====== Student Activities ====== ===Feedback Form=== Use this anonymous form to submit any thoughts or concerns you have on a class, a professor, the department, or anything else you'd like to tell the major's committee. [[https://goo.gl/forms/SzsEXc7kvjSaDwDE3]] \\ ===Major's Committee Contacts=== * **Sarah Valencia** (Chair): [[svalencia@vassar.edu]] \\ * Office Hours: by appointment through email * **Abby Kotar** (Vice Chair): [[akotar@vassar.edu]] \\ * Office Hours: by appointment through email * **Pablo Crisostomo Suarez** (Communications Director): [[pcrisostomosuarez@vassar.edu]] \\ * Office Hours: by appointment through email * **Dafne Arreola** (Events Manager): [[darreola@vassar.edu]] \\ * Office Hours: by appointment through email * **Sharon Llanes** (Asst. Events Manager): [[sllanes@vassar.edu]] \\ * Office Hours: by appointment through email \\ //Name:// **Sarah Valencia** (she/her)\\ //Class year:// 2024 \\ //Where I’m from://San Diego, CA \\ //Majors/ correlates:// Computer Science and Economics, with hopes for a correlate in mathematics. \\ //Something people might not know about me:// I played competitive softball for 10 years.\\ //What common programming mistake are you?:// Typos. I try to type as fast as my brain thinks and that has led to many spelling errors.\\ //Favorite thing about CS:// Finishing an assignment that was really hard. It is one of the most rewarding feelings.\\ //Name:// **Sharon Llanes** (she/her)\\ //Class year:// 2026 \\ //Where I’m from:// Riviera Beach, Florida \\ //Major/ correlates:// Computer Science and Political Science correlate \\ //Something people might not know about me:// I put milk first before I put my cereal and I can't unlearn it.\\ //What common programming mistake are you?:// Getting stuck in an infinite loop. Happens every time. \\ //Favorite thing about CS:// "Solving a problem/passing all the tests after struggling with it for a long time!" \\ //Name:// **Abigail Kotar** (she/her) \\ //Class year:// 2023 \\ //Where I’m from:// Millington, NJ \\ //Majors/ correlates:// Computer Science and Math \\ //Something people might not know about me:// I'm a co-captain for our Quidditch team the Butterbeer Broooers!\\ //What common programming mistake are you?:// Forgetting a semi-colon :( \\ //Favorite thing about CS:// Finally solving that small mistake and everything just instantly starts working. Makes you feel like a genius.\\ //Name: **Dafne Arreola** // (she/her)\\ //Class year:// 2026 \\ //Where I’m from:// El Paso, TX \\ //Major/ correlates:// Computer Science \\ //Something people might not know about me:// My favorite cereal is Carlos V Cereal. \\ //What common programming mistake are you?:// NullPointerException, sometimes there's nothing there \\ //Favorite thing about CS:// Seeing your project compile and run properly \\ //Name: **Pablo Crisostomo Suarez** // (he/him) \\ //Class year:// 2025 \\ //Where I’m from:// Brewster, NY \\ //Major/ correlates:// Computer Science major with a Sociology correlate \\ //Something people might not know about me:// I have been doing drag since my freshman year! \\ //What common programming mistake are you?://Reached end of file while parsing \\ //Favorite thing about CS:// Dedicating time developing a project and seeing your vision slowly come together in real time, piece by piece \\ ==== Newsletter ==== * {{ :students:grep_news_1.pdf |Grep News #1}} * {{ :students:grep_news_2.pdf |Grep News #2}} * {{ :students:grep_news_3.pdf |Grep News #3}} * {{ :students:grep_news_4.pdf |Grep News #4}} =====Clubs:===== ===VC++:=== > VC++ is Vassar’s only computer science centered org. Our goal is to build a strong computer science community on campus. This year we’re working on creating a student-run makerspace, setting up an interview prep & study group, and running multiple workshops. \\ Contact Wolff Gilligan (wgilligan@vassar.edu) for more information.\\ \\ ===ColorStack:=== > ColorStack @ VC is a branch of VC++, focusing on providing academic support and career development resources for Black/Latinx/Indigenous students in tech. Vassar's chapter is one of nearly 40 chapters across the nation, with the national organization serving over 8,000 members. \\ Contact (pcrisostomosuarez@vassar.edu) (fpanepintohattori@vassar.edu) (abrea@vassar.edu) for more information. \\ \\ /* ===AcCSsible:=== > AcCSsible is a problem-solving group aimed toward learning and conceptualizing CS & logic in a casual and non-scary way. No previous knowledge is required! Meetings are in SP303 on Sundays at 2pm.\\ Contact [[ialeinbach@vassar.edu]] for more information.\\ \\ */