Grab this opportunity to learn more about the Grace Hopper Conference 2012! We are also conducting our CSWN Elections so be there and vote for your future leaders! Food and drinks are provided! :)
Delphi representative Amy Vanhorn will be sharing useful tips and advices on what makes a good resume! Food and drinks are provided.
A CS survival course not taught in the classroom, this first event plans on helping you develop your CS mindset while helping you start your own unique development environment. A presentation will lead with examples, with a hands on workshop following. Join us for a fun and educational look on working in Computer Science!
NSA Tech Talk Info Session
Stop by and discover your career opportunities with NSA! Find out how you can get involved with a CS background! Food and drinks will be provided. :)
John Deere Info Session
Stop by and discover your career opportunities with John Deere! Find out how you can get involved with a CS major background, learn about the John Deere technologies and of course, get some recruiting tips! Food and drinks will be served.
Fall 2011
CSWN End of Year Party
Come join CSWN's last event of the semester with fellow friends, foods and games! Have fun and destress before you head into finals week!
CSWN Social
Come join our last CSWN Social where we will chill and discuss on a variety of topics. Topics of interest include our fellow CSWN experiences in Grace Hopper Conference 2011, best study tricks and tips and dead week. If you have something you'll like to share, do join us!
The more the merrier! Food and drinks will be provided! :)
BS/MS and Grad School: Differing Paths Beyond Undergrads
Ever thought of going beyond an undergraduate degree, but not sure what you can do or where to start? Do you wonder about getting a Masters or PhD? Here at Purdue, there are different ways to further your education. CSWN is proud to present to you the opportunity to meet
with three of our fellow CSWN ladies, Alicia Klinvex, Lauren Stuart and Emily Friesen. Alicia is a doctoral student in her fourth year and is pursuing her PhD. Lauren graduated from Purdue last May and is currently attending graduate school in Purdue. Emily is a senior who participated in the BS/MS program. These awesome ladies will share their experiences with you and would gladly answer any questions you may have
about these paths of furthering your education. Food and drinks will be provided! :)
CSWN Social
CSWN Socials are back! Not sure what courses to take next sem? Wanna find out more about the courses you need/want to take next sem? Come join us and share your experiences in the courses you are in now as well as learn about what your future courses (and professors) are like! Food and drinks will be provided! :)
Being Female at Microsoft with Gitika Gupta
Purdue Alumni and Microsoft Sr, Program Manager within Bing Search Engine, Gitika Gupta will share her insights on the Program Manager role, how to balance one's career ambitions and family and tips to navigate through a field that is 90% male.
Meet Up before the Corporate Partner Mixer
Meet up and talk about who is going to be at the Corporate Partners Mixer. What questions to ask will be addressed. Juice, cookies and social time will be provided. :)
CS Survival Guide "What I Wish I Had Known!"
A CS survival course not taught in the classroom, this first event plans on helping you develop your CS mindset while helping you start your own unique development environment. A presentation will lead with examples, with a hands on workshop following. Join us for a fun and educational look on working in Computer Science!
Spring 2011
CSWN Elections
Last Sunday social and elections for the upcoming year!
Top Secret Rosies
In 1942, when computers were human and women were underestimated, a group of female mathematicians helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age. Sixty-five years later, their story has finally been told.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Science of Information.
Resume Clinic
Resume building clinic with Delphi Representative Amy VanHorn.
Sunday Social
CSWN Members dinner, social, and scheduling advice.
Sunday Social
CSWN Members dinner, social, and programming competition programming.
Fall 2010
Linux 101 Session 4
A joint event between the CSWN and the Purdue Linux Users Group to provide training on Linux. Focus: Administration.
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Linux 101 Session 3
A joint event between the CSWN and the Purdue Linux Users Group to provide training on Linux. Focus: Packages and scripts.
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Qualcomm Social
CSWN Members dinner and social sponsored by Qualcomm.
Paula Greve from McAfee
Paula Greve, the director of web security research at McAfee joined CSWN to talk about her career and challenges she had faced in her CS career field.
Linux 101 Session 2
A joint event between the CSWN and the Purdue Linux Users Group to provide training on Linux. Focus: tweaks and text files.
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Linux 101 Session 1
A joint event between the CSWN and the Purdue Linux Users Group to provide training on Linux.
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Delphi Corporate Event
CSWN hosted Amy VanHorn, an HR Representative from Delphi, who came and talked about what it was like to work at Delphi.
New Student Welcome
A CSWN new student meet and greet before the Corporate Partners Mixer at the Union.
Spring 2010
End-of-Semester Party
Our semesterly social get-together.
End of Semester Party
Our semesterly get-together at Jake's Roadhouse.
Elections/GHC Info Session
Elections for officer positions for the 2010-2011 school year, and an information session on the whys and hows of attending (and applying for funding for) the Grace Hopper celebration of Women in Computing, a yearly conference that many past and current students have attended.
Malware Reverse Engineering and Sandia Tech Talk with Carrie Price
Carrie Price, a CS alumna (2003) got her master's in CS from Carnegie Mellon University and then went on to Sandia National Laboratories. She came to talk about the process and tools of reverse-engineering malware.
Northrup Grumman Presentation
Roger Reiss came to talk about Northrup Grumman, discussing the current organization and some of the directions they will be moving as well as career paths in the company.
Open Officers' Meeting
An open officers' meeting was held for anyone interested in holding an officer position in the CSWN next school year or curious about how it works. CSWN's officer corps reorganization was also discussed.
Faculty Game Night
Some of the women CS faculty joined the CSWN for dinner, games, and chat.
Fall 2009
Joint Callout
Joint callout with other CS student organizations.
WICS / Life After College: a Peek into the Real World
Janine Patterson, a CS alumna and former CSWN President, came to share some of her perspective and experiences from her place as a successful gradat and career womn (Allston Trading) with both current and prospective students in an informal chat over dinner.
T-Shirt Design Contest
Grad School Panel
Many students showed up to listen to a couple of graduate CS students talk about their experiences and answer questions about the grad school process.
End of Semester Party
Our semesterly get-together at Jake's Roadhouse.
Spring 2009
Joint Callout
TV/Panel Night
Several students from the upper years shared their tips and experience for suviving CS.
Resume How-To and Elections
Brandon Hill (grad student) shared his experiences from both sides of the interview table, and workshopped resumes.
All Fired Up Event
Members went to a paint-your-own-pottery studio for socializing and fun.
End of Semester Party
Our semesterly get-together at Jake's Roadhouse.