From: Makenzie Dorsey
Date: September 1, 2022
Subject: COMS Connection - September 1, 2022



COMS CONNECTION VOL.1 01 SEP 2022
Computing Organization for Multicultural Students

Happy September!!

You've almost completed Week 2! We hope you have enjoyed your first couple weeks of the semester thus far. This newsletter will recap our Freshman Orientation trip to Bristol Mountain, Tiger Activities Fair, and will update you about our upcoming events for this month!

Bristol Mountain Summit Center

Bristol Mountain

On August 20th, our group travelled to Bristol Mountain in Canandaigua, NY to participate in their High Ropes course. To all of the students who joined us, we hope you had fun engaging in this activity. If you would like to see photos from this event, please click the following link!

Kasim and John sitting at the COMS club fair table

Tiger Activities Fair

Thank you to those who visited us during Tiger Activities Fair, it was great to meet all of you! If you have not already, please feel free to join our Discord and follow us on Instagram to stay up to date on our club activities.

Upcoming Events

ClayHack Hackathon

ClayHack is an annual 8-hour hackathon hosted by RIT's BrickHack club for first-year designers and developers! This event is happening THIS Saturday, September 3rd. Don't miss this opportunity to join together with your fellow RIT students to make something exciting! We'll see you there!
 

Career Readiness Series

RIT's University-Wide Career Fair is right around the corner! This month, we will be starting our Career Readiness Series on September 8th with a workshop and resume review by Dierdra Livingston, the Assistant Director for Diversity Initiatives for Career Services. The next workshop on September 15th will focus on Elevator Speeches and helping you gain more confidence and practice when speaking to future employers ahead of the Career Fair. Come join us in GOL 2400 on September 8th and September 15 from 4:00pm - 5:00pm for these events!

As always, we are at your disposal and would love to hear from you. If you have any feedback or suggestions, please let us know!

EVENT

Affinity Reception & Career Fair prep and resume feedback

Thursday, September 8
4:00pm - 5:00pm
GOL- 2400, 1 Lomb Memorial Dr, Rochester, NY 14623, United States
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Join us to hear Diedra Livingston's advice on getting ready for the Affinity Reception & Career Fair. We will also be providing resume feedback as well.

This will help you place your best foot forward for speaking with future employers for co-op and internship opportunities.

RSVP

EVENT

Elevator Speech Workshop

Thursday, September 15
4:00pm - 5:00pm
GOL 2400, 1 Lomb Memorial Dr, Rochester, NY 14623, United States
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Join COMS and get some advice, tips, and tricks on preparing your elevator speech for the career fair!

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