LEED and IDP Info Sessions

Got a summer internship? Awesome. Now find out what you need to do to make the most of it.

Come find out about the process and changes occuring to professional accreditation in the LEED AP and Intern Development Process.

Wednesday April 15th 7:00 pm
Koubek Auditorium

Rachel Kros, AIA,
National Council of Architecture Registration Boards (the people who administer IDP)

Make sure you're getting the experience you need to take the registration exam! Also the way in which you report your internship time is changing to limit your reporting to the past sixth months. Come find out how to start and update your NCARB record.

Jaime Van Moorik
United States Green Building Council
Green Building Certification Institute

LEED 2009 is coming and the old LEED AP system is being phased out. Find out what a LEED Green Associate is and how you be the first to get this new credential while still in school.d

Refreshments might be served. (If we find some cash lying around)

XVII Annual Career Fair

CUA AIAS welcomes you to our Seventeenth Annual Career Fair this Wednesday March 25th, 2009!

Pryzbyla University Center
Great Room A (Upstairs)
1-2 pm Current AIAS members only (check your membership here)
2-5 pm Open to current students and members of the CUArch community

While our Fair will be smaller than it has been in recent years, it also means that you will have a greater oppurtunity to connect with employers on a more personal level.

The following firms will be attending the Career Fair this year:

AECOM Design
AIAS National Office
Dewberry
David M. Schwarz Architects Inc.
Gensler
Giuliani Associates Architects, PC
Grimm + Parker Architects
HDR, Inc.
Hickok Cole Architects
NCARB
Perkins + Will
VOA Associates
WDG Architecture
Wilmot/Sanz Inc.
Zimmer Gunsel Frasca Partnership

Thanks to all our firms for their continued commitment to CUArch. We look forward to seeing you at Career Fair!

Portfolio + Resume Workshop

AIAS is pleased to announce that as part of our Professional Development Series we will be hosting Portfolio expert Harold Linton, author of Portfolio Design. Now in its 3rd edition, the book has served as the resource for architecture students who are looking to start or perfect their portfolios.

MARK THE DATE!

Mr. Harold Linton will be giving Portfolio Design Advice a on March 9th at 7 pm in Koubek Auditorium, just in time for the AIAS Career Fair on March 25th in the Pryz.

Dr. Alan Goodman, director of Career Services, will also speak about how to compose a successful cover letter and resume. Special thanks to Dean Ott for financing the event.

See more at http://www.portfoliodesign.com/

Check out his book here.

A short (kind of) description of his presentation:

PLANNING the design of a portfolio and how to bring about professional results from the first to the last page with continuity and consistency is a challenging prospect. It is significant to design professionals, no matter what form of print or electronic presentation one adopts, to have clear plans for the visual and written presentation of your work. It is perhaps one of the most important decisions one explores in preparation for employment interviews, fellowships, grants and postgraduate academic opportunities.

The latest examples of visual communications for architecture are included in a 1.5-hour slide lecture presentation and also in the workshop through abundant samples of printed and digital materials. The slide lecture includes sample portfolios gathered from leading design schools throughout the North America, Mexico, Europe and Asia. A broad range of print portfolios in bound and plate formats created digitally are included along with discussion of the techniques and materials and the necessary resources for production. Examples of the organization and graphic design for digital approaches to creating portfolios on diskette, CD-Rom and on the Internet are also included.

The portfolios included in the lecture represent the work of young professionals who have recently graduated from undergraduate, graduate, and post-professional degree programs as well as portfolios from young professionals in design offices. The lecture also includes aspects of how several students evolved portfolios from undergraduate to graduate and into professional career positions. Discussion focuses on making a portfolio including the written materials, reprographics, bindings and cases, photography, typography, electronic approaches, layout design strategies, sequencing, scanning, and more. Also included is an introduction to design office portfolio presentations and folios where budgets are large and production values are important. Developing an appreciation for graphic communications useful for client prospecting in architecture and allied design fields helps one to understand contemporary visual communications for print, interactive design, and overall portfolio development.

Professional Development Series

AIAS is happy to announce that we are bringing the profession to you this coming semester. Over the next few months we have several events planned that will help you get a job, and get credit for your internship this summer. Planned events include:

Tuesday February 24th
Firm Tour of CORE Architecture with Howard University. Meet at 10 am in the lobby of Crough. RSVP to aiasatcua@gmail.com ASAP. Visit www.coredc.com to check out their firm!


Monday March 9th
Portfolio and Resume Design Workshop
7-10 pm Koubek Auditorium


Wednesday March 25th
XVII Annual AIAS Career Fair
1-5 pm Pryzbyla Center

Saturday April 4th
Baltimore Waterfront Firm Tours in conjunction with Northeast Quad Conference


Wednesday April 15th
LEED and IDP Info Sessions
7-10 pm Koubek Auditorium

Dates and times subject to slight changes. Please check back often for more info!