Soon a new semester will begin and a new year of AIAS will begin! Posted below is a tentative schedule for the Fall 2011 semester:

Fall Semester Schedule (as of 7.30.11, subject to change)
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9.1.11
First Officer Meeting @ Rodney’s House

9.8.11
First General Meeting – Meet and greet social event for new and current members! All prospective members are welcome! Brazos Valley AIA Chapter tentatively in attendance

9.15.11
Officer Meeting

9.22.11
General Meeting; if AIA Brazos is unable to attend the First General Meeting, they will attend this

9.29.11
Officer Meeting

10.6.11 – 10.9.11
SOUTH QUAD CONFERENCE! The 2011 Fall South Quad Conference will be hosted by the University of Texas at San Antonio at the River Walk Hotel. Events include local architecture tours, River Walk parties, keynote lectures, San Antonio’s First Friday (and the events associated), workshops, and the Fall Beaux Arts Ball! More information is available at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=225782844129776 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr68L6Hg8Q8

10.13.11
General Meeting; this date may change based on the availability of the speaker who is receiving a Distinguished Alumni Award at the university.

10.20.11
Officer Meeting; this date may switch with the 13th to accommodate speakers’ schedules.

10.27.11
General Meeting

10.31.11
Architorture! Annual Architecture Halloween Party! More information will be available as the semester progresses.

11.3.11
Officer Meeting

11.10.11
General Meeting

11.17.11
Officer Meeting

12.1.11
General Meeting; closing out the semester!
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Please direct any questions/concerns regarding the [tentative] schedule to tamuaias.gmail.com.

AIAS will also be resurrecting the Axiom newsletter, a monthly publication featuring news for TAMU Architecture students, student and professor work, and information about upcoming AIAS events, lectures, coursework related to architects offered at the University, and events in the surrounding BCS area!

Finally, a new tutor series will be sponsored by TAMU AIAS. This will offer students the opportunity to develop the skills necessary to excel in 2D computer-aided drafting, 3D modeling, graphic design, and project presentation that will be of the utmost importance during each members’ academic and professional career.

If you are interested in serving as an AIAS officer for the 2011-2012 school year, please fill out an officer application (attached to the bottom of this post) and submit it to AIAS mailbox by Tuesday, April 12. The mailbox is on the 4th floor of Langford A, to the right of the department office. We will be electing officers at the AIAS meeting on Wednesday, April 13.

These are our officer positions:

President
Vice-president
Treasurer
Secretary
Career Fair Coordinator
Webmaster/Historian
Axiom Editor
Social/Community Service Chair

aias 2011-2012 officer application

AIAS will be meeting tonight at 6:30 pm in the lobby outside of Geren auditorium to complete a Freedom by Design project.  Bring your friends and studio mates to spend a little while being creative for a good cause!

Join us for a “global” AIAS meeting on Wednesday, February 9, at 6:30 pm in ARC C307.  We’ll hear several students speak about international work and studies outside of study abroad.  In addition to listening to these awesome global architecture experiences, you’ll get to chow down on a delicious dinner.  A fun night will certainly be had!

In the meantime, here are a few important reminders to mull over:

• Career Fair is THIS WEEK.  Stroll through Langford A on Thursday and Friday to meet and mingle with 20+ architecture firms.  If you’re interested in a job or internship, come by on Thursday to set up interviews.
• Spring AIAS registration is in swing! Come to the meeting to get a membership form or print it out here and turn it in at the meeting.  Email tamuaias@gmail.com if you have any questions about membership.
• College of Architecture t-shirt sales are beginning again.  Look for us (and our box of cool t-shirts) on the first floor of Langford A at lunchtime Monday-Thursday.

Want interview practice?

Looking to mingle with big name firms?

Maybe it’s February 3rd, and you’re wondering just what is going on in Langford A.

AIAS is proud to host our annual Career Fair on February 3-4, from 9-5 pm on the 2nd floor of Langford A.  A variety of architecture firms will be in-house to conduct short interviews and talk to participants.  If you are interested in interviewing for a job or an internship, we recommend that you submit your resume to AIAS by January 21st.  It will be sent out to firms prior to Career Fair, in order to give them an opportunity to contact you individually for an interview.  Resumes are not required, and if you miss the deadline, don’t worry.  As long as you are current architecture student (including ENDS, M. Arch, and Phd students), then you can just show up and participate at Career Fair on Feb 3.

Also, we are still accepting firm registrations!  If you are an architecture firm interested in participating in Career Fair, please direct your emails to tamu.aiascareerfair@gmail.com.

Get more information here.

If you are interested in serving as an AIAS officer for the 2010-2011 school year, please fill out the officer application that you received in your Texas A&M email.  You can return the application to any current AIAS officer or bring it to the general meeting on Wednesday, March 24, at 6:00 pm in C307.  We will be electing officers this month!  You will need to be a paid AIAS member by next fall to serve as an officer.  Here are our officer positions:

• President
• Vice-president
• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Career Fair Coordinator
• Career Fair Assistant
• Career Fair Assistant
• Webmaster/Historian
• Social Chair
• Freedom By Design Chair

Join AIAS in C307 on Wednesday, March 24, at 6:00 pm for a presentation on NCARB’s Intern Development Program (IDP).  IDP is the mandatory program through which all architect-hopefuls must progress in order to be licensed.  This is relevant information for anyone who might be a licensed architect someday!  As always, dinner will be served at the meeting.

AIAS this week will feature a talk by John Rife Torkelson, founder of theACCESSpartnership in Austin.  Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, February 10, in ARCC307 at 6:00 pm for food, friends, and a short talk.  We’ll also be selling College of Architecture t-shirts at the meeting.

Interested in serving as an AIAS officer next year?  We invite you to attend all of our general meetings, but we especially suggest you attend the March 10 meeting, where we’ll be discussing officer elections for the 2010-2011 school year.

Contact tamuaias@gmail.com for more information.

AIAS will hold its first meeting of the spring semester tomorrow, Wednesday, January 27, in ARC C307 at 6 pm.  We’ll be getting a Career Fair run-down from our Career Fair officers, and Firehouse Subs will be served for dinner!  Even if you’re not a current member of AIAS, come join us and find out how you can get in on the fun this semester.

Here’s what you can look forward to this spring:

• T-shirt sales: 1st floor of A-building, from 11-1 on select Wednesdays (including tomorrow).
• Career Fair: Feb. 4-5, in the A-building foyer.  Contact a Career Fair officer for more information.
• Big Event: Mar. 27, the biggest one-day community service event in the nation!
• Shack-a-thon: Apr. 12-16, in front of Kyle Field. Come join AIAS in our shack.
• Officer elections: late March. This is your chance to be part of the AIAS officer team!

This week, instead of a usual Tuesday night meeting, AIAS invites all of its members to attend the Thursday-night portion of the Bonfire Heritage Conference.  Attendance is free.  The event starts at 6 pm in the Geren Auditorium in Langford B.  Bob Shemwell will be speaking about the Bonfire Memorial.
If you are interested in attending the rest of the conference, there are two other events on Friday.  At noon, lunch will be served outside of Geren auditorium, and at 7 pm, Frank Cox, a former Aggie yell leader, will be speaking in Geren Auditorium.

Also, remember that Bonfire Remembrance day is Wednesday, November 18th.

Our last general AIAS meeting for the semester will be December 1.