We are a student organization at UNC Charlotte and a College Loop of the national organization Girls Who Code. Our aim is to uplift and maintain a strong community of female students in computer science, as well as develop technical and professional skills.
Our Executive Board
Meet our 2022-23 GWC E-board! Our E-board members work hard all year to bring awesome opportunities and events to our members. Keep a look out for our annual elections towards the end of each spring semester to see how you can join us!
Elise Frazier
President
Jenna Constantino
VP of Communications
Luisa Schenk
Treasurer
Lulu Aboufoul
Event Chair 1
Ashleigh Sico
Event Chair 2
Our Web Team
Meet our Spring 2022 GWC Web Team that designed and developed this website! You can learn more about this project and what each of these teammates and roles did here.
Ashley Harmon
Team Lead, Developer, Designer
Zaina Shawar
Lead Developer, Designer
Michelle Camacho
Developer, Analyst
Dene Logan
Developer, Analyst
Mariam Conde
Developer
Liyu Tenaw
Trainee, Analyst
Become a Member
Becoming a member is as easy as joinging us on NinerEngage! If you have any questions, check out our FAQs section!
Step 1: Niner Engage
Visit our Niner Engage page and click ''Join'' that's it!
What happens from here?
- Request: Your request to join will be approved by our Member Involvement.
- On the List: Once approved, you will receive a Welcome Letter via email and automatically start receiving our Weekly Newsletters.
- Discord: You can respond to your Welcome Letter or send us an email at any time to get the link to join our Discord!
- Calender: In our letters, you will also see a button for our Member Calendar where we keep all our events. By clicking that button, you can add that calendar to yours and stay up to date with any new events or changes to existing events.
Surveys: Each semester, we send our Membership Surveys to see what everyone’s schedule is like and whether or not you plan to be an active member that semester. A response is required for these to stay on our Active Members list. The responses we receive help us create our event schedule for that semester.
That’s pretty much it! Any other updates will be communicated on our social media accounts, Discord, or newsletter. We hope you’ll join us!
Partner with Us
This is a great way to advertise your business and network with up-and-coming women in tech.
How to Partner on an Event We Host
1. Choose a type of event based on what you want to do.
2. Gather the needed information
3. Reach out to us with your event idea. We will reach out to you to schedule a meeting to discuss things further.
4. Keep in touch. We will take care of meeting space, marketing, etc and will reach out with any questions or decisions that need to be made.
How to Partner on an Event You Host
1. Choose a type of event based on what you want to do.
2. Gather the needed information
3. Reach out to us with your event idea. We will reach out to you to schedule a meeting to discuss things further.
4. Keep in touch. We will take care of meeting space, marketing, etc and will reach out with any questions or decisions that need to be made.
Event Options
- Professional: We love to host panels, take tours of companies, or any events where our members can learn about different career paths and companies, as well as get to network with industry professionals!
- Technical: We love hosting a wide range of workshop topics such as Game Development, Web Development, Portfolio Creation, learning different coding languages, or learning to use new tools! If you have expertise you’d like to share with our members, this is a great type of event to host with us.
- Social: We love to give our members opportunities to connect or network with other college students or industry professionals.
- Other: We are also open to events that fall outside of these categories! If you have ideas for events you’d like to partner with Girls Who Code on, Contact us.
Previous Partner Events
We’ve partnered with some awesome industry professionals and organizations on events like those listed below. Check out more on these events in our Portfolio section.
Sponsor Us
This is a great way to advertise your business and network with up-and-coming women in tech. You can sponsor an event, such as our Axe Hacks hackathon started in Spring 2022, or you can donate to our organization in general! If you’re interested in these options, please Contact us.