NEWS

NJIT news and activities with a focus on connecting, supporting, guiding, and inspiring women in computing.

Resume Day With Career Development Services Date: February 2nd, 2023
A resume review workshop was conducted for Career Fair

Published By: Shreya Maqtedar

YWCC Grad Meet Date: 09/30/2022

The event was organized to create an opportunity for the new graduate students to connect with their peers and seniors. This was a collaborative event organized by GWICS(Graduating Women in Computing Society), DSC(Data Science Club), and GSA(Graduate Student Organization). The event kicked off with a welcome note from Dr.James Geller(Advisor GWICS and Chair of the Department of Data Science) and Dr. Vincent Oria (Chair of the Department of Computer Science). The attendees were then indulged in games like bingo, Zenga, Crossword, and many more. All the winners of the game were given prizes, which included GSA Hoodies, GWICS T-shirts, and GSA and GWICS Mugs.

Published By: Shreya Maqtedarr

Grace Hopper Celebration 22 Orlando Florida

Event Date Sep 20 - Sep 23

GWICS - Graduate Women in Computing Society

NJIT Graduate Women in Computing Society (GWiCS) promotes and supports NJIT's growing community of women studying in the fields of computing and technology. Through GWiCS, members develop their skill set at student-hosted workshops, participate in mentorship programs, and network at national conferences, such as the Grace Hopper Conference. In addition, members regularly take part in professional development activities and site visits with tech companies including Facebook. GWICS also actively conducts outreach to high school students to empower young women to pursue studies in computing.

Email: gwics-group@njit.edu

2022 Executive Board :

President: Shreya Maqtedar

Vice President: Veena Chaudhari

Secretary: Haoshu Lu

Treasurer: Jaini Bhavsar

Event Coordinator: Meghana Padullaparthi

Published By: Shreya Maqtedar

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WICS - Women In Computing Society

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NJIT Undergraduate Women in Computing Society (WiCS) promotes and supports NJIT's growing community of women studying in the fields of computing and technology. Through WiCS, members develop their skill sets at student and company-hosted workshops, attend company information sessions and hackathons, network at national conferences, and engage in community service.

email: wicsnjit@gmail.com

2022 Executive Board :

President: Shaili Soni

Vice President: Soumya Khera

Secretary: Cristina Hilario

Treasurer: Marian Siri

Community Outreach Chair: Grace Burke

Event Coordinator: Simran Kaur and Dzejlo Arapovic

Public Relations Coordinator: Trang Dang

Published By: Shreya Maqtedar

GWICS

NJIT's Graduate Women in Computing Society (G-WiCS), which aims at empowering and encouraging women in technology, has a new space and board members!

The new GwiCS team includes President Jingyi, Vice-President Veena, Treasurer Jaini, and Secretary Praneetha.

Follow NJIT's G-WiCS chapter on Instagram.

Photos from 4/24/2022 Student Welcome Event

Photos from 2/15/2022 Student Welcome Event

NJIT's 2022 GirlHacks competition

GIRLHACKS

GirlHacks, annual hackathon, hosted by NJIT's Women in Computing Society, for fun activities and creativity, sharpening skills, and meeting new people!

SISTERS HELPING SISTERS

Launched in Fall 2020, NJIT's Sisters Helping Sisters program matches female graduate students in computing with female undergraduate computing students, providing a welcoming space for students seeking help with Python and Java programming in CS100 and CS113 courses.

Dr. Yvette Wohn

MENTORING PROGRAM

A hierarchical mentoring program led by Dr. Yvette Wohn, a female professor who mentored a group of female computing graduate students, and provided each graduate student with the skills to mentor a group of female CS100 students.

Topics covered included succeeding as a woman in the study of Computer Science up to graduation, job hunting, and thriving in a technology job.

Learn more about Dr. Yvette Wohn and her work mentoring women and minorities in computing at NJIT

Girls who code

NJIT's Honors College and WiCS students are forming a local Girls Who Code club. More information coming soon.

Team Girl Unity presents their website during the Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program at NJIT