ColorStack UFlorida

We're midway through the NVIDIA x ColorStack UF: Fundamentals of Deep Learning Program! Dedicated members have been immersing themselves in computer vision and natural language processing under the expert guidance of NVIDIA certified instructor and UF Research Computing Training Team Lead Matt Gitzendanner. We are grateful for the University of Florida‘s NVIDIA ambassadorship, making this $100,000+ program completely free for all participants. Our journey started off strong, with an inspiring speech from ColorStack UF Faculty Advisor Dr. Sanethia Thomas, an insightful presentation from Cherish Burks on behalf of NVIDIA University Recruiting, and an intensive 1-hour Pandas crash course facilitated by student-instructors Matthew Peck & Dylan Zhuang. Looking ahead, we're brimming with excitement as participants will soon be training deep learning models from scratch. They'll be working on innovative projects like creating an automatic doggy door and developing a Computer Vision model to differentiate between fresh and rotten fruit. As we anticipate their progress, we're equally excited about the relationships being built in this inclusive learning environment we have created. Upon successful completion, all our participants will receive the NVIDIA DLI: Fundamentals of Deep Learning certificate, upon successful completion of the assessment, as recognition of their subject matter competency and support professional career growth. The cherry on top? This entire program is taking place in the brand new Malachowsky Hall, NVIDIA Auditorium! We are proud to say ColorStack UF is literally and figuratively opening doors for ColorStack fam members ?? #DeepLearning #AI #NVIDIA #ColorStackUF #computerscience

This Women’s History Month, we’re excited to honor the incredible women of color who are breaking barriers, driving innovation, and leading the way in the tech industry. Who’s a Black woman in STEM that inspires you? Shout them out in the comments! If you're in the ColorStack Family, stay tuned to join us for a special WHM giveaway!

Alhamdulillah! (All Praise to God) After a long recruiting cycle and facing many challenges along the way, I'm excited to announce that I will joining Atlassian this Summer and HubSpot this Fall as a Software Engineering Intern. I am truly grateful for the opportunities I have been blessed with and I'm thrilled for what's to come next. Id like to give a big shoutout to Hanieh H and Risi Ademola for their kindness and support through every step of this process. I also want to express my heartfelt gratitude to my friends and family for their unwavering support and belief in me. I’m excited to embrace this next chapter and all the learning and growth it will bring.

Our members are shaping the future!? From internships to full-time roles, they’re making an impact across top companies and driving diversity in the workforce. We love celebrating every win within our community! ???? A huge shoutout to our members for securing the bag and landing positions at industry leaders like Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft. Drop a ?? in the comments to celebrate their success! To become a member today and launch your career in tech, visit colorstack.org for more information.

Happy International Women’s Day! Help us celebrate the brilliance, innovation, and resilience of women in the tech world and beyond. Here’s to breaking barriers and forging a more inclusive future! #IWD

Contracts are signed... ColorStack's Stacked Up Summit is heading to the Hyatt Regency San Francisco for 2025 and 2026 ?? This August 1st to 3rd 450 students and 25 corporate sponsors will come together for a weekend of community building, skill development, and fun! Thank you to the entire Firewood Events team (Zoe Moore, Jourden Moore, ??Andrea Long, and Dominique Lindsey), Stephanie McCarter-Dadzie, and Wendy Norgren for coming together and making this happen! Sponsorship opportunities are selling quickly, so if you want to have a shortlist of strong technical talent *before* the recruiting season starts... come hang with us! Email partnerships [at] colorstack [dot] org. Which companies would you like to see at the summit? ??

?? Exciting News! ?? I am thrilled to announce that I have accepted an offer to join Qualcomm as an Embedded Software Engineering Intern in San Diego, CA! ?? I am beyond excited to gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies and contribute to a company that is at the forefront of innovation in the tech industry. Thank you to everyone who has supported me on this journey — I can't wait to get started and make the most of this incredible opportunity! #Qualcomm #SoftwareEngineering #EmbeddedSystems #Internship #Tech

Last week, our Fam had an action-packed week with our Capital One x ColorStack Company Showcase, second GBM and Rock Climbing Social! A huge shoutout to Jennifer Skinner, Jazmin Ramirez, Nikhil Pilli, and Emily Arnold from Capital One for filling our Fam in on upcoming opportunities at Capital One such as their Technology Development and Internship Programs and showcasing what a day in the life of a Capital One employee is like! At our GBM, we dove into past and upcoming events, including our career/sponsored, technical, and academic events! A big thanks to Ethan Pecora from Perplexity, for an insightful presentation on Perplexity's powerful features and for providing our members with Perplexity Pro! We then wrapped up the week with our Rock Climbing Social where our Fam strengthened their bonds while challenging themselves physically and mentally! Follow us to stay posted on more events! #ColorStack #UF #CapitalOne #Perplexity #ComputerScience #SoftwareEngineering

Some interesting data for your Friday ?? At ColorStack one of our partner favorites is our Resume Book. It's not just a Google Drive folder of thousands of resumes... In 2021 we started hosting our resume book through Airtable so our recruiting partners could filter on graduation year, programming language proficiency, visa sponsorship requirement, and others. The reason it's a partner favorite, though, is because of our ranking system! We ask ColorStack members to provide their #1, #2, and #3 partner of interest so that our recruiting partners can identify and cultivate relationships with high-interested candidates. In a world where reneging is commonplace, this helps our partners invest in candidates that really want to work at their company. Here are our members top 10 favorite ColorStack partners: 1?? Netflix 2?? Meta 3?? Duolingo 4?? LinkedIn 5?? Figma 6?? Salesforce 7?? Jane Street (founding partner) 8?? OpenAI 9?? Goldman Sachs ?? Datadog (founding partner) We don't partner with all tech companies (yet), but it's interested to still see how our partners stack up in the eyes of our students!

We recently had a blast learning about the incredible opportunities being offered by one of our sponsors, Raymond James! Our fam got insight into Raymond James' Accelerated Development Program, where they can choose between many potential career tracks under Application Development & Software Engineering, Business Analysis, and Information Security! We want to thank Alyssa Adasiak for helping to organize this and connecting with our chapter as well as Jack Link and Gabriela Chitica for sharing their experiences as UF and ADP Alumni! The knowledge they shared was invaluable for students looking to take the next step in their careers! And of course, thank you to our fam who came out! We're looking forward to hosting plenty more events this semester!! #ColorStack #RaymondJames #UF #SoftwareEngineering #InformationTechnology