BOREN AWARDS INFO SESSION

BOREN AWARDS - Scholarships and Fellowships for International Study

GENERAL INFORMATION SESSION
with Mr. Chris Powers, Director of the Boren Awards at the Institute of International Education (IIE). Students interested in study abroad and foreign languages are invited to join us and learn about the prestigious international study scholarship program, which awards up to $20,000 for a full academic year for undergraduate study and $30,000 for graduate study.

Friday, April 27, 2012
2:00 to 3:00 pm
Humanities 587

For additional information, please contact us via e-mail at flagship@sfsu.edu, by phone at 415-338-7032 or visit the Chinese Flagship Program office at HUM 573.

AIGA’s national student membership drive!

AIGA is committed to increasing student involvement in the design community. To make membership even more accessible to students, through February 20, students registered for a least six (6) credit hours can join or renew online for just $50.

GO HERE!

Spread the word and don't miss out!

AIGA SF Student Member Mixer: Feb 15

AIGA SF Student Member Mixer | AIGA San Francisco

The AIGA San Francisco student liaisons and board of directors invite students from Northern California design schools to our winter mixer. It’s a great opportunity to meet your fellow design students, the AIGA SF board and our guests. Mix, mingle and learn about our student programs.

Admission is FREE for AIGA student members and students who joinAIGA at the mixer and $7 for student non-members.

All ages are welcome. Snacks, soda and beer will be provided (21 and over with ID), while supplies last!

Wednesday, 15 Feb 2012
6:30pm - 8:30pm

AIGA San Francisco

130 Sutter Street, Suite 600

San Francisco, California 94104 Map

AIGA SF is committed to offering college-level graphic design students a variety of opportunities to supplement their education. We also seek to mentor the next generation of designers by providing inspiration, education and networking opportunities.

Student programs and initiatives include:

• Student Lecture Series
• Portfolio Day
• Enrichment and Tharp Scholarships
• AIGA SF Design Library

Summer Study Abroad Opportunity in Copenhagen

Stir Copenhagen: Design, Culture, and Your SensesOffered through the Rhode Island School of Design3 Credits. Open to students and professionals. June 1 Deadline.stircenter.com/workshops

Invigorate your design process in Copenhagen this summer and participate in an intensive, two-week, sensory-based design workshop.

Immerse yourself in Danish design, history and culture from an insider's perspective and discover how a passion for creating exceptional design is woven into the fabric that forms Denmark.

SF State Fashion Show!

What:
The Fashion Network Association presents the annual SFSU Spring fashion show, Runway 2011: Enchantment

Portfolio Day 11 | AIGA San Francisco

The San Francisco chapter of AIGA invites you to Portfolio Day. Known as the best portfolio review on the West Coast, this is an opportunity for students to get valuable one-on-one feedback on their portfolio and career goals from some of the Bay Area’s best designers. Over 90 top Bay Area designers will serve as reviewers.

info here

AIGA San Francisco 2011 Enrichment Scholarship

The Enrichment Scholarship was created by AIGA San Francisco to enhance the quality and diversity of design education. Winners will receive a $500 scholarship which may be used to underwrite the cost of their design education or to pay for a supplemental program, such as attending a design conference or participating in a class or workshop. In addition, the work from the scholarship winners will be featured on the AIGA San Francisco website.

Dare to watch! April 13th Day of Action

On Wednesday, April 13^th (tomorrow) all 23 campuses in the CSU will take action for public higher education and fair contracts.  Faculty, students and staff on the CSU campuses will be joined by other Colleges and University across the nation, in taking action to defend public higher education in the face of sweeping funding cuts and attacks on the rights of employees and students.

Please take a few minutes to watch a You Tube clip (link below) created by organizers at CSU Long Beach on why we need to take action on April 13^th.

April 13 -- Day of Action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov1WqIZ_vBM

JOIN US TOMORROW AT SF STATE:

•  STAND UP! FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION TEACH-IN 
  Jack Adams Hall @ 11 am
•  MARCH WITH STUDENTS, JOIN THE DISPOSABLE LABOR MARCHING KAZOO BANDCorner of 19^th and Holloway at 12:45pm

Study Abroad Informational Meeting

Tuesday Feb. 15th, 12:30-1:30pm in FA 123

INFORMATIONAL MEETING
Study abroad for DAI students

• Learn about the new Dublin Institute of Technology exchange program
• Learn about the new exchange with Swinburne University
• Ask questions about existing bilateral exchanges (Brunel, NABA, Chung Yuan University, etc.)

With your hosts…Hsiao-Yun Chu
Nancy Noble
David Wick, Office of International Programs

SF State AIGA Student Group: First Meeting of the Term

Monday January 31 at 1pm

FA115

Agenda:

Macworld Opportunity for Students

Dying to go to this year's Macworld?

PicScout ImageExchange is currently looking for 75 people to be part of our grassroots marketing effort at Macworld to spread the good word about our free tool for graphic pros.

Here's the deal-

As a PicScout ImageExchange user (you can become one if they aren't one yet), we'll give you:

City Chic: ReVamped—A Fashion Event

A not to be missed Fashion Event hosted by the Fashion Network Association celebrates the creative talents of SF State students in the City Chic: Revamped fashion show. Located in Jack Adams Hall Doors open at 6:30 and the show begins at 7:00. Tickets are $5 with a donation for the SF Food Bank, and $10 with out. Join the Fashion Network Association for a fashionable night of fun celebrating SF State's creative talents.

Date: Monday, December 6, 2010

Time: 06:30 PM - 09:30 PM

Location: Jack Adams Hall

Cost: $5 with food donation; $10 without

Web: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~fna/

Sponsor: Fashion Network Association

Seek, Student Design Conference, November 20 2010

Seek, the student design conference hosted by Northern Illinois University in DeKalb Illinois is scheduled for Saturday November 20, 2010.

So mark the date on your calendar, and let your students know about this.

Planning is proceeding, and we are introducing workshops for the first time this year. 

Design firms participating so far include IA Collaborative, Rule29, Digital Kitchen, Lynch2, Grip Design, A5, Brainforest, Three Communications, and The Royal Order of Experience Design. 

More to come too... We are still confirming our keynotes, but in the past we have had Massimo Vignelli, Paula Scher, Chip Kidd, Kyle Cooper, Rick Valicenti, Jakob Trollback, Andrew Blauvelt, Robynne Raye, and other notable designers.

This is an all day conference, and the fee is a very affordable $35 which includes lunch.

Website and online registration will be available no later than October 20th. I will post a message when registration is open.

Steve

Steve Quinn

Associate Professor

Visual Communication

Northern Illinois University

steve@quinndesign.com