Community

sheCodes strives to have everyone feel that they are known and belong to our community. We advocate for inclusiveness for all students and allow everyone to be heard. sheCodes does this through our mentorship program and engaging in an inclusive community.

Outreach

We strive to empower others through outreach in our Future Women Developers (FWD) Conference and annual STEAM fair. Our community fully believes that we should be supporting the next generation of engineers and equipping them with the tools and confidence.

Growth

sheCodes understands that there is always room to learn and grow more. Whether this is technologically, personally, or professionally—we believe that we must take any opportunity to grow in all dimensions. We do this through Semester-Long Projects (SLP) during the fall and hosting workshops aimed towards professional and personal growth. Check out some of the projects here!

Meeting Times in Academic Year

Meetings are every Thursday from 12pm to 12:50pm (U-hour), location: Building 8 Room 4

sheCodes' schedule will be updated monthly here!

Fundraising

Learning and Coding with sheCodes

We will be hosting coding sessions, dedicated to reviewing and discussing technical questions to help prepare you for technical interviews. Every levels are welcome. These sessions will provide an opportunity for participants to engage with the coding challenges featured in our newsletter.

Meeting Room: Building 8 Room 4

Time : Fridays. 10:30 am - 12:00pm. Come and go at anytime that suit you!

Lead : Chau Nguyen

Coding Session Dates 2025: Stay tuned. 90% will be in October. Please check Discord.

Resources: Technical Interview Handbook - Grind 75

Want to learn, contribute, volunteer, and assist Chau? :Sign up here

Join us as we explore and analyze the technical problems, share insights, and foster a collaborative learning environment.

Mentorship Program

The mentorship program matches members in the club with a mentor. The mentor helps the mentee with class selection, internship searches, moral support, academic advice, and generally becomes a much-needed, loving guide to achieving success as a woman in CS.

Mentorship applications are opening right now for the Fall semester.
If you are upper-classman students and are interested in developing your leadership skill, apply to be a mentor. Due: Wed, 09/17/2025.
If you are newcomers, transfer students, or just want to have a mentor, apply to be a mentee. Due: Friday, 09/26/2025.

For more information for our Mentorship Program, contact our Mentorship Chair 2025: Michelle Paino through sheCodes Discord!

Future Women Developers (FWD) Conference

Once a year during Spring semester, sheCodes invites middle/high school women to participate in a day filled with interactive workshops and fun activities to expose them to computer science. The Future Women Developers (FWD) program gives young women a taste of the tremendous creativity and innovation involved in computer science, engineering, or career in science. It gives young women tangible ideas about how these fields can help change the world through practical projects. Volunteer form to help out at FWD Conference will be open in Spring semester.

Semester-Long Projects (SLP)

This is a great opportunity for participants to gain group experience outside of the classroom and to gain knowledge of a specified area of computer science. Mentors will have the opportunity to lead and to teach their own project to a group of 4–5 participants. SLP also includes workshops and a Demo Day that are hosted during the fall semester!

The SLP 2025 Leader Applicationhas opened for the year.
You do not need to be an expert to be an SLP Lead. Familiarity with the topic and a willingness to grow and support your peers is all it takes. Apply to be a lead. Deadline: Sunday, Aug 24th, 2025.

The SLP 2025 Participation Applicationis now open as well!
If you want to develop new skills and add more projects to your resume, apply now--topics are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Deadline: Fri, Sep 12th, 2025.

For more information about SLP, please contact our Interval Vice President: Kenia Velasco through sheCodes Discord!

Company Panels

sheCodes organizes company panels to help members learn more about companies and get insight on different fields within computer science and technology. Previosuly, we've brought in Software Engineers from: Google, Esri, BlueBeam, Target, Starbucks, ChowNow, etc.
This year, company panels and company tours will be taken care by our External Vice President: Hasti Abbasi Kenarsari. Please contact Hasti on Discord if you have any questions.

Social Events

Want to hang out and meet other members from the club? Come to our socials! Hosted by our Social Chair, Areesha Imtiaz, there will be a few social events throughout the semester. In the past we have held boba/trivia, Halloween game night, Secret Santa and many more! For more information, please contact Areesha on sheCodes Discord.

Computer Science Student Resources

As a Computer Science major, there are specific classes one must take in order to graduate. Here is: List of Courses and the Roadmap. If you have questions regarding courses, the pledge, career, change of minor, etc. Please visit advising center.

All Resources

If you have questions regarding admissions, academic, campus life, etc. Please visit CPP resources.

Anyone information you would need about the CS Department, visit the CPP Computer Science Department Website

Setting up Git

Git is a powerful version control system that allows you to take snapshots of your project at different stages, making it easy to track changes, collaborate with others, and roll back if needed. Git comes installed by default on most Mac and Linux machines. If you use Windows operating system, you can download Git.

Resources

• How to set up Git on Windows 11
• Git Tutorial for Dummies.
• Connect local machine to GitHub through SSH
• Git vs. GitHub: What's the difference?.