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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

  • Pooja Huded (Vice Chair): phuded@vassar.edu
    • Office Hours: by appointment through email
  • Sharon Llanes (Communications Director): sllanes@vassar.edu
    • Office Hours: by appointment through email
  • Dafne Arreola (Events Manager): darreola@vassar.edu
    • Office Hours: by appointment through email
  • Ashley Brea (Asst. Events Manager): abrea@vassar.edu
    • Office Hours: by appointment through email

Name: Erin Mutchek (she/her)
Class year: 2025
Where I'm from: South Windsor, CT
Majors/ correlates: Computer Science and French & Francophone Studies correlate
Something people might not know about me: I was born in Florida.
What common programming mistake are you?: non static variable cannot be referenced from a static context
Favorite thing about CS: Guess and check.

Name: Pooja Huded
Class year: 2025
Where I’m from: Woodbury, NY (Long Island)
Major/ correlates: Computer Science and Political Science Major
Something people might not know about me: I came into Vassar being pre-law/IS and then I took a CS class as a “wild card class” and ended up loving it and declared the next semester!
What common programming mistake are you?: Using a variable I only defined in my head and then being confused when there's an error.
Favorite thing about CS: Solving a problem/passing all the tests after struggling with it for a long time!

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: 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: Ashley Brea (she/her)
Class year: 2026
Where I’m from: Bronx, NY
Majors/ correlates: Computer Science, and a correlate in mathematics.
Something people might not know about me: I played volleyball and flag football in high school and have watched well over 100+ TV shows..
What common programming mistake are you?: Syntax error. Brain simply works too fast for all those regulations
Favorite thing about CS: Finishing any assignment or lab after endless trial and error, and the community I have been able to find.

Name: Zoe LaCheen-Fine (she/her)
Class year: 2027
Where I’m from: Teaneck, NJ
Majors/ correlates: Computer Science, possibly dance performance and studio art correlates
Something people might not know about me: I want a corgi and a Scottish fold cat one day.
What common programming mistake are you?: Using different variable names.
Favorite thing about CS: The aspect of problem solving and seeing no errors pop up.

Newsletter

2024-25

2023-24

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 Jae (jseo@vassar.edu) or Meera (mshroff@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 Pablo (pcrisostomosuarez@vassar.edu) or Fernando (fpanepintohattori@vassar.edu) or Ashley (abrea@vassar.edu) for more information.