Badger Product Club Kickoff Meeting

Tues, October 3: 6:30 - 7:30 pm, Grainger Hall, Rm: 2195

Badger Product Club

Are you passionate about product management, innovation, and all things related to creating successful products? Look no further! Badger Product Club is kicking off the semester with an exciting meeting that you won't want to miss.

Join us in Grainger Hall, Room 2195, to learn, connect, and have a great time with fellow product enthusiasts.

Date: October 3rd, 2023

Time: 6:30pm-7:30pm

Location: Grainger Hall, Room 2195

Agenda:

1. Welcome and Introduction

• Meet the club leaders and fellow members.
• Get an overview of what the Badger Product Club is all about.

1. Product Management 101

• Dive into the world of product management.
• Learn about the interview process and resources to sharpen your skills.

1. Q&A Session

• Have burning questions about product management or want to know more about the club's activities?
• Our experienced members and leaders will be available to answer all your queries.

1. UW Madison Jeopardy & Networking

• Test your knowledge about the University of Wisconsin-Madison in a fun and competitive game of Jeopardy.
• Meet other students interested in PM and network with the club's leaders.

Fill out this interest form to RSVP (Mandatory) 

Contact: If you have any questions or need further information, please contact us at badgerproductclub@gmail.com

Gender & Sexuality Campus Center (GSCC) & CDIS Social

Wed, October 4: 5:30 - 7:00 pm, Tripp Commons, Memorial Union

WQCC x IBM Quantum: Qiskit Fall Fest Events

More Information at: https://wqi.wisc.edu/wqcc/

SuccessWorks Virtual Mock Interviews: TDA

Friday, October 6: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm, Virtual

Sign Up: Here

UHS: Mental Wellbeing Resource Fair

Tuesday, October 10: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm, Library Mall

MadHacks Fall 2023 Hackathon

November 11-12th: Educational Sciences Building

🚨 MadHacks Applications are OPEN 🚨 

Apply now: https://madhacks.io/

What's a Hackathon?

Hackathons are a 24-hour event where teams of up to four have a friendly competition to create the best projects, products, and more. Food, prizes, mentorship, and events are all available.

When and Where are MadHacks?

MadHacks will take place this fall on November 11th-12th, 2023 in the Educational Sciences Building here on campus!

Why should I join a Hackathon?

Hackathons give you the environment to make amazing, fulfilling projects in a short amount of time surrounded by driven individuals. Hackathons are also a great way to make projects to put on your resume (the free food and swag doesn't hurt, either)

Do I know enough to join a Hackathon?

YES. Hackathons are made to be beginner friendly. Mentorship, talks, and workshops are available, which all allow you to grow your abilities quickly. We'll be better equipped to support beginners this semester than our last event in spring :)

Fall 2023 UW-Madison Grad School Virtual Open House

Thursday, October 12, 8:30 am - 4:45 pm

Tommy Thompson Leadership Scholarship

Due: October 22, 2023

Wisconsin AI Safety Initiative (WAISI) Program Pipelines

The Wisconsin AI Safety Initiative is a community that aims to mitigate the risks that increasingly capable artificial intelligence brings to the world. (see our programming and apply here!)

Already, we can see some unintended negative consequences of AI advancement causing harm today: discrimination in housing, healthcare, and policing, political deepfakes and misinformation, empowering surveillance capabilities of oppressive regimes.

For the same reasons that preventing these outcomes are difficult – alignment and governance challenges – we can expect that even larger scale risks are on the horizon. 

Nearer term, we can expect bad actors to be empowered by AI technology to potentially engineer novel bioweapons that could spark pandemics, launch larger scale cyberattacks than ever before, and more. 

Longer term, we ought to worry about potential risks from autonomous self-directed AI agents which may be deceptive in behaving well under observation but pursuing its true goals when not surveilled or power seeking in instrumentally disempowering humanity in order to more optimally pursue its terminal goals.

Come join the Wisconsin AI Safety Initiative to gain a holistic understanding of the risks and then build the skills to solve them in AI alignment and AI governance.

See our infographic above for more information and apply here :)

When Do I Start Looking for Jobs?

Short answer: always!

Longer short answer: Internship Hiring Season is August-November. It’s good to push hard for a job during this time. 

Full-time Job Hiring Season is August-November, again in January/February, and generally all the time. 

If you miss the hiring pushes, don’t give up -- there are always jobs and internships available with companies who haven’t filled their jobs, or need more help.