April Chapter Meeting – April 2nd

April Chapter meeting! Come by and learn about Solutions Architect, Randy Sabbagh’s experiences and job at Charles Schwab! The meeting will be at our usual location, LBJ 3-9.1 from 5pm to 6pm. There will be a mandatory meeting for all members attending the USITCC Galveston competition afterwards in McCoy 334.

 

USITCC Galveston – April 4th thru 6th

This year’s USITCC event is in Galveston! Sadly, registration has ended and hotels have been reserved, if you didn’t submit your forms on time, consider competing later this year in the Fall semester! All members attending the competition must go to the mandatory meeting after April’s chapter event on April 2nd (see above).

Bobcat Build Day – April 13th

Community service opportunity! Come help your community by joining AITP for Bobcat Build! Contact our President: Bryan Baez or our Vice President: Grant Dorsey for more information or to sign up. Contact information can be found here.

Get your volunteer hours in with

AITP during Bobcat Build Day!

 

When is it?	Who do I contact?	Why should I come?
April 13th, 2019	Bryan Baez b_b107@txstate.edu	Free food!

 

Our March chapter meeting (03/05/19) will be a 2.5 hour long Google extravaganza! We have a ton of speakers from Google coming to talk about industry topics such as:

• Google’s culture, products, and future
• Applying at Google – Laura Alcala
• Resume building tips – Danielle Pinta
• What Google looks for in a new hire – Brian Novacek
• How to prepare for a technical interview – Holt Skinner
• Common Mistakes to avoid – Jarek Sedlacek

Finally, there will be a mock interview between our Vice President of IT, En Emerson and Google’s Brian Novacek, with a Q&A session afterwards and time for networking.

Due to our meeting time being much longer than usual, we have reserved 2 separate locations to showcase the whole event.

From 5 to 6pm we will be at our normal location at LBJ 3-9.1, after the first half of the meeting we will then take a short 15 minute break and transfer to McCoy 334 for the rest of the speakers from 6:15 to 7:30pm.

Join us for a social event next week on 02/28/19 at

THE SPOT in San Marcos!

There will be bowling, games, food, and fun!

Address: 1180 Thorpe Ln #130, San Marcos, TX 78666

Happy Valentine’s AITP!

The spring semester is in full swing, and with the first round of testing being out of the way, we thought it’d be a great idea to provide an update for what is yet to come for the month of February.

Timeline:

• February 14th (Valentine’s Day) – GITHUB WORKSHOP and QA session for USITCC events, hosted by Vice President of IT – En Emerson, in McCoy Lab 336 at 5pm. Bring your Valentine’s Day date and learn version control!
• February 16th – BOBCAT DAY!!! Come to our kiosk in the LBJ Ballroom and say hello! We will have representatives from the club to answer any and all questions you might have about AITP membership and competition events.
• February 19th – STEM CAREER FAIR, go get your career started by networking with some of the world’s most innovative and robust companies. Full list of attendees located here, fair will be in the LBJ Ballroom from 12pm to 4pm.
  
• February 20th – Boy howdy, do we have a lot going on this day!
  • McCoy College Career Expo – LBJ Ballroom 12pm to 4pm
  • Data Analytics Prep Course, hosted by Executive Vice President: Grant Dorsey, in Alkek (Room 235)
  • Recruiting at Matamoros Mexican Restaurant in San Antonio at 5:30pm
• February 28th – General Prep Course, 5 – 6pm at Alkek (Room 235).

 

Look forward for our next blog post for the month of March, our chapter meeting will be a 2 and a half hour long, mega-showcase! Featuring 7 speakers from

Prepare your resumes and ready your questions for one of the biggest leaders in the tech industry today!

Greetings Texas State AITP!

The Spring 2019 semester has begun and AITP events are on their way!

Here is a quick run-down on the events for early February:

• February 5th – First meeting of the Spring 2019 semester
• February 7th – Office Prep Course and Group Study Session at Alkek library

If you are a student interested in business technology, consider joining AITP! We go to competitions, host social events, and expand networking opportunities with potential employers. Click here to join.

Greeting Texas State AITP!

The end of the semester is finally upon us, here are some quick updates for the next couple of weeks!

December Chapter meeting:

Hannah Nugent from Brooksource and Patrick Ritchie of HomeAway will be speaking to us in LBJ Student Center Room 3-9.1. We hope ya’ll can make it to the last meeting of the year!

 

Holiday Food Drive:

We will begin our annual holiday food drive begin on Tuesday December 4th and last till Thursday December 6th. Spread some holiday cheer and donate to a good cause!

Good luck on Finals and Congrats to all graduating seniors!

 

 

Hello AITP!

Thank you to all those who attended our November chapter meeting this past Tuesday! And a huge thanks to Tyler Moyer and Asad Raza of CooMo Travel for talking with us about being a startup here in Austin!

 

Reminders:

Don’t forget this Saturday the 10th is our November social. We will be tailgating the upcoming Texas State football game starting at 9am, we hope to see y’all there!

This year, Texas State AITP traveled to compete in the annual AITP Regional Competition held in Amarillo, Texas. Thank you to all those who attended and competed and Congrats to our winners!

Check out some of the highlights below

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Updates:

November chapter meeting:

Tuesday November 6th we will host our monthly chapter meeting in LBJ 3-9.1. Come get free pizza and drinks! With a guest presentation from CooMo Travel.

 

November Social:

Saturday November 10th we are hosting our November social via tailgating for the Texas State game! We hope you guys can come out and support our chapter and football team!

 

The 12th Annual IT Symposium

Thank you for another great year with hundreds of high school guests from all across Texas!

We want to thank all of our staff and volunteers who represented the CIS Department, Career Services, ITAC at TxState, and of course our sponsors RBFCU, Samsung, and McCoy’s Building Supply!

This year was a great success with over 350 attendees, thank you to all who made it!

Here are this years contest winners:

2018 Texas State AITP IT Symposium Winners:

Computer Security

1st)  Bryan Pinedo (Southwest HS)

2nd) Avan Peltier (SouthWest HS)

3rd) Seth Brogden (Montgomery HS)

Java

1st) Zebulon McCorkle (Brenham HS)

2nd) Vincent Nguyen (John B. Connally HS)

3rd) Benjamin Pham (Hendrickson HS)

HM) Sean Cantwell (La Grange HS)

HM) Jairo Soto Lopez (La Grange HS)

Excel

1st) Allison Gutierrez (Southwest HS)

2nd) Felix Brooks (Southwest HS)

3rd) Molly Bennett (La Grange HS)

PC Troubleshooting

1st) Allison Maddox(Southwest HS)

2nd) Abram Perez (Southwest HS)

3rd) Jake Randall (Pflugerville HS)

Access

1st) Molly Bennett (La Grange HS)