Hello,
We are the Outreach Committee in the Women in Computer Science organization at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. We are excited to inform you of our upcoming ChicTech event, which will be taking place on Saturday, October 7th, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM! Students will have an option to participate in-person at the UIUC campus in the Siebel Center for Computer Science building, or virtually through Zoom. We would greatly appreciate it If you could share the following information about ChicTech with your students or class!
ChicTech is a full-day event dedicated to introducing high school students to Computer Science through technical workshops, speaker events, and socials throughout the day. We will begin with beginner and advanced technical workshops where students can learn new CS concepts and their applications as well as programming. Professor Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider, a UIUC faculty member and the creator of many data visualizations, will be hosting his interactive workshop: “Nerding out with Interactive Data Visualization Systems”. We will also be having scavenger hunts, lunch and snack breaks, and a Q&A session scattered throughout the day. You do not need to have any previous knowledge or experience in computer science / engineering to attend. ChicTech is open to high school students of all genders, backgrounds, and skill levels.
For more information, please head to go.illinoiswcs.org/chictech
The registration form is linked here: https://forms.gle/PXVtmDk1UXKr7NA69
Please register by September 30th. We will be sending more information to participants closer to the date of the event.
Please feel free to contact atiwari5 or garimas2 with any questions! Thank you and we hope to see you at ChicTech!
Best,
WCS Outreach Committee
Lane Tech Computer Science 