====== 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=== * **Erin Mutchek** (Chair): [[emutchek@vassar.edu]] \\ * Office Hours: by appointment through email * **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 * **Edder Hernandez Gomez** (Asst. Events Manager): [[ehernandezgomez@vassar.edu]] * Office Hours: by appointment through email * **Zoe LaCheen-Fine** (Social Media Manager): [[zlacheenfine@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** // (any/n/knee)\\ //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: **Edder Hernandez Gomez**// (he/him) \\ //Class year:// 2026 \\ //Where I’m from:// Houston, TX \\ //Majors/ correlates:// Computer Science, and a correlate in Economics. \\ //Something people might not know about me:// I have a cousin on the CSMC. \\ //What common programming mistake are you?:// Buffer overflow \\ //Favorite thing about CS:// When your code works perfectly. \\ //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 === * {{ :students:grepnews_6.pdf |Grep News #6}} === 2023-24 === * {{ :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}} * {{ :students:grep_news_5-2.pdf |Grep News #5}} =====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. \\ \\ /* ===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.\\ \\ */