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Come out to our next general meeting at 6:30 pm tomorrow in ARCC 111 to hear from guest speaker Joshua Bienko.   Bienko is a VIZ professor here at Texas A&M.  Rosa’s fajitas will be served following the meeting.

The Dallas chapter of the AIA is hosting a fantastic Tour of Homes. For the third year, this is an opportunity for self-guided tours to see cutting-edge design. All homes featured are designed by Texas architects. The event will be November  7-8 10AM-5PM. You can register online here.

Join AIAS for our second general meeting this Tuesday, September 29, 2009, at 6:30 pm in ARCC 111.  This week, you’ll be in for a great speaker and good eats.  If you need to turn in a membership form, please bring it to this meeting, along with your dues ($57).  If you need a membership form, they will be available again at this meeting.  Make plans now to escape studio for an hour on Tuesday, and bring an ENDS friend along.  Fun will be had.

The Texas Society of Architects — TSA — is hosting their annual conference in Houston, at the George R. Brown Convention Center, on October 22-24, 2009.  Registration costs $35 and the deadline is October 14th.  Visit the TSA website for more information.  This is a great opportunity for you to start networking with Texas architects, learn some practical information about working in the field, and pick up some fun freebies from conference vendors.  Start working on your studio professors now to exempt you from class during the conference!

On November 19-20, 2009, you will have the opportunity to explore the lasting effects of the Texas A&M bonfire collapse.  The Cultural Heritage of Bonfire Conference seeks to provide information and dialogue about the bonfire collapse to the Texas A&M community.  You are invited!  Here’s a blurb about the conference:

The on-campus burn of the Texas Aggie Bonfire began in November of 1909. Since then many organizations within Texas A&M and the surrounding College Station area have been impacted in some way by the tradition. In the early morning of November 18, 1999, the bonfire collapsed, killing 12 and injuring many others. History has shown that architecture and tragedy have a profound weight on their communities from the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center to the Jewish Museum in Berlin. The Cultural Heritage of Bonfire Conference seeks to explore the influence of Aggie Bonfire throughout the past 100 years and provide an educational opportunity for all on the ability of architecture to shape the culture and heritage of a community.

For more information about the conference, see the official website.

To stay up to date on Texas A&M AIAS meeting and event information, join the AIAS listserv.  Send an email to listserv@listserv.tamu.edu, and in the body put SUBSCRIBE aias-2009-2010 firstname lastname.  This will set you up to receive emails about all the awesome activities that are coming up for our organization.  If you have problems signing up for the listserv, just send us an email at tamuaias@gmail.com, and we’ll do our best to help you out.

The Texas A&M chapter of AIAS — American Institute of Architecture Students — held its first meeting of the semester on Tuesday, September 14, 2009, at 6:00 pm on the second floor of Langford A.

At this meeting, we discussed our vision for the semester, as well as some exciting plans that are in the works for future meetings.  Think scavenger hunts and tailgating, and get excited.  Membership forms were distributed, and good food was eaten by everyone.

Didn’t make it to this first meeting?  Just now hearing about this awesome organization that is AIAS?  Don’t stress!  We are still accepting new members.

Somewhere in between that studio project and your next all-nighter, squeeze in time to come out to our second general meeting, on Tuesday, September 29 at 6:30 pm in ARCC 111. Just look for the colorful posters with the AIAS logo — shown above — plastered around the Langford complex.  You’ll be able to get a recap of all the pertinent information.

Still on the fence about whether or not to join AIAS?  Here are some compelling reasons in favor of joining:

• Free food.  Every meeting.  Pay $57 in dues once, and we will feed you dinner for the rest of the year.
• Be part of something bigger.  By joining Texas A&M AIAS, you become part of the national AIAS organization.  AIAS is the student branch of the larger professional organization, AIA.  Networking, anyone?
• Good excuse to leave studio.  Meetings run an hour or less.  You might learn something, and you will definitely have fun.  And it’s only an hour, which you would have probably spent procrastinating in studio, anyway.
• Fun.  And relevant.  AIAS is a great way to get involved with an on-campus organization that is actually related to your major.  Just check out the list on the right for proof about all the fun stuff we do.  Architorture and Shack-a-Thon alone are enough said.

Come and check AIAS out.  Whatever happens, at least you’re getting dinner out of the deal.  And you might just find the student organization you were destined to join!