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Speaker: Stephanie Cheung - Google Finance Manager & CSM Alumna
RSVP here to receive login information for this event Submit questions for live Q & A Navigating the waters and career path from a college degree to an internship or job in the U.S. can be a challenging task. Join CSM alumna Stephanie Cheung to hear her inspiring story and how she successfully developed her career in public accounting from PwC, Apple, Twitter to Google. Stephanie now has over 10 years of diverse public accounting, finance, and operations experience in the Bay Area. After obtaining a bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley, Stephanie began her career at PwC in external audit practice and advisory practice. She then joined Apple and managed internal control compliance for Operations Finance. Later at Apple she became the Global Supply manager negotiating pricing and components for Apple products. Stephanie subsequently adventured to Twitter’s Internal Audit department and led audits globally for management. Stephanie next joined Google Cloud and is currently leading the risk and internal control compliance group. At Google Stephanie and her team provide guidance on risk assessment, control suggestions, operational excellence for cross-functional stakeholders in Finance, Engineering, Sales, Sales Operations. Stephanie is passionate about inclusion and diversity and is currently leading global initiatives in Google’s Asian Google Network and Women Network. Stephanie is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), a Project Management Professional (PMP) and a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). Stephanie is currently teaching Auditing @ CSM! Come and meet Stephanie and join her class! Exciting Course Ahead in the Cyber Physical EraSpeaker: Chandrakant D. Patel- HP Chief Engineer and Senior Fellow
RSVP here to receive login information for this event Submit questions for live Q & A The 19th and early 20th century were about the industrialization of physical and electro-mechanical systems like the steam engine and the utility grid. The latter half of the 20th century has been about information (cyber) systems and the Internet. The 21st century is about the integration of the two and proliferation of cyber-physical systems (CPS) that address the challenges stemming from global social, economic and ecological trends such as resource constraints, demographic shifts, human capital constraints. The burden of challenges, from pandemics such as COVID-19 to environmental issues, is accelerating the need for cyber physical systems. An exemplar of a cyber physical solution is the “art to part” journey of a personal protection mask that starts by scanning the face of the individual and ends with a custom-fitted mask created by a 3D digital printer. Success in the cyber physical era necessitates simplicity in approach, and application of basics of the machine age coupled with data sciences of the cyber age. Join this dynamic talk with the leading innovator at Silicon Valley, Chandrakant Patel, HP Chief Engineer and Senior Fellow, to learn cyber physical systems through his vivid drawings and examples. Chandrakant has led HP in delivering innovations in chips, systems, data centers, storage, networking, print engines and software platforms. He is a pioneer in thermal and energy management in data centers, and in the application of the information technology to drive available energy management at city scales. Chandrakant is an ASME and an IEEE Fellow, holds 153 patents, and has published more than 150 technical papers. An advocate of the return to fundamentals, he has served as an adjunct faculty at Chabot College in Hayward, CA, UC Berkeley Extension, Santa Clara University and San Jose State University. Chandrakant was inducted to the National Academy of Engineering in 2018. In 2014, Chandrakant was inducted into the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame. He was also profiled by ABC-KGO TV in their Emmy Award Winning Series “Profiles of Excellence” in 2007 for his service to the community. Chandrakant started his collegiate education in a community college and has an immense passion for training and inclusion programs for under-served communities. He believes that companies architecting solutions for the 21st century cyber physical age should be socially responsible and lead with purpose, making life better for everyone, everywhere. Are you looking for innovative ideas, inspiring talks and ways to interconnect with others in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic? Join us for a week of celebration in honor of the international education! For more information about the week-long events and Zoom log-in information, please visit our event page: https://csminternational.weebly.com/events.html
By Santosh
My Experience at Bookstore and Coffee shop I started working at CSM bookstore and coffee shop from August 2018 to December 2019. At the coffee shop, I managed cash registers and provided friendly customer service. I helped students with Web-smart and online ordering of books. Similarly, I ensured everything was well organized and clean. Working for nearly one and half years at CSM bookstore and coffee shop, I got familiar with a wide range of technology products, including computers and other accessories. It was not easy for students to get jobs on-campus. International students have to apply to jobs, get interviewed, apply for a social security number, and then work no more than twenty hours per week. In the same way, I applied for different jobs at the college in my first semester but I didn’t get one. I applied again and finally I got the job as a student assistant at the CSM bookstore. Being an International Student, I realized that I couldn’t start a conversation with other people or understand them. I couldn’t speak english properly. But I never gave up. I tried my best to speak with people with my broken english. I met a lot of people and I made both international and local friends. This helped to improve my english speaking abilities and built my confidence to tackle problems. Similarly, I found that many international students came to the bookstore seeking employment as they were facing financial difficulties. Then I began helping students find employment opportunities at CSM. I wanted to help students and bring changes in their lives. So I applied for the International Student Ambassador position to help students in ways I can. Then I started to work as an International Student Ambassador from August 2019. My Experience as an International Student Ambassador Being an international student ambassador, I helped in the transition of international students from their home country to the US and provided emotional support. Similarly, I provided technical Support, troubleshooting, and maintenance of computers and printers. Also, I helped in graphic Design, video and tech support. Not only this, I was a tour guide and student panel participant. Because of this, I gained leadership and strong communication skills. It was fun organizing events, participating and promoting them. I was an Outreach Team Member. And I worked on a project to increase student’s enrollment at CSM through social media. We made videos of students who have achieved academic and athletic success at CSM. Also, we worked on outreach emails that are automated through Salesforce and sent to a student outside the US with the videos embedded in the emails. I realized that there was a lack of participation in our activities. I decided to start an Instagram page for our center and began promoting our events. In the beginning, we had a few followers but eventually, we gained a high following and more event attendees. I also realized that some students were confused about certain important deadlines. So, I created and posted flyers on our social media accounts about how to get an insurance card, how to be in status while being in the U.S. and the SEP deadline. My Experience as an Online Orientation Leader As a leader in CSM’s first international student online orientation, I helped new students log in to websmart and Canvas while they were in their home country. We had an obstacle in helping Chinese students log into Websmart since google is blocked in China. We decided to send multiple emails to the students about how to access websmart. We also made tutorial videos to help them complete the online orientation. I would even reply at midnight when students had questions about Canvas login. Thus, I learned to face the challenge of providing directions to the students on canvas, reply to emails on time, and work hard to complete our team’s vision. My Experience as a Math Tutor I have been working as an embedded math tutor for Intermediate Algebra since Jan 2020. I teach students to improve their math skills and prepare them for tests. Also, I use strong interpersonal skills while working with students from different backgrounds. Also, I have adapted myself to teaching virtually using zoom to assist students with their math. The best thing about being a math tutor is the experience that I have gained to tackle problems and the satisfaction that I have got by helping students. Working at other different positions at college and taking more than 15 units per semester, I was always punctual at my work. I made sure that every student completed their given task on time and I could see a good result. Besides this, I am working as a Math Jam tutor for fall 2020 for intermediate algebra. And I will be working as a Math Resource Centre Tutor and I will be teaching Intermediate algebra and precalculus. Volunteering at Non-profit organizations I have been volunteering at One Degree as a data entry volunteer since April 2020 which is a technology-driven nonprofit organization that helps individuals and families access the resources they need to improve their lives. Besides this, I have volunteered at CTN Network, San Francisco as a Digital Coach. Not only this, I have been volunteering at ICDR International which is in McLean Virginia. I am working for dalit rights and black rights movement. I love to help people and bring changes in their lives. I applied for volunteering through volunteermatch.org by sending my resume. I got help from Career Services at the College of San Mateo to make my resume. How I got scholarships with my 2.7 GPA? Does your GPA really matter to get scholarships? Take your time to think about it. I would say it may or may not depend on your GPA. But grade is not everything. I was a recipient of 2020-2021 scholarships with a GPA of 2.7 and I was awarded with Carlena and C.S Jum Morris Scholarships. This is because I have done so much during my time here at CSM. Every student deserves support and recognition for his/her hard work. This scholarship will be the first of many to come throughout the rest of your academic journey. My suggestion for everyone would be to be actively involved in college activities. How I increased my GPA from 2.7 to 3.38? I had a 2.7 GPA because I was involved in so many activities and couldn’t give much time for my studies. Later I learned to manage my time. I always had a reminder on my phone and used to make plans for the next week. I didn’t hesitate to ask questions to my professors and my friends. Finally, I made a Dean’s list with a 3.84 GPA in Fall 2019. Then my GPA increased to 3.3 and again I made the Dean’s list in Spring 2020. Then My GPA increased to 3.3. This summer 2020, I got As in my two subjects. GPA matters when you are transferring to universities like UCs. And sometimes it may help you to get scholarships. But do not take your GPA seriously and feel sad about it. Get involved in the activities you like to do and the success is yours. By Student Ambassador Mony Now that we’re a couple weeks into the summer, and a few months into the lockdown situation, I find myself oddly enjoying this lifestyle of staying inside all week. During the short break in between the spring semester and summer semester, I’m really kicking it back and relaxing as much as I could as preparation before going back to the madness that summer classes have to offer. Now that we’re in the second week of the summer semester, I somewhat regret relaxing too much during the short break that I have. I’m starting to feel like I don’t have enough brain capacity to focus on my classes for more than 1 hour. The two classes that I take are both reading-heavy courses and I admit that reading is not something that I enjoy doing at all. Just one week into summer class, I can feel the intimidating auras that the courses give off. After reading this over, I kind of feeling bad because it feels like I’m a lazy student that complains about things. On the good side, however, I’m totally fine with the workload that the 2 classes throw at me, it’s just that I have to force myself to do it, to gather enough motivation to do my work. This leads me to my point of this blog which is the methods I used to force myself to do the works that I have. With the paragraph above, however, I don’t think that my tips are going to be convincing to you, the readers, or not but the methods I used works (for me, at least). The huge amount of tasks that I have to complete by the end of the week is super intimidating but I try to take one thing at a time. I have a stress-free approach to how I’m going to deal with the amount of work that I have to complete which I think is very dangerous. This approach would lead to a lot of close calls with the deadline. What I would do is upon finishing a few tasks that would take me about an hour or so to finish, I would reward myself a few hours of relaxing time before I feel like I’ve wasted enough time to continue doing my works. This part is the difficult part because once you’re in the middle of- say a game, it’s going to be super hard to force myself out of that and go back to studying. One method I use that would make me go back to studying is by brute force which is to force myself to close the application that I’m using and start studying. This method works most of the time but I still find myself staring at the class Canvas page blankly sometimes. If brute force doesn’t work I would go on to my second option which is to play mind games with myself. I would tell myself this: “The reason that you’re here is to study, not playing games/sit back and enjoy life.” After telling myself this, my mind would wander off to think about how my family back at home would feel if they know that I’m not putting enough effort into my studies, and with that in mind, it would make me feel bad enough to start studying again. And if I still have some tasks left, waiting to be completed and the deadline draws closer and closer, I would go to the extreme and pull an all-nighter to complete the task or somewhat get it going to a point that I’m comfortable working with after a short rest. This method is a little extreme and I can’t bring myself to keep relying on this method because it obviously is not a great idea. I would feel relieved that I completed the work if I don’t let my mind wander about thinking about my health and eyesight sacrifices. Nevertheless, I would still blame myself for procrastinating which is the reason that I would need to pull an all-nighter in the first place. Some of the tips that I gave might sound obvious but hey, it worked for me. I hope you will find them helpful!
By Student Ambassador Left
Before I came to the United States I had no experience in cooking and I had to look at tutorials on YouTube and the internet to cook basic meals. Ever since the nationwide lock down was put in place, I’ve developed a habit of only eating meals that I cook and gradually improved my cooking and later learned how to cook my Burmese dishes which reminded me of home and also some popular cuisines such as Thai, Indian, Italian and Chinese cuisines. By Student Ambassador William
By the time you read this, most of you who are transferring know where you are going to, and the next question is what’s next for you? What comes into my (or your) educational journey after finishing Community College? What do I need to do to graduate and prepare myself for the limitless opportunities in this world? And if you’re not transferring, stay strong and keep yourself motivated during these Covid-19 pandemic. First step for me (and maybe you too!) would be to accept the offer from the institution, and ensure that all the transfer requirements are and will be met. At this stage, thorough research, planning and having your friends who are also transferring will come handy towards your transfer process. Thousands of questions will arise from this new journey, and BE SURE to reach out (to the departments, or staff or faculties) if you have any questions for them. My Tip: never be afraid to reach out, and as a new student, the people you are reaching out to understand that you are new to the institution, and they will be willing to help you. If you are not transferring or if you are, these hectic times (lockdown, quarantine & online classes) are the perfect time for you to gain new skills, read books, study, and get to explore yourself even more! Think about this: the Covid-19 is a once in a lifetime event, and let me ask you these questions:
Until next time! ;) Take care, stay safe. By Student Ambassador Mony
Since I ran out of things to talk to you guys about my progress and new things I’ve learned with 3D designing, I might as well talk about something else I’m also interested in which is videography. It all started as a “for fun” project. And because of the lockdown situation we have currently, I’ve been watching a lot of movies and TV series for fun as well as to get some inspirations from the cinematography of the movies. The first time the idea of creating a video first came to me when I was in 10th grade in high school. I think I found a small point and shoot camera at home conveniently before a school trip and I thought to myself “It would be very interesting to make a random video about this trip.” And so I did. The process of it was not that challenging at all because the planning was all over the place, so I just recorded what I thought was interesting at the time and left the rest to worry about in the editing process. The editing process, however, was a little challenging for me because I did not know anything about the editing software and I sort of taught myself along the way (with a lot of help from Youtube tutorials, of course). I owe a lot of my thanks to the Youtube channels that taught me how to use video editing softwares as well as giving out tips and tricks when it comes to video production. After all the video projects that I’ve done so far, I feel like I’ve somewhat improved, especially if compared to when I was creating the first video project. And I feel like that’s the fun part about working on something creative. It feels like you can always learn from every different thing you see. Looking back to that video, I need to gather a lot of determination to watch it fully from start to end because it was super cringey and I feel sort of stupid for doing that. But at the same time, I’m glad that I took the step into videography. As much as I love to create videos, there are times that I don’t want to work on it. I find it a little challenging to get myself in the right headspace to do the editing works. There are times that I sort of forced myself to work on and sometimes, it turned out good and sometimes, it turned out different from what I expected. Nevertheless, I’m very glad that I did all of it because videography / video production has taught me a lot of things. I’ve learned a lot about visual storytelling and documenting different events in the form of a video. Knowing that, it kind of gave me a bit of a motivation to keep creating contents and keep on improving. |
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