BE Undergraduate Newsletter
Announcements
Joby Aviation - Security Internship Opportunity
Please send your resume to security.internship@jobyaviation.com
Santa Cruz Launchpad (Job Fair + Pitch Competition) is on June 1st!
Interested in becoming a Baskin Engineering Peer Advisor?
Interested in becoming a Baskin Engineering Peer Advisor?
The Baskin Engineering (BE) Undergraduate Advising Office is currently recruiting for peer advisors for next academic year. The peer advisor program is an integral part of the BE Undergraduate Advising Office.
The deadline for application submissions is Tuesday, May 31st at 11:59 p.m.
Please visit https://undergrad.soe.ucsc.edu/about/peer-advisors/interest for more information and a job description.
This position pays $15/hr and requires a 5-7 hour weekly time commitment, as well as attendance at mandatory training sessions. Initial training sessions will be held during Fall Welcome Week in September.
This will be an in-person position on the UCSC main campus starting in the 2022-2023 academic year. (Interviews for the position will be conducted by Zoom.) Any students declared in BE majors, who are in good academic standing, may apply. Students who are currently enrolled in their last major qualification courses and will be declaring in fall quarter will also be considered.
We are hoping to hire several applicants that have interest in being in this role for at least 2 years.
For questions, please contact adlegg@soe.ucsc.edu.
Slugbotics gets 2nd place on Socal Smackdown Combat Robotics Tournument
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtv2jZR4rSQ
JOIN OUR UCSC TECH COMMUNITY PLATFORM (only taking first 200 people)
Hey fellow slugs, since taking CSE 115 (software engineering) with Jullig, we have been taking our class project to the next level and have been working on it ever since the past year along with taking upper divs, it would mean a lot if you cld check it out here - https://pathfinder.fyi/
The idea is that we don't know much about different career paths/specialties outside the ones we are exposed to (whether through family/friends, internships, etc.), yet career decisions are life changing. All careers should be made fully transparent to us (Day to day life, interview process, what career in X actually means, etc.)! So we created a place where anyone can share their job experiences, so we can learn from each other's job experience, and more about the careers we're interested in.
Open to any feedback on how we can improve this! It's still very much in beta stage. But we're trying our best to bring transparency to career paths with our CS115/183 knowledge. We will be adding new features very soon:
1. Comments/Upvotes - so you can interact and ask questions (it's like reddit AMAs) to posters (working professionals in tech)
2. Personal Feed - You can see the newest posts from the careers of ur interest all in one place (e.g. Software Engineer, Machine learning engineer, etc.)
3. More data points for more accurate bar charts
We are getting a lot of interest from other external forums (reddit, HackerNews, etc), but we want to keep it a tight knit community and have a strong UCSC presence and to give back to Slug community. If you're interested in the vision we're building , here's the waitlist - https://pathfinder.fyi/#subscribe (cap at 200 atm, we won't accept more people to join our community after 200 atm). The reason we have a waitlist for now is because we're trying to keep it a tight knit community once we launch (overcrowding diminishes quality).
STEM Hub Hours
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.
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.
Upcoming Hackathons $$$ Prizes
There are multiple big prize purse hackathons going on right now. Each one has a prize pool of $250,000 or larger.
Build the Galaxy's Best Checkout by Rapyd
Rapyd's Million Dollar – Greatest Fintech Developer Series
PRIZES: $250,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: May 26, 2022 @ 5:00pm EDT
THEMES: E-commerce/Retail, Enterprise, Fintech
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/hackthegalaxyu
aelf Web3.0 Hackathon - Legend X by Aelf
Build a fully-functioning C# application on aelf to win over $500,000 in prizes!
PRIZES: $525,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: Jun 1, 2022 @ 10:00pm SGT
THEMES: Blockchain, Web, Gaming
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/aelf33u
monday.com climate change app challenge by Monday
Build an app for a greener tomorrow
PRIZES: $160,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: Jun 27, 2022 @ 5:00pm EDT
THEMES: Productivity, Social Good
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/mondayclimateu
TRON Grand Hackathon 2022 by Tron
Accelerate the Future
PRIZES: $1,000,000 in prizes
DEADLINE: July 25 at 5:00pm EDT
THEMES: Blockchain, Open Ended, Web
JOIN THE HACKATHON: https://bit.ly/trongrandu
The Grainger College of Engineering Announces MERGE 2022 Campus Visit Program
The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. We would like to invite qualifying juniors and seniors in your undergraduate engineering programs to apply for our 2022 Multicultural Engineering Recruitment for Graduate Education (MERGE) Campus Visit Program. This year's live virtual visit event is scheduled for Friday, September 23, 2022, 2:00 - 5:30 pm central time.
Missed the Diverse Voices 2022 series?
You can watch both talks on the Baskin Engineering YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfVoHb52nXTkOSZcoExo6lA
UC Undergraduate Experience Survey
The UC Undergraduate Experience Survey (UCUES) is one key way for students to give feedback that faculty, leadership, and staff within Baskin Engineering and throughout UC Santa Cruz will rely on to impact academic programs and student services.
The survey will be open through spring and early summer, through the end of June, and there are many prize drawings for giftcard prizes ranging from $50 to $200.
Complete the survey by going directly to https://relay.ucsc.edu/r/e3220 or read more about the survey at ucues.ucsc.edu.
CTI Accelerate Program is Recruiting First & Second Year CS Students
Are you a first year/freshman or second year/sophomore CS student? Have you thought about doing an internship, but aren’t sure how to go about getting one?
CTI Accelerate is a new, free program offered by the Computing Talent Initiative that will guide you through preparing for and connecting with a meaningful internship/project experience in summer 2023. Here is a welcome/encouragement message from the CEO of Quizlet: https://youtu.be/
If you are interested, visit https://
Make sure to watch the video on the page: https://youtu.be/6S8n3WgAgl8
Submit the application on the same webpage.
Internship Finding Tool for UCSC Students
Don’t know where to look for jobs & internships? Hate filling out job applications? Simplify is a free browser extension that helps you autofill job & internship applications anywhere on the web – think of it like Honey for jobs. The platform also has a database of over 100,000 open positions and includes cool job lists like Tech Internships at Unicorns and Business Roles at Top Startups.
The founders are super excited to help UCSC students get hired so they made a dedicated email for UCSC students to directly contact them at ucsc@simplify.jobs. Great resource now that recruiting season is kicking into full swing!
Get started here: https://simplify.jobs
Learning Support Services is Hiring!
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