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Joby Aviation - Security Internship Opportunity

Please send your resume to security.internship@jobyaviation.com

Join STEM Hub's Slug Care Workshop on May 11th!

The STEM Hub is hosting its Slug Care Workshop on May 11th from 6:30-7:30 PM. This event will be hosted virtually via Zoom, with the room linked on the flyer below. We want your help to reach as many students as possible! If you could share this information through your newsletters, canvas pages, and/or other media you use to inform students it would help a lot. We have attached our flyer and link to the RSVP form below.

RSVP Form Link: https://forms.gle/xfhxuUPpVbJwdxv5A

BE Course Schedule 2022-2023 & Enrollment for Fall

Dear Baskin Engineering (BE) Students,

We hope that spring quarter is going well for you!  

The Baskin Engineering 2022-2022 course schedule is now available on the BE Course Web Pages.  We highly recommend that you take a look at this schedule prior to enrollment for fall, as depending on when classes will be offered next year this may affect your plan for fall and future quarters.  

2022-2023 schedule by BE Department 

Applied Mathematics:  https://courses.soe.ucsc.edu/courses/am?year=2022

Biomolecular Engineering: https://courses.soe.ucsc.edu/courses/bme?year=2022

Computational Media:  https://courses.soe.ucsc.edu/courses/cmpm?year=2022

Computer Science and Engineering: https://courses.soe.ucsc.edu/courses/cse?year=2022

Electrical and Computer Engineering: https://courses.soe.ucsc.edu/courses/ece?year=2022

Statistics: https://courses.soe.ucsc.edu/courses/ece?year=2022

Technology & Information Management: https://courses.soe.ucsc.edu/courses/tim?year=2022

Included below are a list of some BE courses in which the quarter(s) in which the class will be offered has changed, or will not be taught next year.

Not all changes are listed here so it’s important to still review the BE Course Web Pages linked above!  

Biomolecular Engineering (BME)
BME 80G, Bioethics: will be offered in Spring (previously offered in Fall)

Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
CSE 107, Probability and Statistics: will be offered Fall 2022 and Winter 2023 (previously offered in Winter and Spring)

CSE 122, Intro. to VLSI:  Will not be offered next year 

CSE 125, Logic Design with Verilog: will be offered in Winter 2023 (previously offered in Spring)

CSE 160, Intro. To Computer Graphics: will be offered in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 (previously offered in Fall and Winter) 

Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
ECE 13, Computer Systems and C Programming: will be offered Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 (previously offered in Winter and Spring quarters) 

ECE 157/L, RF Hardware Design: will be offered in Winter 2023 (previously offered in Spring)

If after reviewing these changes, you have any advising questions or need help with revising your plan, we recommend you come to our drop-in advising hours which can be found here. 

We encourage you to review next year’s schedule asap and prepare for your fall enrollment now - enrollment appointments for fall quarter begin the week of May 16!

Sincerely, 

Your Baskin Engineering Undergraduate Advisors 

Santa Cruz Launchpad - Submit Your Pitch Idea by May 11th

Santa Cruz Launchpad is UCSC's annual pitch contest combined with Santa Cruz Works' job fair. This year's event will be held on June 1 at the Cowell Hay Barn. Student teams are invited to apply and will receive two weeks of coaching on their pitches prior to the event.  Qualifying teams will be eligible for over $40,000 in prizes! 

Please apply HERE

If you have any questions regarding this application, please contact kgreaney@ucsc.edu

Announcing the UCSC 2022 Deep Read-Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom

This year we read Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom. Students are invited to read along with the broader campus community and think deeply about faith, science, addiction, and race in our contemporary moment. Read, think deeply with us, and meet the author May 15 at the Quarry Amphitheater. 

Students can get a FREE copy of the book while supplies last:  https://thi.ucsc.edu/deepread

2022 ASEE Student Showcase at the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition!

Diverse Voices Speaker Series Starts April 20th!

Season 4 of our Diverse Voices Speakers Series starts April 20th. Please register here.

STEM Hub Hours

LSS Tutoring Sign Ups Open APRIL 4th!

­ Sign Ups for Tutoring  Open April 4th!  ­ Happy Start of the Quarter!        Learning Support Services is reaching because our tutoring sign ups open on April 4th and we'd love to see you attend!    Our experienced tutors can help with exams, homework, studying strategies, and community building! Sign ups are first come, first serve, so don't wait!   ­ Sign Up Now!  ­ ­ How do you sign up to reserve your spot? You can sign up through Tutor Trac. Please refer to our website for written instructions and video tutorials. When signing up, make sure to check what program your class is supported by. See the list below to figure that out!  You will also have the option to sign up for remote or in-person tutoring. Choose the subcenter that corresponds with the option you'd like! ­ ­ ­   Check out our Class Supported!  ­ MSI + SI Courses  ­ ­ ­ ­ Biology + BIOE  ­ BIOL 100-001 BIOL 101-001 BIOL 105-001  BIOL 20A-001 (SI) BIOE 20C-01 (SI)  ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Chemistry  ­ CHEM 1B-001 CHEM 8B-001 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Computer Science and Engineering ­ CSE 12-001 (SI) CSE 13S-001 CS3 16-001 CSE 101-001 CSE 102-001 CSE 107-001 CSE 120-001 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Mathematics ­ MATH 3-001 MATH 11A-001 MATH 23A-002 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Physics ­ PHYS 6A-001 (SI) PHYS 6B ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Small Group Tutoring  ­ ­ ­ ­ Applied Mathematics ­ AM 10-01 AM 11A-001/ECON 11A-001 AM 11B-001/ECON 11B     ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Biology + BIOE ­ BIOL 105-001 BIOL 130-001 BIOL 20A-001   BIOE 20B-001 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Chemistry  ­ CHEM 1A-001 CHEM 8B-01 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Engineering ­ Bio-molecular  BME 160-001   Electrical  ECE 183-001   ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Computer Science and Engineering ­ CSE 16-001 CSE 20-001/04 CSE 30-001 CSE 100-001 CSE 103-001 CSE 111-001 CSE 183-001 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Languages ­ Chinese CHIN 3-01/02 CHIN 6-001   French  FREN 4    German  GERM 2 GERM 3     ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Economics ­ ECON 1-001 ECON 2-001 ECON 100A-001 ECON 100B-001/02 ECON 113-002 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Languages ­ Italian  ITAL 1-001 ITAL 1B-001   Japanese JAPN 105-001 JAPN 3-001/02/03/04 JAPN 6-001/02    ­ ­ ­ ­ Legal Studies/Politics ­ LGST 105D-001/POLI 105D LGST 120C-001/POLI 120C   POLI 140C-001 POLI 160D-001  ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Linguistics ­ LING 50-01 LING 100-001 LING 101-001 LING 112-001 LING 113-001 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Literature ­ LIT 184A-001 LIT 186B-001 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Mathematics ­ MATH 11B-001 MATH 100-001 MATH 117-001 MATH 110-001 MATH 19A-001 MATH 19B-001/02 MATH 21-001 MATH 23A-001 MATH 23B-001 MATH 24-001 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Music ­ MUSC 30A-001 MUSC 30C-001 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Physics ­ PHYS 5B-001 PHYS 6C-001 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Psychology ­ PSYCH 1-001 PSYC 10-001 PSYC 100-001 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Spanish ­ SPAN 2-01/02 SPAN 3-01/02/03 SPAN 4-01/02/03 SPAN 5-001/02 SPAN 6-001 SPHS 6-01/02 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Statistics ­ STAT 7-001/02 STAT 131-001 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Learning Support Services  University of California, Santa Cruz Located at the ARCenter ­     ­ ­

CSE 183 (Web Applications) is Looking for Tutors

Spring CSE 183 is looking for tutors!  The tutors should be familiar with web app development, and preferably they should have taken CSE 183 based on the py4web framework in the past.

Interested students should apply to rta.soe.ucsc.edu

GraceHacks Team Application

Are you interested in organizing a hackathon? GraceHacks is looking for organized, reliable individuals to join their Tech, Design, PR, Logistics, and Sponsorship teams! You will be given the opportunity to help host workshops and assist participants during the hackathon. Team members will gain valuable experience planning this event as well as various workshops during the year. Through this experience, you will learn to work in a collective team and help other teams within GraceHacks. GraceHacks promotes growth and curiosity in its team members and is accepting applications until May 31st at 11:59 PM. Prior experience is preferred, but not necessary! Apply here, and email info@grace-hacks.com for any questions.

Helpful System Design Study Guide for Interview! New Grad offers from Google, Amazon, Meta, Robinhood

Hi, just want to share a system design study guide that's found to be super helpful. System Design is part of every tech interview these days, this study guide is able to break down hard concepts into simple terms that you can apply for your interview prep!

We actually recently done an interview on the author - Jordan, who got New Grad offers from 3 of FAANG + Robinhood, check out the interview here.

We're a group of UCSC students making a blog+website to provide the most helpful resources on interview prep and career transparency for students going into Tech. 

Invitation to Electrical & Computer Engineering's Graduate Programs Virtual Information Session - May 18th 5:00 pm & May 19th 9:00 am

UC Santa Cruz Entrepreneurial Day is at Merrill Cultural Center on May 21st (Saturday)!

The Entrepreneurial Day is a two-part one-day (12:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT) event that showcases on-campus ventures/start-ups and entrepreneurial resources through a tabling session, and a follow-up speaker panel session for students to network with entrepreneurs. Through this event, we aim to promote the entrepreneurial spirits on campus to encourage and support more entrepreneurial Slugs! The tabling session starts at 12:00 PM PT and ends at 1:30 PM PT; food will be provided for free after the tabling session.

The Next Gen SAM $20,000 Scholarship Opportunity

We are providing information on a $20,000 scholarship opportunity that may be of interest to you as a BSOE undergraduate, who may be interested in a career in Applied Mathematics and/or Scientific Computing. This scholarship to students in ALL BSOE majors wishing to pursue an MS in Scientific Computing and Applied Mathematics (see below).

If you have never heard about Applied Mathematics/Scientific Computing or thought about graduate school, please watch this video to learn what Applied Mathematics is, the wide range of amazing career opportunities that a degree can open, and why continuing into graduate school for just one more year can seriously boost your chances of securing your dream job.

The Next Gen SAM scholarship program:

The Next Gen SAM program at UCSC provides 2-year scholarships (up to $10,000/year for 2 years) for low-income students interested in pursuing the 4+1 program leading to the Master of Science degree in Scientific Computing and Applied Mathematics. 

Students are invited to join the program based on financial needs and remarkable academic achievements, among other criteria. More specifically, applications are open to all BSOE students with junior standing, registered with FAFSA, and who have a minimum of 3.3 GPA, who are planning to graduate from their undergraduate major next academic year. Successful candidates will start receiving the scholarship next academic year (starting in the Fall) for 2 years. Read more on how to apply here.

The Next Gen SAM program has already helped many UCSC students from low-income backgrounds succeed in the 4+1 program, graduate with an MS, and secure jobs in Silicon Valley. In addition to the scholarships, the program offers a range of other critical resources. Watch this brief video to learn more.

If you want to find out more, have a look at the program website and do not hesitate to connect with the scholarship program counselor, Wassila George, or the director, Pascale Garaud (pgaraud@ucsc.edu) to set up a zoom meeting. 

Register for Commencement by May 16th

A friendly reminder that commencement registration is open until May 16 at 11:59 p.m. in “Marching Order,” the commencement registration system. Please make sure to submit all the information into the system by this deadline.

Here's the info on the website:

REGISTER FOR COMMENCEMENT 

Commencement will consist of a virtual commencement ceremony and in-person stage crossing experience - Slug Crossing! Marching Order is the commencement registration portal, where graduates will be able to register for both virtual and in-person experiences. Registration opens Monday, March 28, at that time the registration link will be emailed to the graduates. Graduates are able to log back into the system at any point up until the deadline of Monday, May 16 at 11:59 PM to update their photo and/or message for the virtual ceremony and change their time for Slug Crossing. 

Events

UC Santa Cruz CIDER + Skydrio Drone Technology Demo

Would your work or research benefit from drone technology? Interested in learning how to fly drones? Join us on May 17 for a half-day drop in-opportunity to fly Skydio autonomous drones and demo software solutions.

The Skydio team will be on hand to give attendees hands-on flight time and a live look into cutting-edge drone technology. Staff from the CITRIS Initiative for Drone Education and Research (CIDER) will talk about research and educational applications for autonomous drones. Refreshments provided.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uc-santa-cruz-cider-skydio-drone-technology-demo-tickets-326079371177