Weekly CS Undergraduate Newsletter #52
October 20th, 2021
What does a computer tell its parent on a rainy day? "Mother, I’m board!" Happy Wednesday, Panthers! We hope your semesters are going better than our jokes!
Student News:
The newly founded Cybersecurity Club is having a meeting on Wednesday, October 20th from 4:15 - 5:15 in Room 755 of 25 Park Place!
Discord: https://discord.gg/TsHMGDvg
Cybersecurity Club is also hosting a guest speaker on Wednesday, October 27th from 4-5 PM in College of Arts and Sciences Lecture Hall 223.
Girls Who Code at GSU's fourth UI/UX design workshop for this week has been postponed and will be held on Tuesday, October 26. The meeting is part of the club's UI/UX design bootcamp that will be held weekly throughout the remainder of the semester! This meeting, as well as subsequent meetings, will be held by Sanjana Bhat, a member of the organization's leadership board. The meeting will be held in the CS Meeting Room at 25 Park Place in room 755 from 4-5pm EST.
Sanjana's website: https://sanjanabhat.me/.
On next Thursday, October 28, Girls Who Code at GSU will be holding a LinkedIn and networking workshop that will be hosted by a guest speaker from the GSU organization Digital Learners to Leaders. The meeting will be held virtually via Google Meet from 4:00pm - 5:00pm.
Join the club's Discord (link: https://discord.gg/kJrdCSAj) or join our club as a member through pin.gsu.edu to be notified about the online meet link for the meeting
Job Announcements/Career Opportunities:
Delta is hosting a virtual information session for students interested in Data Science/Analytics careers on October 27th from 5-6pm! (See flyer)
The application to #TwitterAcademy is now open! #TwitterAcademy is a paid 12-week summer internship program for historically underrepresented (Women, Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and/or Indigenous People) second-year computer science students located in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. All candidates will participate in interview prep workshops, meet with senior leaders and engage with our #TwitterAcademy alumni during an interview prep day on December 8th and will interview for internship positions on December 9th.
Applications due by November 7th
The Human Computer Interaction Graduate Program and the Virtual Reality Applications Center at Iowa State University are hosting an exciting REU program for the Summer of 2022! The program is a ten-week undergraduate internship where students work collaboratively in interdisciplinary teams, receive core training, and gain hands-on research experience with emerging interface technologies.
Program Dates:Tuesday, May 31, 2022 – Saturday, August 6, 2022
Application Deadline: December 31st, 2021 (or until all positions are filled)
More information and to apply: http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/hci/reu/
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