Yale WGiCS: Weekly Newsletter #5
Welcome!
WGiCS: Who we are and membership requirements
Women & Gender Minorities in CS (WGiCS) works to connect and empower all women and gender minorities interested in computer science at Yale. Below is what you can expect our membership commitment to look like for the 2020-2021 school year:
Join a WGiCS family (more details to come)
Be an active participant in the community by coming to events and supporting your fellow WGiCS members
Below are our curated selection of opportunities for this week. If you find this helpful, don’t hesitate to forward this newsletter to your friends or communities. You can always get updates from us by subscribing to our Substack.
We are also excited to promote our Yale WGiCS LinkedIn group and our LinkedIn account! Join to connect with current and former WGiCS members.
~From the Yale Women and Gender Minorities in CS Team
LinkedIn Group | LinkedIn account | Facebook Group | GroupMe | Instagram
WGiCS Announcements
Thank you to everyone that came to the Yale WGiCS Kick-off Celebration today! If you weren't able to attend below are links to the presentation, our social media pages, class GroupMe, and zoom recording.
Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19xeXsAXifiHEHkS6ki0Xh2XuqywT-UJ1ujILHZ5_DxQ/edit?usp=sharing
Social Media: LinkedIn Group | LinkedIn account | Facebook Group | GroupMe | Instagram | Facebook Page | Newsletter
Class GroupMe:
Zoom Recording: https://yale.zoom.us/rec/share/IDhXguQ86SZ8qh3QENWRF5npmGpOdS_SqwJHZVwtmy59Kk4f6XWAEnEi5ST-JGlS.yb2dJXCTCzikB_T9
“A Day in the Life of a FB Intern”
Wednesday, September 23rd at 6PM EST
Join WGiCS for a panel discussing FB internships! Our panelists include current Yale students who have interned at Facebook as well as Yale alums who are full-time engineers. We hope to see you there! Link to Zoom
Mock Interviews with Peers
If you are interested in forming mock interview groups and/or mentoring mock interview groups, please fill out this form. We will try to find matches between people and have a kick-off event to talk about how to conduct mock interviews and start the first round of practice!
WGiCS Membership Database
WiCS is starting a new initiative to create a database of current and former members! We want everyone to be able to stay connected to this community not only throughout your college years, but also well beyond.
Please fill out this form if you’d like to stay in touch and have access to this resource!
Opportunities
Recruitment season is live! Find some opportunities here
FB Virtual Events
“From intimate dinners, panels and tech talks to open houses and conferences, our networking events are an opportunity to connect with peers in your field and meet our thought leaders and experts. Sign up here to learn more about our upcoming virtual events.” (Facebook)
Apply to be a mentee and/or mentor for WISAY's Mentoring Program
If you would like to apply to be a mentor and/or mentee, please fill out this form by Wednesday, September 23rd. As always, we will do our best to match you with a compatible mentor/mentee! If you already have a mentee/mentor and wish to continue your mentoring relationship, please still fill out the form so we can keep track of all pairs.
Applications to take part in the Women in Science at Yale (WISAY) Mentoring Program for the 2020-2021 school year are now available!
As in past years, we will have mentoring on two levels: graduate students mentoring undergrads and post-docs mentoring graduate students. Graduate students are free to sign up for both programs. Studies find that having female mentors increase women scientists’ sense of voice in their academic departments, leading to greater job satisfaction, and that women who have had female mentors get more grants and publications later in their careers.
Mentors and mentees will decide together how often meetings take place, and what the focus of the mentoring relationship will be. WISAY will provide some structured events, including a mandatory mentoring workshop in late October.
For more information on the mentoring program please visit our webpage http://wisay.sites.yale.edu/mentoring or email us at wisay@yale.edu with any questions.
Internship Opportunities for First Years and Sophomores
Door Room Fund
For any students interested in VC, apply to Dorm Room Fund— the original, largest, and most active student-powered VC fund, backed by First Round Capital. We provide founders with a strong network of investors, world-class mentors, and a $20,000 check. We're looking to find the best new Investment Partners and a Head of Engineering for our team.
Over the last 5 years, our 300+ startups have gone on to raise $500M+ in follow-on funding from top VCs such as Andreessen Horowitz, First Round, Sequoia and more. We also support diverse founders and investors through initiatives including the Female Founder Track and the Blueprint Project. In the past few years our student partners have gone on to be VCs at First Round, Sequoia, and Floodgate, as well as started amazing companies like Ubiquity6, The League, and others.
We look forward to getting to know you — the next wave of visionary investors, founders, and operators— better!
Mozilla’s Fix-The-Internet Incubator
We're looking to invest in people, projects, and technologies that shape the internet and have a positive impact without having to only worry about the bottom line. Firefox, Wikipedia, Wordpress, DuckDuckGo, Kickstarter, GitHub, Node.js, and Ethereum are some of our favorite examples of the internet at its best. We’ve done it before. We're going to build 1000 more.
Yale WGiCS Pandemic Resource Guide
Our team recently put together a collection of resources and materials to help you out in time of Covid-19. We’ve included everything from CS learning tools, podcasts, mentorship resources, to game and baking suggestions! Check it out and feel free to add your own.
Connect with Us
If you are not yet part of the Yale WGiCS GroupMe or Facebook group, please join us! We share news, events, and opportunities for everyone to stay connected with the community!
Also check-out our website!
Password to access CS guide: yalewics