monday, 10/18 from 3:30 to 4:30.

We are looking for a CSE student who would be available to attend the session, briefly speak about their experiences in the department and to answer questions from the students/parents. We are expecting a group of about 20 people. The session will take place in CSE 305.

If you are interested or have questions please email ugrad-advisor@cs.washington.edu.

Hello first and second year grads and senior undergrads that are
interested in grad school,

I just wanted to send out a reminder that the NSF info session will be
held tomorrow (10/13) from 3:30pm-5pm in CSE 403.
The session will officially start at 4pm, but if you have a class
conflict you can stop by (and talk with past winners) starting at
3:30. Previous winners will be there, as well as Ed Lazowska and
Lindsay Michimoto.

If you cannot make any part of this time and would still like
NSF-related information, send me an email, and I’ll send you relevant
information that we discussed.

See you there,
Emily Fortuna